U.S. Rep. Don Davis, D-1st District, said Wednesday that he plans for more community engagement to discuss health outcomes, housing and infrastructure in the Twin Counties. Read moreHealth, housing, infrastructure among Congressman's focus
Harbor Towns Cruises officially launched its passenger ferry service in Plymouth earlier this month with a ribbon cutting and boat rides for local dignitaries. Plymouth is one of six waterfront towns and cities that will be destinations for Harbor Towns Cruises’ ferry cruises and pleasure tours, which officially start May 17. The other destinations are Elizabeth City, Hertford, Columbia, Edenton and Manteo. Read moreHarbor Towns Cruises launches in Plymouth
I got to drive the all-new Mazda CX-90 (gas version) earlier this year, and it’s one of my favorite cars.
Last week, I got to try out the plug-in hybrid version that offers about 25 miles of all-electric miles, which should work for people with short commutes who can plug in at the office, and later at home, allowing them to drive gas-free. Mazda says if you use a 240-volt power source at home, you can charge up to 80 percent in three hours, and overnight would give you a full charge. Read moreUpscale everywhere with plush roominess
Those who survived and who responded to a tornado that struck the Twin Counties on July 19 a… Read moreSurvivors of, responders to July tornado named community champions
WASHINGTON — A new podcast from one of the oldest grassroots conservation organizations in N… Read moreNew podcast sounds off on riverkeeping issues on local waterways
A former longtime Rocky Mount city councilman who long served in the armed forces and who wa… Read moreFormer Councilman Bullock dies at 87
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The Big East 2A/3A Conference will hold baseball and softball tournaments beginning on Monda… Read moreBig East 2A/3A Conference baseball, softball tourneys start Monday
It took an extra day, but the Big East 2A/3A Conference has its tennis champions and regiona… Read moreTENNIS: Warren, Pittman, Underwood/Gonzalez win Big East titles
Editor’s Note: Someone from the Petty family of central North Carolina has been involved in … Read morePetty family facts, figures and trivia
The Southern Nash softball team wrapped up a perfect regular season (12-0 Big East 2A/3A Con… Read moreSOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Ladybirds wrap up perfect regular season
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Northern Nash’s baseball team claimed a share of the Big East 2A/3A Conference regular-seaso… Read moreBASEBALL ROUNDUP: NN tops SN, claims share of Big East season title
The Office of State Budget Management recently announced North Carolina likely will have a $1 billion surplus over the initial revenue expected for the second year of the biennium budget (2024-25). This is certainly good news given the many needs across the state. Read moreMary Ann Wolf: Public funds should fund public schools
While many were justly distracted by other headlines about North Carolina higher education this week — like the UNC Board of Governors moving against DEI — there were a number of headlines regarding a rise in crime on college campuses. Read moreDavid Larson: Campus crime should get NC leaders thinking
Covering former President Donald Trump’s trial on television is a difficult job. There are no cameras in the courtroom, so TV news has to rely on quick messages from staffers watching the trial in an overflow room in the Manhattan courthouse where Trump is being tried for making false bookkeeping entries concerning a nondisclosure agreement he had with the porn actress Stormy Daniels. Read moreByron York: Groupthink chorus emerges from Trump trial
The patient felt hopeless by the time he arrived at the free clinic where I volunteer. His diabetes was dangerously out of control, with a blood sugar reading twice the normal level, and it was beginning to affect his vision. If it got worse, he feared, soon he wouldn’t be able to see his grandchildren’s faces. Read moreElla Whitfield: Health care for all is a win-win for all
I remember the fall of the regimes of the Shah of Iran and the Batista in Cuba. What I saw w… Read moreLetter: Deregulation is failing the American worker
How out of step is U.S. Rep. Dan Bishop of Charlotte with the nation, North Carolina and even most of his fellow Republicans? A look recent key votes in the U.S. House of Representatives offers a clear and dramatic illustration. Read moreEditorial: Bishop out of step with party, NC
Whatever humor this little plant might have must be truly tasteless. Well, its fruits are tasteless, anyway. Read moreMystery Plant: Despite fruit's looks, plant isn't berry good to eat
The Rocky Mount Debu-ette Club would like to announce its 2024 seniors. Read moreRocky Mount Debu-ette Club holds its 57th annual presentation
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Summertime is almost here — and for many people that means it’s time to hit the road. But even if you decide to take a vacation, you’ll want other areas of your life to keep working — especially your investments. Read moreNathan Lindeman: Don’t let investments take a vacation
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The United Auto Workers union announced it reached a last-minute tentative agreement with truck and bus manufacturer Daimler Truck on Friday evening, averting a potential strike of more than 7,000 workers. The union struck a four-year agreement with the German company just before the expiration of the previous contract, which was enacted six years ago. It covers workers at various plants in North Carolina — where Daimler makes Thomas Built Buses, Freightliner and Western Star trucks — as well as workers at distribution plants in Atlanta and Memphis, Tennessee. UAW President Shawn Fain says the new contract includes wage increases of more than 25% over the next four years and cost-of-living adjustments, among other things. Union members still need to approve the agreement.
