Pasquotank County News

Converting Albemarle District Jail into a homeless shelter won't be as easy or cheap as originally thought.

The numbers There are no specific statistics on gang-affiliated activities in Elizabeth City, but North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation numbers show the crime rate in Pasquotank County increased in 2006, ...

Some ideas A committee formed to draft ideas for the old school's use said it would ideally become a community resource center, park and special event location for things such as boat shows or sports ...

Home foreclosures are rising at a record pace, with all area counties save one on track to surpass last year's totals.

An Elizabeth City man was sentenced Monday to a minimum of 20 years in prison for statutory sex offense and taking indecent liberties with a child.

Several years ago, members of the Albemarle Hospital Board of Trustees and the Pasquotank County Board of Commissioners were considering selling the hospital.

A mechanical problem shut down the Camden Causeway Bridge for more than an hour Friday.

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Camden County will soon have its first full-time county Extension Service director after the Board of Commissioners approved adding the position on Monday.

Superior Court Judge Alma Hinton said she'll decide Wednesday whether to uphold or overturn a residency ruling involving 4th Ward Councilman Kirk Rivers.

Editor's Note: This is the second of three farming stories we will bring you, highlighting local efforts to live off the land.

A Pasquotank County office-seeker met Friday's deadline to get his name on the November ballot.

An unaffiliated candidate's name will not appear on the Pasquotank County ballot this November because many of the signatures on his filing petition did not meet election rules, a county official said Thursday.

Police in Pasquotank County, NC think they have a pedophile in custody. They arrested a man for raping a child.

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 - ...

Pasquotank County Sheriff's deputies are still investigating the death of a man who was found in the passenger seat of a Hertford man's vehicle Thursday night, but his identity was confirmed this week.

Smoke forecast Smoke this morningin Chesapeake and Pasquotank County, N.C. Clearing in the afternoon in North Carolina counties of Currituck, Camden and Dare.

Police name a suspect in a nearly two-year-old murder investigation. Darryl Torrey Elliott, 31, of Hertford, NC allegedly shot Thurston 'Silk' Pittman on July 10, 2006 outside the Brothers and Sisters Club at ...

A man convicted of sexual exploitation of a minor in Utah has been charged with 11 child sex offenses in Pasquotank County.

Maybe an investigation could be conducted in Pasquotank County to find out why Weeksville has a large four- or five-bay fire department, that I seldom see open.