Economic developers are taking their first steps toward crafting a new jobs plan for Elizabeth City and Pasquotank County, and they've already identified some likely industries for recruitment.
Christian Lockamy, director of the city-county Economic Development Commission, and Carl Rees, senior…
EDC developers kick-start new jobs effort/News/2019/01/18/EDC-developers-kick-start-new-jobs-effort.html1
Currituck boards mull long-term fixes for school funding/News/2019/01/18/Currituck-boards-mull-long-term-fixes-for-school-funding.html7
January 18, 2019
CURRITUCK — Currituck commissioners and school board members still have miles to go before they reach agreement on whether the county schools need more local funding.
But the Board of Commissioners and Board of Education have agreed on a mechanism they hope will lead to a long-term solution…
Federal workers aren’t the Salvation Army’s typical clients.
But because of the partial government shutdown, now in its 28th day, the Salvation Army of Elizabeth City is offering to help federal workers pay their utility bills.
Caseworker Lola Wright said Thursday that the Salvation…
Salvation Army offering Coasties, fed workers utility aid/News/2019/01/17/Salvation-Army-offering-Coasties-fed-workers-utility-aid.html3
Edenton native a regular starter at Temple/Sports/2019/01/19/Edenton-native-a-regular-starter-in-college.html7
January 19, 2019
GREENVILLE — De’Vondre Perry made his homecoming to the state of North Carolina as a college basketball player when his Temple Owls played an American Athletic Conference road game against East Carolina Wednesday.
A friend of mine brought in a mushroom sample recently for me to identify. I smiled when I saw it. When I was a teenager, it was one of my favorites to collect. I usually found it on dead or dying elm trees.
It’s called oyster mushroom and it’s one of the most abundant in North America.…
Oyster mushrooms are common fungus on deciduous trees/Lifestyles-Columnists/2019/01/18/Oyster-mushrooms-are-a-common-fungus-on-deciduous-trees.html3
I became fascinated with Hank Williams around seventh or eighth grade.
I’m not talking about Junior or “Bocephus,” although I took a liking to “Country State of Mind” and some of his other songs as we moved into the 1980s.
But in the mid-1970s I was all about Hank…
Williams' songs still resonate/Lifestyles-Columnists/2019/01/17/Williams-impact-still-resonates.html3
I’d like to thank President Donald Trump for committing his time, wealth, abilities and dedication to saving our nation from politicians who only became part of our government to further their own greed and create laws that are an insult to those of us who sent them to govern. Shame on them…
Trump helping save us from pols who pursue own greed/Letters/2019/01/19/011419habitlet.html3
The letter letter published on Jan. 13 was absolutely right about our need for a "spiritual awakening."
We need such an awakening to counter the present chaotic, demonic insanity ruining America. The writer didn't specify what this will mean in practice, so here are a few of my own ideas.
A…
Spiritual awakening won't be found on a smartphone screen/Letters/2019/01/18/011419gilllet.html3
In John Hood’s Jan. 7 column, he cites a “report card” issued by the Cato Institute evaluating the fiscal performance of the nation’s governors. It is no surprise that the Cato Institute, formerly the Charles Koch Foundation, would look favorably…
