Chowan County News

Eastern Carolina is waking up to a thick layer of fog Monday, and that is delaying the start of the school day for some.

Edenton resident James Wrighton appears with "The Price is Right" game show host Drew Carey while appearing as a contestant during a trip to California with his wife, Denise.

Chowan County and College of The Albemarle officials remain hopeful of reaching an agreement that will keep a viable COA campus in the county.

After a resignation and six-month hiring freeze due to funding problems, Chowan County will finally have a new director of social services on Jan.

The owner of a van reported stolen and later fished out of a Chowan County creek has been jailed on multiple charges that she staged the theft to collect the insurance money, Edenton police say.

Divers found a stolen passenger van submerged in more than 20 feet of water in a Chowan County creek Monday afternoon.

" Two suspects wanted in the severe beating of a Gates County man are behind bars.

Descendants of William Crawford Dawson Sr. Betsy Dawson, Patricia Bailey Chenault and Nancy Brass Dawson Rascoe, look on as Peter Rascoe describes the features of a hand-painted N.C. state seal that was once part of a Confederate battle flag, at Museum of the Albemarle, Monday.

A former Chowan County commissioner's probable cause hearing on a felony drug possession charge will be held in Superior Court.

A former Chowan County commissioner has been arrested on drug charges. William Badhan Gardner Jr., 43, of 141 Paris Trail, Edenton, was arrested Oct.

11 cats and two dogs were seized from Elizabeth Cave's home in Chowan County, NC Thursday night.

Edenton Police Chief Jay Fortenbery said he was glad to hear that Chad Schaffner, a suspect in the Southern Bank robbery in July, had been arrested.

The head of a Raleigh consulting firm said he offered to provide detailed invoices for the $260,000 worth of services his firm provided to the Edenton-Chowan Development Corp.

A spokesman for State Auditor Beth Wood confirmed Thursday that Wood apologized to a Raleigh consulting firm after it was mentioned in a preliminary audit report about Chowan County that was never intended to be released.

Town Council tossed a lifeline to Edenton-Chowan's financially troubled economic development group Tuesday night, agreeing to fully fund the agency and release most of the money right now.

Volunteers work side by side digging out a trench in the ground for a housing foundation during the groundbreaking event for a Habitat for Humanity House in Elizabeth City earlier this summer.

While other Albemarle counties reported slight decreases in unemployment in July, Chowan County's jobless rate continued to rise.

While there may come a day when local residents support higher sales taxes for public transit improvements, that day isn't here yet, area officials say.

A former employee of Capstrat, a Raleigh communications firm, says his work for Chowan County involved more than helping the county obtain funding for the new public safety center and improvements to the county's airport.

Town Manager Anne-Marie Knighton apologized to Edenton officials last week for not disclosing her conversations with a Raleigh lobbying firm that was paid with public funds that apparently were never authorized.