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Multiple fatalities confirmed in OBX plane crash
KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. — Multiple fatalities have been confirmed in a single-engine airplane crash near the Wright Brothers National Memorial’s First Flight Airport. The crash occurred at about 5 p.m. Saturday and happened in a wooded area, according to the National Park Service. A Dare County sheriff's deputy reported there were still some people inside the park when the plane crashed.
Election boards in region remove 5,700 ineligible voters from rolls
County election boards have removed nearly 750,000 ineligible registered voters from the state’s voter rolls over the past 20 months, including nearly 5,700 in the five-county area. The N.C. State Board of Elections released data Thursday showing that 747,247 total voters were removed from the state’s voter rolls between January 2023 and August 2024, which is an average of more than 1,200 voters removed a day. That total included 5,697...
Knights win Byrd Bowl in Camden, Panthers avenge loss to Bears
In area high school football games played Thursday evening, the Currituck County High School Knights held off the Camden County Bruins to win the Northeastern Coastal Conference game, 21-20. Camden missed an extra point that would have tied the score with 4 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter to win the Byrd Bowl played in Camden. The Bruins fell to 1-4 and 1-1 in the NCC while Currituck improved to 2-3 and 2-0 in the conference. ...
Flooding closes Weeksville Road at Sawmill Park
Despite a lot of tidal flooding in low-lying areas of Elizabeth City area on Friday, only one road in Pasquotank County — Weeksville Road near Sawmill Park in the county's southern end — was closed as of Friday evening. The N.C. Department of Transportation closed the road Friday afternoon because of flooding. Pasquotank-Camden Emergency Management Coordinator Brian Parnell said Friday evening that, other than some streets in low-lying areas of...
Albemarle Neighbor: Blades' Shut Up & Listen Records becoming 'destination'
When Shut Up & Listen Records owner Kevin Blade was a kid growing up in Indiana, he remembers his parents were always putting records on the turntable in the family’s living room console. “They were always playing music,” he says. Blade also remembers his grandmother having a massive record collection — more than 5,000 albums in all types of genres. He also recalls going with her to the record store...
Elizabeth City non-profit Laura’s Wish Foundation grants lifetime memories for adults who are terminally ill
A non-profit in Elizabeth City is helping adults and their families across the country with terminal illnesses, escape treatments and stress. Laura’s Wish Foundation helps them check items off their bucket list.
Rick Anderson cuts ribbon on new fitness, health and nutrition biz
Like a lot of fitness professionals, Rick Anderson has dreamed a lot about owning his own gym. A former health and wellness coordinator and regional fitness director for the South Hampton Roads YMCA, Anderson said working for the Y for 17 years taught him a lot of things about the fitness business — like how to budget, how to manage operations, how to manage people. So when he decided to...
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