The state Court of Appeals will tackle a funding fight between Roanoke Rapids and Halifax County over 911 center funding.
Published: Friday, February 16th, 2024 @ 6:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Brian Harvill named president of ECU Health Roanoke-Chowan; Dennis Campbell, II named president of ECU Health Beaufort
Published: Wednesday, October 4th, 2023 @ 2:50 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Roanoke Rapids and Halifax County have taken their dispute over 911 call center funding to the N.C. Court of Appeals.
Published: Tuesday, July 25th, 2023 @ 4:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Mobile service brings access to advanced technology to Roanoke Rapids
Published: Tuesday, February 21st, 2023 @ 4:17 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Curtis Wynn, president and CEO of Roanoke Electric Cooperative, has been selected to receive the 2021 Larry Wooten Rural Leadership Award, awarded by Governor Roy Cooper and Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler.
Published: Tuesday, November 16th, 2021 @ 11:49 am
By: Governor's Office
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State auditors found Roanoke-Chowan Community College issued more than $10.3 million in checks with invalid signatures between August 2019 and August 2020, putting the school at increased risk of fraud.
Published: Sunday, August 8th, 2021 @ 7:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Olivia Jean O’Donery, age 78, a former resident of Mt. Airy, passed away Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital.
Published: Wednesday, July 7th, 2021 @ 3:45 am
By: Announcements
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Residents of Roanoke Rapids could vote soon to raise their local sales tax by a full percentage point. Money raised from the 1-cent tax increase would help pay off debt linked to the infamous Randy Parton Theatre.
Published: Friday, July 12th, 2019 @ 1:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Mrs. Sally Parrish Foreman Matthews, age 92, a resident of Pinetown, passed away Sunday June 30, 2019 at Roanoke Landing Nursing Center of Plymouth.
Published: Monday, July 1st, 2019 @ 11:02 am
By: Announcements
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I have a great deal for this 1 bedroom apartment /bungalow (ground floor) in Nags Head, North Carolina on the Ocean for 700.00 for the week. It has a full kitchen and sleeps 4.
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2018 @ 3:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The shows at the old Randy Parton Theatre will go on, in some form or another
Published: Friday, August 3rd, 2018 @ 12:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that the State is offering rewards of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murder of Jonathan Martice Andino, age 23, in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina and the murder of James Russ Harvey
Published: Friday, May 4th, 2018 @ 9:02 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Ten years ago - July 26, 2007 - one of North Carolina's most spectacular economic development boondoggles hosted its first performance
Published: Thursday, August 10th, 2017 @ 4:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory celebrated the grand opening of a new section of the N.C. Aquarium on Roanoke Island today, joining local and state officials in praising the completion of the project.
Published: Thursday, August 11th, 2016 @ 12:02 am
By: McCrory Communications
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An East Carolina University student-made film about the mysterious Lost Colony is the first of several ECU productions expected to debut on UNC-TV.
Published: Friday, February 12th, 2016 @ 1:35 am
By: ECU News Services
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today...
Published: Tuesday, April 14th, 2015 @ 5:13 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Many of us can remember the 'double rainbow, moment for the Yosemite junkie made famous on Youtube a few years back.
Published: Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014 @ 10:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Earlier this month, Vidant Health opened a new, state-of-the-art Cancer Care and Hematology services suite at Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital.
Published: Thursday, August 14th, 2014 @ 10:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The August 24, 1587 baptism of Virginia Dare, the first English born Christian in the New World. Image courtesy of the North Carolina Office of Archives and History, Raleigh, NC.
Published: Sunday, June 15th, 2014 @ 1:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Although Raleigh did not lead these expeditions to the New World, he funded and authorized them.
Published: Saturday, May 31st, 2014 @ 11:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today.
Published: Monday, December 23rd, 2013 @ 11:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The first natives in the region were the Weapemeoc, and their central trading town, also called Weapemeoc, was located near the present site of Edenton.
Published: Monday, August 5th, 2013 @ 3:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Players continue to plunk cash down to play online sweepstakes games at the former Randy Parton Theatre in Roanoke Rapids despite a state Supreme Court ruling banning the electronic diversions.
Published: Wednesday, February 6th, 2013 @ 2:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Outer Banks are a series of barrier islands that stretch nearly 200 miles along the North Carolina coast.
Published: Sunday, December 9th, 2012 @ 10:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Cecil Pearson's daughter Darlene told him she voted for Barack Obama for president. President of what? Cecil says Darlene couldn't tell you. Darlene, 40, is developmentally disabled and functions cognitively at about the level of a 7-year old.
Published: Monday, December 3rd, 2012 @ 2:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Dare County, one of North Carolina's coastal counties, has a rich history with national significance.
Published: Saturday, November 24th, 2012 @ 6:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Beginning Oct. 1, Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital will expand its cancer services to include radiation therapy. This service will be located at what was the Ahoskie Cancer Center.
Published: Monday, October 1st, 2012 @ 10:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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During President Obama's much-criticized "you didn't build that" speech last month in Roanoke, Va., his main point seemed to be that if you are successful in business you didn't do it alone.
Published: Friday, August 24th, 2012 @ 10:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital officials today dedicated their pediatric unit of the hospital in honor of Ahoskie native Annie Eason. The unit will be called the Annie Eason Children's Unit.
Published: Wednesday, August 8th, 2012 @ 11:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Recently President Obama, speaking in Roanoke, Va., commented, "If you got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."
Published: Friday, August 3rd, 2012 @ 8:42 pm
By: Warren Smith
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The founder of the iconic lunch haven Snoopy’s in Raleigh was so infuriated by President Obama saying he hadn’t built the business by himself he put up a sign to answer the President.
Published: Tuesday, July 24th, 2012 @ 12:46 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Much has been reported, of recent, regarding President/Candidate Barack Obama's unscripted comments, while campaigning over the past weekend, revealing his limited understanding of the creation of capital, of jobs, and the very core of what drives America's capitalist economy.
Published: Wednesday, July 18th, 2012 @ 5:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mrs. Addie Ruth Stevenson–McNair, 86, a resident of 434-B Jefferson St., Plymouth, died Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, at Roanoke Landing Nursing Center.
Published: Friday, November 18th, 2011 @ 6:44 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Isaac Brown, 84, a resident of 1084 U.S. Highway 64 E., Plymouth, died Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011, at Roanoke Landing Nursing Center.
Published: Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 @ 4:27 pm
By: Announcements
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