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Ocracoke Express carries 16,594 passengers in 2021 season
OCRACOKE – More than 16,500 people got out of their cars and onto the Ocracoke Express passenger ferry this summer, and surveys revealed that the ...
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New Public Safety Training Center helps BCCC meet community’s needs
Beaufort County Community College held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its Public Safety Training Center and dedicated the lecture ...
Two men arrested on drug charges
The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday the arrests of two men on multiple drug charges. On Sept. ...
Powell Place: City seeks to have writ dismissed
The City of Washington has filed a motion to dismiss with prejudice the petition and writ of certiorari ...
Marina project moves forward
After much discussion about the project’s potential effects on the region, the Washington City Council on Monday approved ...
Aurora
Two men arrested on drug charges
The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday the arrests of two men on multiple drug charges. On Sept. 2, amid an investigation into heroin distribution ...
by The Daily News.
Beaufort County
Giving back
Keais Lynch with Bragaw Insurance presents a check to Shepard Cancer Foundation president, Jim Hackney in memory of Linda Strader and Alice Lynch. Dr. Robert ...
by Vidant Beaufort Hospital, Friday, September 17, 2021 11:02 am
Northside Panthers
Northside home game Friday
The Panthers will host Croatan High School tonight at 7 p.m. The scheduled game at Rosewood was canceled because of COVID-19, so Northside (3-1) will ...
by Steve Barnes, Friday, September 17, 2021 10:55 am
Crime
Man charged in 2012 beating death of UNC-Chapel Hill student
CHAPEL HILL (AP) — A man has been charged with murder in the 2012 beating death of a North Carolina college student, police said Thursday. ...
by The Associated Press, Friday, September 17, 2021 10:53 am
Southside Seahawks
Seahawks show solid improvement as conference play begins: program builds match by match
The Southside volleyball team is off to its best start since 2016 and has a chance for a winning record for the first time since ...
by Steve Barnes, Thursday, September 16, 2021 6:07 pm
Agriculture
Judge blocks NC law provision aimed at farm workers’ union
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s only farm worker union is pleased despite mixed decisions so far from federal courts about a 2017 law it says ...
by The Associated Press, Thursday, September 16, 2021 5:44 pm
Southside Seahawks
High Five: Gonzalez sparks strong start
Southside senior midfielder Victor Gonzalez has already surpassed last season’s scoring totals with 13 goals through the first seven games and the Seahawks record has ...
by Steve Barnes, Wednesday, September 15, 2021 8:08 pm
Education
BCCC Foundation cancels dinner and concert
The Beaufort County Community College Foundation is canceling its Celebrating Hope Auction and Banquet, originally scheduled for Oct. 9. The recent surge in positive COVID-19 ...
by Beaufort County Community College, Wednesday, September 15, 2021 5:40 pm
Beaufort County
State preps for flu season; local COVID-19 update
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is encouraging North Carolinians to get vaccinated against influenza as the state enters flu season. “COVID-19 ...
by Brandon Tester, Tuesday, September 14, 2021 7:27 pm
Business
Thermo Fisher investing $154M in Pitt County
RALEIGH — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. will create 290 new jobs in Pitt County, Gov. Roy Cooper announced Tuesday. The company will invest $154 million ...
by Staff Reports, Tuesday, September 14, 2021 7:25 pm
Northside Panthers
Not the center of attention: area centers discuss the overlooked skills needed to fill a vital role
Not many football fans pay attention to the center until something bad happens, but the player in that spot is essential to offensive success. Nothing ...
by Steve Barnes, Tuesday, September 14, 2021 7:24 pm
Sports
Pam Pack at home Friday
Washington High School will host Northern Nash Friday night at Wagner Stadium. The Pam Pack (2-0) were supposed to have a bye this week, but ...
by Steve Barnes, Tuesday, September 14, 2021 1:17 pm
Beaufort County
County urges storm preparedness; several weather systems on radar
The Beaufort County Office of Emergency Services announced Monday that it is monitoring several weather systems that could affect the area this week, and encouraged ...
by Brandon Tester, Monday, September 13, 2021 8:10 pm
Northside Panthers
Top Three-Panthers dominate Cougars
Northside’s 46-0 rout of South Creek was the only game for Beaufort County teams last week. Southside was off because of COVID-19 problems within the ...
by Steve Barnes, Monday, September 13, 2021 7:55 pm
Northside Panthers
Panthers open cross country season
Northside’s Keanu Dugan won the boys individual title in the Panthers season-opening cross country meet held at Northside High School. Dugan covered the 5K course ...
by Steve Barnes, Monday, September 13, 2021 7:50 pm
Business
Worker advocates seek more NC aid as federal benefits expire
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s unemployed need higher and longer jobless benefits from the state more than ever now that additional federal benefits created during ...
by The Associated Press, Monday, September 13, 2021 7:45 pm
Columns
Answering readers questions-what happened to Billy Weaver and other random thoughts
Those of you who have lived in the area for a while know better than to get too attached to your favorite local television news ...
by Steve Barnes, Monday, September 13, 2021 7:45 pm
Columns
Spreading the word across the pond-Underground Railroad Museum goes international
I was recently interviewed by the Guardian Newspaper and The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), both news service outlets in Great Britain. The purpose of the interviews ...
by Leesa Jones, Monday, September 13, 2021 7:42 pm
Pamlico Life
Celebrating National Senior Center Month
The Grace Martin Harwell Senior Center in Washington celebrated National Senior Center Month on Monday. Gov. Roy Cooper proclaimed September as Senior Center Month in ...
by The Daily News, Monday, September 13, 2021 1:51 pm
Columns
Calling both sides of the lucky coin
Vail Stewart Rumley wrote the original version of this column on Sept. 15, 2001, shortly after the 9/11 attacks. I prepared to go to work ...
by Vail Stewart Rumley, Saturday, September 11, 2021 10:00 am
Beaufort County
Humane Society auction is Oct. 8
The Humane Society of Beaufort County will hold its 27th annual auction beginning at 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 8 at the Washington Civic Center. ...
by The Daily News, Friday, September 10, 2021 7:26 pm
Education
Judge sets deadline for NC to boost school funding
RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina judge has set a mid-October deadline for state lawmakers to follow a court-ordered plan to provide full funding for ...
by The Associated Press, Friday, September 10, 2021 7:21 pm
Beaufort County
‘America has been cut deeply’: Inside the newsroom on 9/11
Sitting in a meeting at Beaufort County Community College, Brownie Futrell, then publisher of the Washington Daily News, began jotting down a brief editorial that ...
by Brandon Tester, Friday, September 10, 2021 7:19 pm
Business
Groundbreaking ceremony kicks off construction of Main Street Inn
Twenty years after Felicia Huggins opened Salon 208, she and her husband Wayne broke ground for another business — one they hope will help fill ...
by Brandon Tester, Friday, September 10, 2021 7:14 pm
Aurora
Aurora man arrested on drug charges
An Aurora man was arrested Aug. 27 on several drug charges, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday. Orlando Cooper, 34, is charged with two ...
by The Daily News, Friday, September 10, 2021 4:22 pm
Sports
Paszt takes full advantage of senior year-four-sport athletes are a rarity these days
Knowing where Olivia Paszt is after 3:30 p.m. on weekdays isn’t that hard. However, to find her, one must know what day it is and ...
by Steve Barnes, Friday, September 10, 2021 2:45 pm
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