Washington County News

" A Bertie County man - " wanted for allegedly carjacking a vehicle, operated by an elderly female, at gunpoint in Plymouth - " saw his 34-day flight come to end here Thursday.

Some history Opposition over wintering waterfowl was the key to getting the Navy to drop Washington County as a preferred OLF site in 2008.

Changing local liquor laws continues to be a divisive issue in Eastern Carolina.

If all goes according to schedule, area residents will have a Wegmans supermarket to shop at by the spring of 2011.

The N.C. State Highway Patrol, State Bureau of Investigation and Washington County Sheriff's Department assisted in the arrests.

U.S. and Egyptian authorities are making dozens of arrests to crack an identity theft ring that victimized thousands of people.

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Washington County authorities say a motorcyclist riding down the road without a helmet led to a series of discoveries and three arrests.

In 1783, Congress signed the Treaty of Paris and ended the Revolutionary War. The year was also a notable one for an area church.

The National Alumni Association of Elizabeth City State University is holding its 33rd Annual Alumni Awards Banquet today at 6:30 p.m. in the K. E. White Center.

State investigators say a fire at an unlicensed club in the East was started on purpose.

Philip D. Brown Richmond County Daily Journal A decision is expected Thursday on Richmond Countya s three grant proposals through the Golden LEAF Foundationa s Community Assistance Grant Program.

But hey, it's the day before the Washington County fair starts, it's five days until the first Razorback football game and the weather is perfect.

On Aug. 23, 1784, factions in western North Carolina declared themselves a separate state called Franklin.

On Aug. 23, 1784, factions in western North Carolina declared themselves a separate state called Franklin.

Finally, there's a glimmer of hope to the seemingly endless corporate welfare saga in Raleigh.

Finally, there's a glimmer of hope to the seemingly endless corporate welfare saga in Raleigh.

TAXING, SPENDING. The General Assembly, largely along party lines, approved a $19 billion budget that calls for raising nearly $1 billion in tax increases.

FINALLY, there's a glimmer of hope in the corporate welfare saga in Raleigh. On Thursday night, while most of the state was not paying attention, the N.C. House voted down a bill that would have provided up to $9 million in corporate welfare to a company that bought a Washington County paper mill over the next five years.

North Carolina legislators spent two days preparing to give a Canadian paper company up to $10 million before hitting the brakes on Thursday.