An American Airlines flight attendant has been indicted after authorities say he tried to secretly video record a 14-year-old girl using an airplane bathroom. A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted 36-year-old Estes Carter Thompson III, of Charlotte, North Carolina. Police say he also had recordings of four other girls using lavatories on an aircraft where he worked. Thompson was indicted on one count of attempted sexual exploitation of children and one count of possession of images of child sexual abuse depicting a prepubescent minor. He remains in federal custody.
Planned Parenthood affiliated groups have announced a $10 million voter engagement campaign in North Carolina for the 2024 election. Organizers said in a Thursday news conference that the money will go toward things like canvassing, mailers and digital ads. The funding comes as abortion-rights advocates seek to end a Republican supermajority at the General Assembly that approved new restrictions last year and to prevent the election of anti-abortion gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson. Planned Parenthood Votes spokesperson Emily Thompson says the amount marks the largest campaign investment ever made by Planned Parenthood entities in North Carolina.
Early in-person voting has started across North Carolina for next month’s runoff elections, including one congressional contest and two statewide primary races. Early voting sites opened in all 100 counties Thursday and will be available through May 11. The runoff election day is May 14. Voters in part are choosing this fall’s Republican nominees for lieutenant governor, state auditor and the 13th Congressional District seat. These runoffs are happening because the candidate with the most votes in the March primary failed to get more than 30 percent of the vote.
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A senior Qatari official has urged both Israel and Hamas to show “more commitment and more seriousness” in cease-fire negotiations. Qatar hosts Hamas headquarters in Doha and has been a key intermediary. Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson told Israeli media that both Israel and Hamas have made decisions based on political interests and not with the good of civilians in mind. Pressure is building on both sides to move toward a deal that would free some hostages and bring a cease-fire in the nearly seven-month-long war in Gaza. A deal also might avert or delay an Israeli invasion of the southern city of Rafah.
U.S. police departments have reported a year-over-year increase in sworn officers for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic and the police killing of George Floyd. A survey released by the Police Executive Research Forum shows more officers were hired in 2023 than in any of the previous four years. It also notes there were fewer retirements and resignations of officers among the 214 law enforcement agencies that responded. Forum Executive Director Chuck Wexler says departments appear to be turning the corner on hiring but aren't out of the woods yet. Departments saw an exodus of officers after the pandemic and Floyd's 2020 death at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.
Harvey Weinstein's lawyer says the onetime movie mogul has been hospitalized for a battery of tests after his return to New York City following an appeals court ruling nullifying his 2020 rape conviction. Attorney Arthur Aidala said Weinstein was moved to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan after his arrival on Friday to city jails. On Thursday, the New York Court of Appeals vacated his conviction after concluding that a trial judge permitted too much evidence not directly related to the charges he faced. The 72-year-old Weinstein has been ailing with a variety of afflictions, including cardiac issues, diabetes, sleep apnea and eye problems.
Pope Francis has met with women prisoners in Venice who are the protagonists of the Vatican pavilion at the Venice Biennale art fair. He has urged them to use their time in prison as a chance for “moral and material rebirth.” Francis is in Venice for the morning to meet with the inmates and artists of this year's Biennale. The Vatican chose to stage its pavilion inside Venice’s women’s prison, and through a deal with the Italian Justice Ministry, invited inmates to work alongside the artists.
