Harbor Towns Cruises, the nonprofit agency that operates the region’s new fast ferry passenger service, held its fifth and final ribbon-cutting ceremony in Edenton on April 26. The service, which will ferry passengers between Edenton, Plymouth, Columbia, Hertford, Elizabeth City and Manteo as well as provide tours of area waterways, will begin operations May 17. Read moreHarbor Towns Cruises celebrates Penelope's launch in Edenton
The Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce’s 2024 Women’s Leadership Conference on Wednesday i… Read more'The Future is Female' panelists share views on confidence, work-life balance
As many as 1,000 Nash County students would be reassigned to different schools beginning in August under a plan that is scheduled to be approved Monday. Read moreSchool reassignments could affect 1,000 Nash students: Board set to vote Monday on attendance zones
A former assistant city manager who also served as an interim city manager fought back tears… Read moreW.B. Bullock remembered for serving nation, city, church
Harbor Towns Cruises’ excursion-dinner boat, The Albemarle Queen, arrived at the municipal d… Read moreThe Albemarle Queen, Harbor Towns' paddle wheel excursion boat, docks in Edenton
In honor of Screen Free Week, which begins this Monday, I would like to challenge my Rocky M… Read moreJeremy Taylor: Screen Free Week is a good time to put phones down
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The North Carolina Wesleyan Department of Athletics celebrated the 2023-24 season by hosting… Read moreNCWU retires Harrison's jersey, honors athletes during awards ceremony
The Southern Nash softball team improved to 20-0 on the season by defeating Roanoke Rapids 3… Read moreSPORTS ROUNDUP: Unbeaten SN softball (20-0) wins league tourney
That anguished cry you may have heard last Sunday was another Ford Performance executive wat… Read moreFords struggling to keep up with Toyotas, Chevrolets
The regular-season championship in the Carolina Independent Conference came down to familiar… Read moreRMA netters top Patriots twice, win CIC
RED OAK — For the second time in as many games, the Northern Nash baseball team needed a hero. Read moreHERO OF THE NIGHT: NN wins tourney on Clay's extra-inning walk-off
I couldn’t help but be reminded of the game "Simon Says" when I listened to a CNN interview with Frank Luntz, a leading Republican pollster, strategist and analyst. Luntz stopped me cold when talking about America: “We’re in trouble,” he said, adding “I don’t know what to do about it.” Read moreTom Campbell: Pessimism spreads as youth watch, repeat
John Hood is a columnist for the John Locke Foundation and a member of its board of directors. Read moreJohn Hood: NC cities must clear out homeless camps
Today's editorial was first published April 26, prior to Tuesday's decision to clear the Columbia University campus of protestors. Read moreEditorial: Armed troops wrong response to free speech
Is President Biden going to debate Donald Trump as the November election nears? Read moreEditorial: President biding time on debate
Is China an enemy? What is an enemy? House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said, “I believe Xi, Putin, and Iran really are an axis of evil,” referring to the leaders of China, Russia and the nation of Iran. Read moreDouglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift: China fails to meet definition of an enemy
As a college lecturer, I know that only a few institutions of higher learning have been roiled by demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas war. Certainly, several elite colleges and universities have been disrupted by loud protests, encampments and disheartening displays of antisemitism. But, despite the pronouncements of conservative politicians, those hardly represent colleges across the land, including the Deep South university where I teach. Read moreCynthia Tucker: Biden needs to appeal to young adult voting bloc
The Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce’s 2024 Women’s Leadership Conference on Wednesday i… Read more'The Future is Female' panelists share views on confidence, work-life balance
As many as 1,000 Nash County students would be reassigned to different schools beginning in August under a plan that is scheduled to be approved Monday. Read moreSchool reassignments could affect 1,000 Nash students: Board set to vote Monday on attendance zones
A former assistant city manager who also served as an interim city manager fought back tears… Read moreW.B. Bullock remembered for serving nation, city, church
Nash County Public Schools will honor educators during next week's National Teacher Appreciation Week. At a ceremony to be held Tuesday, the school district will award top educators from among 18 finalists in five categories: Teacher of the Year, Teacher Assistant of the Year, First-Year Teacher of the Year, Assistant Principal of the Year and Principal of the Year. Read moreNash County Public Schools Teacher of the Year Finalists
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Friends, colleagues and the wife of fallen Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Joshua Eyer are remembering him as a hard-charging outwardly stern cop who also peppered friends with “how’s things” texts and showered love on his wife and young son. Thousands packed the sanctuary at Charlotte’s First Baptist Church on Friday for Eyer’s memorial service. They honored the life and sacrifice of a man who would push as hard to arrest a homicide suspect as he would someone who stole a sandwich. Eyer was one of four officers killed Monday as they tried to serve a warrant on a man wanted for being a felon in possession of a weapon. The suspect also was killed.
Federal investigators say they discovered disconnected and missing hardware aboard a helicopter that crashed in 2022, killing the pilot and a North Carolina television station’s meteorologist. The National Transportation Safety Board released its final report on the November 2022 crash on Thursday. The report says the probable cause was inadequate inspections by the pilot and maintenance personnel, resulting in an eventual loosening of the hardware and subsequent loss of helicopter control. WBTV meteorologist Jason Myers and pilot Chip Tayag died after the Robinson R44 helicopter crashed along a Charlotte-area interstate.
United Methodist delegates have repealed their church’s longstanding ban on the celebrations of same-sex marriages or unions by its clergy. The action marked the final major repeal of a half-century’s collection of LGBTQ bans and disapprovals that were embedded in the laws and social teachings of the United Methodist Church. The 447-233 vote by the UMC’s General Conference came one day after delegates overwhelmingly voted to repeal a 52-year-old declaration that the practice of homosexuality is “incompatible with Christian teaching” and two days after they repealed the denomination’s ban on LGBTQ clergy.
Harbor Towns Cruises, the nonprofit agency that operates the region’s new fast ferry passenger service, held its fifth and final ribbon-cutting ceremony in Edenton on April 26. The service, which will ferry passengers between Edenton, Plymouth, Columbia, Hertford, Elizabeth City and Manteo as well as provide tours of area waterways, will begin operations May 17.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The lucky home run sausage safely returned to Minnesota with the Twins — and their winning streak.
An experimental F-16 fighter jet has taken Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on a history-making flight controlled by artificial intelligence and not a human pilot. Kendall said he came out of Thursday's flight in California, witnessed by The Associated Press, confident enough in AI's capabilities that he would trust it to fire weapons. The flight is serving as a public statement of confidence in the future role of AI in air combat. The military is planning to use the technology to operate an unmanned fleet of 1,000 aircraft. Arms control experts and humanitarian groups are concerned that AI might one day be able to take lives autonomously and are seeking greater restrictions on its use.
Demonstrations have ceased at a small number of U.S. universities after school leaders struck deals with pro-Palestinian protesters. The agreements this week have fended off possible disruptions of final exams and graduation ceremonies. The negotiations at schools including Northwestern and Rutgers stand out amid the chaotic scenes playing out on campuses nationwide. More than 2,400 people have been arrested since April 17. Deals have included commitments by universities to review their investments in Israel, a longtime U.S. ally. Protesters have also focused on university ties to the Israeli military as the war grinds on in Gaza.
The United Nations humanitarian aid agency says hundreds of thousands of people would be “at imminent risk of death” if Israel carries out a military assault in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The border city is a critical entry point for humanitarian aid and is filled with displaced Palest…
