Albemarle News

Regional historian Thomas "Tom" Butchko died Saturday. Butchko, 56, died at his home on Fearing Street in Elizabeth City.

Thanksgiving symbolizes America as the land of plenty and the willingness to share the bounty with others.

Mona Knight, recruitment and retention coordinator at Home Instead Senior Care, has a passion for antique quilts, and has been collecting for years.

A dancer in an all-male review performing at a Mingo County nightclub died after being struck by a pick-up truck and dragged through the club's parking lot, authorities said.

GATES a ' An early Sunday morning mishap near here has claimed the life of a Gates County teen.

Kellie Dawn Pickler has come a long way for a girl that started out as a roller-skating car hop at Sonic.

The zoning dispute between the city and Albemarle Teen Challenge heads to mediation today over the nonprofit's plan to operate a residential addiction recovery program for women in a historic house on West Main Street.

When Robin Harris says she needs more hours in a day, she means it. Harris, a nursing professor at College of The Albemarle, doesn't stop working once she exits the classroom.

Lauren Strobel first knew she wanted to be an attorney when she was in high school.

" With historic Merchants Millpond, bathe in the rich colors of fall foliage, providing a scenic backdrop, hundreds of individuals made their way to Gates County on Saturday to celebrate the formal opening of the millpond's new Visitor Center.

Two Albemarle residents are facing charges for allegedly altering a dance school's Web site and soliciting children for sex.

The Albemarle region figures prominently on television this week with two programs highlighting local talent and local landscapes.

Descendants of William Crawford Dawson Sr. Betsy Dawson, Patricia Bailey Chenault and Nancy Brass Dawson Rascoe, look on as Peter Rascoe describes the features of a hand-painted N.C. state seal that was once part of a Confederate battle flag, at Museum of the Albemarle, Monday.

The Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Board of Education may not want ex officio members, but the area's premier industry-recruiting group wants plenty - including someone from the school district.

Another Halloween approaches and that means kids are ready to trick-or-treat. This year, as with years past, Main Street in downtown Elizabeth City from Dyer to Pritchard will be closed to automobile traffic from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. File photo/The Daily Advance Kaylee Smithson, 2, held by Desirae Gurganas, 8, and Isaac Gurganas, 4, get candy from ...

If the October wind whistling through a dying cornfield is not enough to send chills down one's back, Kent Lowder has more in store for visitors to his Millingport corn maze.

Anthony "Tony" Grieco may arguably be the Albemarle region's newest neighbor. At the very least, he's the Chowan Golf and Country Club's newest chef.

Recognizing that relocation could be a tough chore for College of The Albemarle's next president, COA officials are looking to offer some help by providing free riverfront housing.

The regional public health agency has run out of the vaccine used to help adults fight seasonal flu and won't be getting any more this season, a health official said Friday.

Albemarle Road Middle School principal Avery Mitchell walks into the school's media center with area superintendent Nancy Bartles.