Jackson
Refuge expansion sought
Matt Connolly with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) met with the Northampton County Board of County Commissioners here Monday to discuss a proposal ...
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Columns
Come to your senses before it’s too late
A feller called the other day asking for more stuff about the Donald. There is so much, it’s a bit hard to do. I can’t ...
by Keith Hoggard, Thursday, October 6, 2016 10:00 am
News
‘Grading’ success
The numbers are in for Roanoke-Chowan area schools as far as how they stack up in accountability measures of teaching young people. As expected, the ...
by Keith Hoggard, Tuesday, October 4, 2016 9:51 am
News
School lockdown unwarranted
Willis Hare Elementary School was briefly under lockdown Thursday when an erroneous report came in of a man with a gun nearby. Northampton County Sheriff ...
by Keith Hoggard, Monday, October 3, 2016 11:01 am
News
Hayes appointed new HC Sheriff
There’s a new sheriff in town. The Hertford County Board of Commissioners unanimously appointed Dexter Hayes to fulfill the unexpired term of former Sheriff Juan ...
by Keith Hoggard, Thursday, September 29, 2016 10:04 am
Columns
Debate was the same campaign trail hype
After weeks of hype, Clinton and Trump met in this year’s first presidential debate. The politicos went mad afterwards, calling it surreal and bizarre, proclaiming ...
by Keith Hoggard, Thursday, September 29, 2016 9:55 am
Conway
Northampton flooding occurs in eastern end of the county
Northampton County Emergency Management Director Ronald Storey said Friday the county got about nine inches of rain from this week’s storm but suffered only minor ...
by Keith Hoggard, Monday, September 26, 2016 10:40 am
Jackson
Digital health!
The Northampton County Board of Commissioners approved a contract Monday that establishes an electronic health records system for the county Health Department.
by Keith Hoggard, Thursday, September 22, 2016 10:51 am
Columns
The case of the disappearing neighbors
I always wondered why them pint-sized, big-headed goomers were comin’ all that way - traversing interstellar distances that, if the physicists are right, would have ...
by Keith Hoggard, Thursday, September 22, 2016 10:48 am
News
Coming Home
They came home….to Winton. The Winton Historical Association (WHA) held a Homecoming event Saturday at the Winton Baptist Church Fellowship Hall on Main Street where ...
by Keith Hoggard, Tuesday, September 20, 2016 11:17 am
News
State weighs in on early voting locally
Board of Elections officials in all four Roanoke-Chowan area counties were left scrambling in August to meet and develop Early Voting plans in advance of ...
by Keith Hoggard, Tuesday, September 20, 2016 11:15 am
Ahoskie
Give us your tired, your poor, your hungry
Sharing with those in need is important, and so is the fundraising and volunteer efforts of that social outreach. The Ahoskie Food Pantry held a ...
by Keith Hoggard, Monday, September 19, 2016 9:40 am
News
HB 2 fallout
With announcements by the NCAA and ACC that championship college athletic events scheduled to be held in North Carolina would instead be played in other ...
by Keith Hoggard, Monday, September 19, 2016 9:38 am
News
Grant targets young readers
Bertie County Schools has received a $281,593 grant from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to fund a Targeted Reading Intervention for elementary school ...
by Keith Hoggard, Thursday, September 15, 2016 9:39 am
Columns
Wall is needed to protect the Constitution
We must put the Constitution over the Bible when governing the country, preserve our right to freely practice (or not practice) the religion of our ...