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A Louisburg man has been arrested in connection to a 25-year-old's shooting on East Third Street last month.
No one spoke for or against the City of Greenville’s proposed 2023-24 budget clearing the way for the City Council to vote on the plan and related budgets on Thursday.
Trails intersecting among colorful flowers under a canopy of native eastern North Carolina foliage may not be as far out of Greenville’s city limits as one would expect. In fact, they could be in someone’s own backyard.
(The Center Square) — North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler has repeatedly warned that the state could lose more than 1 million acres of farmland to development by 2040.
Recent reports suggest that the nation’s mental health is suffering even greater post-pandemic, with adults reporting record rates of depression and anxiety, and young adults reporting significant behavioral health disorders.
The Pitt County Cooperative Extension Service and Master Gardeners will continue their monthly walking tours of the Pitt County Arboretum at noon on Friday with the program “Plants you won’t find in your neighbor’s yard.”
First responders dinner: The Pitt County Chamber of Commerce will celebrate Pitt County’s first responders with a dinner from 5:30-8 p.m. on Wednesday at the Greenville Convention Center, 303 S.W. Greenville Blvd. Register at greenvillenc.org/events/first-responders-appreciation-dinner/.
The Pitt County Council on Aging announced it is offering the following classes and programs starting this month.
Pitt County authorities are investigating the theft of a camper trailer near the intersection of Industrial Boulevard and Old Creek Road north of Greenville.
Greenville’s Home Builders Supply Co. announced this week it is celebrating its 75th Anniversary as a leading supplier of building materials in eastern North Carolina.
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The only NCAA conference that will enter the new athletic year with both a New Year’s Six Six bowl game winner in football and a men’s basketball Final Four team concluded its annual meeting last week in Vail, Colo.
East Carolina made it to the doorstep and knocked twice. In the end, the Pirates couldn’t find their way past Virginia. Omaha will have to wait.
East Carolina will play for the Charlottesville Regional championship.
East Carolina’s path to a regional championship just became more difficult.
BURLINGTON — Lots of well-hit baseballs by J.H. Rose’s team were snuffed out by West Henderson’s defense as the Rampants fell 2-1 to the Falcons in Game 2 of the best-of-three series for the NCHSAA Class 3A baseball title at Burlington Athletic Stadium on Saturday.
The East Carolina baseball team put on a display in the opening round of the Charlottesville Regional on Friday that resembled a how-to clinic. It was the perfect start to the double-elimination tournament.
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The N.C. General Assembly is proposing to divert over $2.2 billion of taxpayer dollars, in an arguably unconstitutional manner, away from the public schools and into the hands of private and parochial schools with none of the transparency and accountability required of the public schools.
First elected to the United States Senate in 1992, Dianne Feinstein has become, in her 30-odd years in national politics, one of the most senior and influential lawmakers in Congress.
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North Carolina Democratic legislators have filed a bill that responds to state Rep. Tricia Cotham’s switch to the GOP two months ago. The bill filed by Senate Democrats Tuesday is unlikely to get traction in the Republican-controlled Legislature and, if passed, wouldn’t apply to Cotham. The bill would force a special election if a lawmaker switches parties and the person has more than six months remaining in the term. The bill also would force a party-switcher to refund recent campaign donations if requested by a donor. A bill sponsor said there should be consequences when someone changes sides. Cotham’s move helped the GOP pass new abortion restrictions over the governor’s veto.
(The Center Square) — North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler has repeatedly warned that the state could lose more than 1 million acres of farmland to development by 2040.
Cherokee Nation's Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. has won reelection to another four-year term as leader of the nation's most populous tribe. Results certified by the tribe's Election Commission on Monday show Hoskin won nearly 63% of the vote in the four-way race for chief, a position similar to the governor of a state. Hoskin's running mate, Bryan Warner, won reelection to deputy chief with about 62% of the vote. Both needed to secure more than 50% to avoid a runoff. Hoskin ran on a platform of protecting tribal sovereignty, investing in improved health and wellness for tribal citizens and funding efforts to protect its language.
North Carolina Democratic lawmakers are criticizing a Republican bill containing election and ballot changes that Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper previously vetoed, plus some new ideas. They held a news conference on Monday about the proposal that Senate Republicans unveiled last week. Speakers acknowledged it’ll likely take vocal opposition by the public or possibly judges to halt or modify the measure given that Republicans now hold veto-proof majorities in both the House and Senate. The wide-ranging bill in part would move up the deadline for an absentee ballot received by election officials to count and create new hurdles for people who register during the early-voting period for their ballots to count.
A safe firearm storage campaign from the North Carolina governor’s administration aims to counter a recent surge in gun thefts and shooting injuries by making safety features available to more gun owners statewide. The initiative will distribute free gun locks starting this week and equip local law enforcement, doctors and school personnel with educational toolkits. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper said he expects many gun owners will be receptive to the initiative because people do not want their guns stolen or their children accidentally shot. The campaign comes the year after a 15-year-old boy killed five people and injured two more in a shooting rampage in Raleigh.
Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans view as a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to Black service members. The change is the most prominent in a broad Department of Defense initiative to rename military installations bearing the name of confederate soldiers. It was prompted by the 2020 George Floyd protests. A naming commission estimates the cost of renaming the base will be about $6.37 million. The commission visited the base and met with and members of the surrounding community to solicit their input. The North Carolina base was originally named in 1918 for Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg.
Toyota will invest another $2.1 billion in an electric and hybrid vehicle battery factory that’s under construction near Greensboro, North Carolina. The plant will supply batteries to Toyota’s huge complex in Georgetown, Kentucky, which will build Toyota’s first U.S.-made electric vehicle, a new SUV with three rows of seats. The plans announced Wednesday won’t immediately create any more jobs at either factory. Toyota plans to have 2,100 employees at the battery factory. The investment will prepare infrastructure to expand for growth. Production is to start in 2025. It brings the total investment to $5.9 billion. The huge Kentucky complex now employs 9,500 people. The company says jobs will shift to the new electric vehicle when production starts in 2025.
The North Carolina General Assembly’s chief advocate for legalizing medical marijuana in the state has revealed how he smoked pot over 20 years ago to withstand intense chemotherapy during his fight with cancer. Sen. Bill Rabon of Brunswick County has previously described himself as a colon cancer survivor. But he had been reticent on details like whether he used marijuana until pitching his legislation on Tuesday to the House Health Committee. The measure passed the Senate three months ago. Rabon recalled how a physician told him to obtain marijuana when he sought a more aggressive form of treatment. Medical pot opponents say marijuana may cause harm to patients.
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Stocks drifted on Wall Street amid a vacuum of market-moving data. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up by 10 points while the Nasdaq added 0.4%. Banks were some of the bigger gainers, recovering from their struggles earlier this year after high interest rates helped cause several high-profile failures. The cryptocurrency world took another hit after U.S. regulators accused the Coinbase crypto trading platform of operating as an unregistered securities exchange. The S&P 500 is within 0.2% of a 20% rally above where it was in mid-October.
Two Cleveland Browns defensive players were robbed at gunpoint by six masked men outside a downtown nightclub, according to police. Police redacted the names of the players in a field case report. A person familiar with the situation identified the players as cornerback Greg Newsome II and tackle Perrion Winfrey. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter. According to police, one of the players was returning to his truck in a parking lot at 3:30 a.m. when the masked suspects jumped out of a car and robbed him of jewelry before fleeing in his vehicle. The player said he was not injured during the theft.
A Florida sheriff says detectives must investigate self-defense claims before any criminal charges can be brought against a white woman who fatally shot her Black neighbor last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2½-year feud. Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said Monday that he’s not legally able to arrest the shooter unless he can prove that she did not act in self-defense when she shot Ajike Owens, a 35-year-old mother of four last Friday night. The women lived in a neighborhood in the rolling hills south of Ocala in north Florida.
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — High-profile proposals to help build a stadium for the Oakland Athletics and lure major film makers to Las Vegas through billions of dollars in tax credits are in flux after Nevada lawmakers adjourned their four-month legislative session.
Religious groups are working to feed and house South American migrants who were flown to Sacramento under allegedly false pretenses. Meanwhile, California officials on Tuesday were weighing whether Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration should face kidnapping or other charges for arranging the flights. California Attorney General Rob Bonta says about 20 adults, mainly from Venezuela, were flown by private jet to Sacramento on Monday. Sixteen other migrants arrived Friday. They are the latest apparent instances of a Republican-led state transporting migrants to one controlled by Democrats.
Canada is dealing with a series of intense wildfires that have spread from the western provinces to Quebec, with hundreds of forest fires burning. Wind has carried smoke from the fires southward, triggering air quality alerts throughout the United States. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday issued a poor air quality alert for New England, a day after parts of Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota received a similar advisory. Last week, U.S. officials as far south as Maryland, Baltimore, Virginia and Pennsylvania reported being impacted by the wildfires. Fine-particle pollution — known as “PM 2.5” — is what’s being measured. The tiny particles are small enough to get past airway defenses and cause breathing problems.
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has filed paperwork formally launching his campaign for the Republican nomination for president. He's set to hold a town hall in New Hampshire Tuesday evening kicking off his bid. Christie has cast himself as the only candidate willing to directly take on former President Donald Trump. The presidential bid will be the second for Christie, who lost to Trump in 2016 and went on to become a close on-and-off adviser before breaking with the former president over his refusal to accept the results of the 2020 election. Christie faces an uphill battle in a party that remains deeply loyal to Trump.
A major dam in southern Ukraine has collapsed, flooding villages, endangering crops in the country’s breadbasket and threatening drinking water supplies. Both sides in the war are rushing to evacuate residents and blaming each other for the destruction. Ukraine accused Russian forces of blowing up the Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power station on the Dnieper River in an area that Moscow controls, while Russian officials blamed Ukrainian military strikes in the contested area. It was not possible to verify the claims. The disaster has potentially far-reaching environmental and social consequences as homes, streets and businesses flooded downstream and emergency crews began evacuations.
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