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CONCORD a ' Ronnie Long, a man convicted of a 1976 rape, may be once step closer to getting a retrial as closing arguments began in his hearing Tuesday.

With a budget shortfall of $3.8 million, a nine-cent property tax rate hike, high unemployment and a looming national recession, Chowan County is feeling the economic pinch.

Elizabeth City police have arrested a Virginia man they say was trying to steal nearly $10,000 worth of DVDs and CDs from the Wal-Mart Supercenter.

State Rep. Bill Owens, D-Pasquotank, said Monday he's working to unshackle half a million dollars needed to pay for infrastructure at Elizabeth City's planned airpark.

Rehearsals are in full swing for City Youth Ballet's production of "The Nutcracker." Performances of the holiday classic at the Stanly County Agri-Civic Center in Albemarle are scheduled for Friday, Dec.

Four volunteers from Newland United Methodist Church Laura Jones, 15, Megan Hoffman, 16, Rachel Meads, 11, and April Williams, 13, help sort food items that have been donated to Food Bank of the Albemarle.

People are going hungry. It's a fact that has Food Bank of the Albemarle and the affiliated area food pantries on alert.

Bloom Supermarkets has promoted Troy Leshko to vice president of retail operations.

A North Carolina doctor will pay more than $1 million to settle allegations he bilked the government out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Rowan Helping Ministries is hosting a reception today, 4-6 p.m., for artist Michael Kirksey at the Rail Walk Studios and Gallery, 409 N. Lee St.

If Albemarle Hospital doesn't affiliate with University Health Systems, it could soon be competing for patients with an upgraded Chowan Hospital in Edenton, Albemarle's top executive told Pasquotank County ...

Forward Candon Rusin tallied a goal and had an assist to lead Hampstead Topsail to a 3-0 shutout over Albemarle in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 1-A men's soccer championship Sunday ...

Published: Friday, November 14, 2008 at 10:40 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 14, 2008 at 10:46 a.m. Due to heavy rain forecast in the Raleigh area, the NCHSAA boys soccer state championships have been ...

Thad Palmer had heard some of the whispers in Elizabeth City about the bloodshed during the Civil War.

Nov. 10, 2008 JROTC cadets raise the flag at West Mecklenburg High School Monday morning during a special program to honor veterans.

Mike Dunn, a member of the Meherrin Indian Nation, demonstrates a "smoke dance" for area elementary school students at Museum of the Albemarle, Friday.

An Albemarle man died Friday in an early morning fire at what fire officials allege was an illegal boarding house.

One person was killed in an early morning house fire in Albemarle. Police said the blaze began just after midnight Thursday at an illegal boarding house on West Main Street.

When children hear the words, "I love you," in one instant and witness physical beatings in another, they get mixed signals and may believe the abuse is normal, Johnny Ikner says.

North Carolina musical performers have contributed some of the finest bluegrass, blues, folk and gospel in the American musical canon.