Pasquotank County News

The Elizabeth City Housing Authority has asked Pasquotank County for help repaying an overspent federal grant, but county officials want assurances that steps have been taken to shore up fiscal controls before they agree to help out.

Pasquotank County officials have derided as "crazy" and "capricious" a state Insurance Department ruling that the Weeksville area needs 31 more fire hydrants - at a cost of $92,400 - before homeowners can qualify for lower fire insurance rates.

Volanda Watts speaks during an election hearing held in Courtroom C of the Pasquotank County Courthouse, Wednesday.

Area school districts pass out hundreds of report cards every year, but on Thursday, the tables were turned.

In May NewsChannel 3 told you how a crash wiped out the bookmobile of Northeastern North Carolina.

Pasquotank County officials have awarded a solid waste handling contract to Albemarle Equipment.

Unemployment in the Albemarle area fell slightly in September, according to figures released by the N.C. Employment Security Commission.

Officials from the 10 counties in the Albemarle Mental Health Center area plan to meet in the next few months to decide the future of mental health service management in the region.

Joe Ferrell just can't help himself. He can't let you sit in the audience at some stuffy university event while he drones on and on about some wonderful person's wonderful background.

Doug and Geri Davis file their ballots in the city's 3rd Ward and mayoral elections at the Pasquotank Board of Elections, Wednesday, which marked the first day of one-stop voting.

A North Carolina county has broken ground on a nearly $19 million reverse osmosis plant that is expected to start pumping fresh water late next year.

Staff Photo by Justin FallsArchitectural renderings of a new reverse osmosis water plant are seen during a groundbreaking ceremony for the plant which is being installed on Foreman Bundy Road near the intersection of Okisko Road, Monday.

City Council rejected a 4th Ward councilor's efforts Monday to waive demolition fees for a historic South Road Street home the city tore down nine years ago because of code violations.

Supreme Court Chief Justice Sarah Parker administers the oath of office to new Superior Court Judge J. Carlton Cole inside the Perquimans County Recreation Department gymnasium, Thursday.

A 75-year-old Gates County man died Tuesday after his car ran off the road and overturned in a water-filled ditch in northern Pasquotank County, according to the N.C. Highway Patrol.

Elizabeth City officials Monday night delayed action on a proposed agreement governing the transfer of the Aviation Research and Commerce Development Park property to the airport authority until the City Council work session Nov.

John Marx discusses the time he's spent as a member of 4-H during a ceremony celebrating the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Pasquotank County 4-H program, at Museum of the Albemarle, Sunday.

Juanita Melko, a nurse who works at the health department in Pasquotank County, watched as fellow nurse Nancy Nash approached with a syringe containing the H1N1 vaccine.

Dozens of stolen firearms are on the street of two North Carolina counties. Pasquotank and Perquimans county sheriffs tell NewsChannel 3 that several homes were burglarized in the last two weeks.

The fourth-place finisher among the 3rd Ward City Council candidates in Elizabeth City's Municipal Election Tuesday has called for a runoff election.