Pasquotank County News

Local officials say they're stumped about how to enforce a new state law designed to encourage recycling by outlawing plastic bottles from traditional waste receptacles.

Rebuffing two members' call for a wider and more public search, the Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Board of Education voted 5-2 Wednesday to name Linwood Williams the school district's new superintendent.

With no financially qualified third party stepping forward, Elizabeth City officials acknowledged this week that the city may have to take over management of the Hugh Cale Community Resource Center and use multiple tenants to provide services.

A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for northeastern North Carolina until 7 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.

With just a week to go before the filing period opens for candidates in Elizabeth City's municipal election, several incumbents say they're undecided about whether they'll be seeking re-election. Meanwhile, a local accountant and former Elizabeth City State University vice chancellor is launching a campaign for mayor and a former councilor is ...

The Albemarle Hospital Foundation has been awarded a $60,000 grant to help uninsured and low-income citizens in Camden and Pasquotank counties receive the medications they need.

Pasquotank County officials told residents of Providence Acres last week that the county lacks authority to force the developer to repair Traci Drive's badly damaged pavement or their area's drainage system.

A study by state transportation authorities found traffic volume too low to justify a stoplight at the intersection where a motorcyclist was killed in April, but recommended an upgraded flashing light and other safety improvements at the intersection.

The N.C. Department of Transportation has closed a section of Okisko Road in Pasquotank County so that workers can repair a small bridge that spans a swamp.

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

A special tax district to generate funds for flood control in Pasquotank County's Knobbs Creek drainage basin is now in place - but without a tax.

On a split vote following an at-times rancorous discussion, Pasquotank County officials on Monday approved a modified version of a funding request from Port Discover.

New Bern firm taking over for AMHC July 1 2009-06-08 22:09:53.0 Optimism - tempered with a dose of skepticism - greeted promises by East Carolina Behavioral Health Monday night to improve mental health services and increase the number of psychiatrists serving the Albemarle area.

Local jail officials are concerned about a House budget plan thatkeeps certain state inmates in county jails longer and stops paying for their room and board.

Loading... 1 of 4 Sam King, wearing a yellow jacket, and Frank Jackson paddle an inflatable boat down Cherokee Road in the Hodges Manor neighborhood of Portsmouth on Tuesday after heavy thunderstorms flooded the area.

A fire at a mobile home park in northern Pasquotank County Friday night has left a Pasquotank County family without a home.

Statewide The state public schools budget may be cut by 11 percent, which could result in more than 6,000 teachers statewide losing jobs.

Prichard with deed's office 2 decades 2009-06-01 15:10:06.0 Joyce W. Pritchard says it still seems a little weird, taking her seat at what she considers "Dollie's desk". But on Monday, the job of overseeing Pasquotank County's deeds, wills and other official documents officially became hers.

Ten years after an Elizabeth City man absconded the area before he could be tried on drug charges, Durham police have arrested him on rape and identity theft charges.

A state health care association is lobbying the North Carolina General Assembly to reconsider the Senate's budget cuts to a Medicaid home care program that serves 36,000 residents statewide.