Alliance News

Today's canvas of the Pamlico County municipal elections are expected to be a formality to confirm voter choices from last Tuesday's elections.

BAYBORO The conclusion of early One Stop voting in Pamlico County Saturday mirrored the early 2007 turnout for elections in nine towns small.

During the first two days of taking applications this week for Christmas assistance, Salvation Army staff members were overwhelmed with 140 requests.

Four candidates for four board seats and mayor. High vote total winner is elected mayor.

The annual statewide Big Sweep to clean the waters and land of North Carolina is scheduled Saturday.

Since it was founded 137 years ago, Pamlico County has grown only to about 14,000 people, spread across 351 square miles along the Neuse River and Pamlico Sound.

Oriental will have the only contested board race among Pamlico County's nine towns in the November elections.

The discovery of many uncharted underground utilities along with old storage tanks dating back to the 1950s has exended the completion date of the final segment of the $47.8 million N.C. 55 widening project through Pamlico County.

The Pamlico County Board of Elections decided Friday to not extend the county's filing period, despite open seats on three town boards.

The Pamlico County Board of Elections will meet today to consider extending the municipal filing period for an extra five days if there aren't candidates for all of the 47 open seats in nine towns.

Municipal filings picked up for nine Pamlico County towns Monday with the beginning of the final week to get on the Nov.

First-day filing was slow on Monday for 47 of the 50 elected municipal offices in Pamlico County.

The identity of a woman killed in a vehicle crash Thursday on N.C. 55 in Pamlico County has been released by the State Highway Patrol.

Liberal-leaning religious groups are launching radio ads in five states this week in which local pastors urge senators to back efforts to overhaul the nation's health care system.

Published: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 9:07 p.m. On May 29, the board of directors for the United Way of Henderson County announced where the funds from their last campaign would go.

State public charter schools group will headquarter here BY MATT GOAD : The Herald-Sun May 14, 2009 DURHAM -- A new state public charter school organization will be headquartered in downtown Durham.

So how does a fellow from a small town in North Carolina start gaining admiration and money from America's social and financial elite ... the kinds of people who have queens and presidents stay over at the house? In the case of John Edwards, that fellow builds a spectacular and lucrative legal career, wins a U.S. Senate seat with several millions ...

President Clinton and Wake Forest mom Tonya Peele will appear on the Rachael Ray show this Thursday to talk about the childhood obesity epidemic and the work of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation.

Kannapolis City Council will take up a a rezoning case between a resident and Cabarrus Health Alliance.