Dare County News

After a slight decrease in April, unemployment again rose in the Albemarle in May, edging upward in every area county except Currituck, which reported a state-low jobless rate of 6.3 percent.

College of The Albemarle and Elizabeth City State University will save thousands of dollars beginning next semester by ending a decades-old tradition of printing and mailing class schedules and academic catalogs.

The Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Board of Education has been asked to consider lowering graduation requirements for HL Trigg Community School students in danger of dropping out of high school.

Two black bears living in coastal Dare County have become so accustomed to being fed by humans that they respond to the sound of a potato chip bag being crinkled.

The above map is one of three alternatives for the Mid-Currituck Bridge proposed by the N.C. Turnpike Authority.

A Dare County woman has been arrested for stealing thousands of dollars from a community center.

During Carolyn McCormicka s tenure leading the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau, one tourism board member said, the Outer Banks went from being a regionally known tourist destination to being nationally and internationally known.

As jobs disappear and bank accounts dwindle, North Carolinians are drinking more booze.

Dare County Schools have notified 12 elementary school teachers that their contracts will not be renewed because of expected state budget cuts, the superintendent said.

Businesses that fear losing sales if North Carolina bars large Outer Banks stores from giving away plastic grocery bags are mobilizing against the brainchild of the state Senate's powerful leader.

The New Bern-based agency that will be replacing Albemarle Mental Health Center as the manager of area mental health services starting July 1 also plans to replace the agency's name.

A Pasquotank County commissioner is seeking a seat on the N.C. Board of Transportation even though the seat's current occupant says he has no plans to resign.

A federal judge has given a bit of wiggle room to tight restrictions on beach driving designed to protected endangered birds and turtles on North Carolina's Outer Banks.

Elizabeth City, NC- Northeast North Carolina business travelers now have an affordable alternative to charter air service, thanks to a NCFlyPorts program available at the Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Regional Airport and other airports throughout the state.

Thanks to an uptick in seasonal jobs on the Outer Banks, Dare County's jobless rate dropped to 9.7 percent last month - down from 14.6 percent in March and a staggering 17.1 percent in February.

Hey, read the rules! There is some good news on the economic front in North Carolina - the unemployment rate has dropped in 83 counties.

Ruth Crittenden doesn't attend wreath-laying ceremonies on Memorial Day. But today - as she has on 41 previous Memorial Days - Crittenden will remember her brother, Maj.

In their efforts to balance next year's county budget without a property tax increase, Pasquotank commissioners may receive help from an unlikely source: Albemarle Hospital.

As some people in Eastern Carolina are struggling to make ends meet there are those that are doing just fine.

For the second time in less than a week, an Outer Banks woman has been found stabbed in the stomach at her home.