Hertford News

Gov. Mike Easley today reminded residents of Bertie, Onslow and 10 other eastern North Carolina counties that they have until Monday, July 21 to apply for low-interest federal Small Business Administration ...

Dr. Louise Markert, the Duke immunologist featured in a three-part News & Observer series in April, will be profiled today on "Good Morning, America" and again tonight on "Nightline" . The N&O series documented ...

A proposed 14-percent rate increase for members of a municipal electricity-buying cooperative is raising questions about the annual salary paid the agency's chief executive.

Downtown business owners say business has improved in the last several weeks since the Downtown Waterfront Market opened, which is what market organizers had hoped would happen.

The man charged in a Hertford shooting death Sunday was the victim's cousin, according to police.

Hertford police have charged a local man in Sunday's early morning shooting. Travis Reaves, 26, whose last known address was the 100 block of Pine Ridge, Hertford, has been charged with first-degree murder in ...

Police are investigating the shooting death of a 21-year-old man early Sunday morning.

Civil rights activists and clergy are urging lawmakers to approve legislation that would prohibit application of the death penalty on racial grounds.

The Hertford Police Department has confirmed that a shooting fatality occurred early Sunday morning.

When it would start ElectriCities customers in Elizabeth City, Edenton and Hertford are likely to see an increase in September bills for August usage.

Elizabeth City police need your help locating Darryl Torrey Elliott, of 138 Lowe Drive, Hertford, N.C. Police say he's been indicted in Pasquotank County Superior Court for First Degree Murder.

At a glance - Pasquotank County, up 5 cents,to 55 cents per $100 valuation - Elizabeth City, up 4 cents,to 45 cents per $100 in valuation - Perquimans County, down 26 cents, to 41 cents per $100 valuation - ...

Miss Garner is now Miss North Carolina and vows to continue her fight against Lou Gehrig's disease, the neurodegenerative disorder that claimed her grandfather and great-grandfather. Amanda Lauren Watson, a ...

Smoke from two wildfires, combined with controlled fires at area wheat fields, continue to blanket the Albemarle in a fuzzy haze.

Winfall actually raises tax rate The Town of Winfall passed its 2008-2009 budget last week, thinking that the tax rate had been lowered.

News North Carolina The tax rate The proposed county tax rate would drop from 67 cents per $100 valuation to 41 cents.

Dr. Louise Markert, left, and Stephanie Gupton, a pediatric nurse practitioner, test the walking ability of Jayla Turner.

Lawsuit impacts Hertford budget Hertford residents will face a higher tax rate, and higher water and sewer rates, but the cost for electricity is expected to remain the same based on the proposed 08-09 budget ...

Approximately 30,000 acres consumed in three counties By DAN PARSONS Staff Writer PONZER - A fire that had already consumed more than 28,000 acres in eastern North Carolina by Thursday burned at least another ...

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