Elizabeth City News

The Coast Guard says 33-year-old Anthony Gontarz called 911. But a Carrolton Volunteer Fire Department boat crew couldn't rescue him due to weather conditions and his location.

Elizabeth City's second electrical delivery point will be up and running in about three weeks, providing the city new protection from blackouts and completing a $3.5 million project that's been four years in the making.

Staff photo by Jimmy LaRoue Northeastern coach Antonio Moore , who helped organize the inaugural Elizabeth City State Spring Football Clinic, talks with Pasquotank offensive coordinator Jesse Cassino during a break on the first day of the two-day workshop.

A body was discovered Friday afternoon in the area where a Hampton Roads woman was lost in Indiana flood a More A ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. - A large-scale concrete pour began Friday morning at the site of the new eastbound Pasquotank River drawbridge in Elizabeth a More A

Fire Chief Robert Reed told WAVY.com the fire sparked before 3 a.m. in the 400 block of West King Street.

Laura Carsey talks with Elizabeth City Tourism Director Charlotte Underwood as she gets a cupcake at the Elizabeth City Downtown Inc. ribbon cutting, Thursday, March 13, 2014 Laura Carsey talks with Elizabeth City Tourism Director Charlotte Underwood as she gets a cupcake at the Elizabeth City Downtown Inc. ribbon cutting, Thursday, March 13, 2014 ... (more)

Linda Linders may not be a Coast Guard member the public sees on camera after Air Station Elizabeth City completes a search and rescue mission, but she is important because she helps make sure the I's are dotted and the T's are crossed at the station.

North Carolina's state auditor said Thursday that Elizabeth City State University poorly managed the school's long-distance phone activity and shouldn't have footed the $140,000 bill for thousands of calls to Senegal.

The Food Bank of the Albemarle is bringing a new event to Downtown Elizabeth City and Arts of the Albemarle.

State taxpayers picked up the bill for about $140,000 in long-distance phone calls from Elizabeth City State University to a West African nation, money that should have come from federal funds aimed at creating textbooks for students in Senegal.

WITN HD and WITN2 are being moved to a new broadcast station channel line-up on Time Warner Cable systems.

Kassidy Malo, 10, points to artwork she likes at the Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools Student Art Show at Southgate Mall in Elizabeth City, Monday.

Dan Herlihy takes advantage of the warm weather Tuesday to get in a game of golf at the Knobbs Creek Par 3 course in Elizabeth City.

State Rep. Bob Steinburg, R-Chowan, speaks to the Albemarle Area Association of Realtors, Tuesday, as Currituck County Economic Development Director Peter Bishop Elizabeth City City Manager Rich Olson listen.

A 12-year-old Elizabeth City boy was being treated at a Virginia hospital Monday night after being struck by a vehicle on River Road near the Hickory Village mobile home park, emergency medical officials said.

Rodney Mullen and his son Corey look over some of the student art at the Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools Student Art Show at Southgate Mall, Monday.

Staff photo by Jimmy LaRoue Edenton lineman Matt Jones, flanked by Aces offensive line coach Perry Owens, mother Virginia Jones, father Larry Jones and former Aces head coach Wes Mattera, as he signs to play football at Elizabeth City State, Friday.

The Eastern N.C. Region of the American Red Cross has seen an increase in disaster-related costs since the beginning of the fiscal year.

Sgt. Rick Pureza of the Elizabeth City Police Department escorts Derrick White after his arrest during operation Double Down, Thursday.

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