Elizabeth City News

An Ahoskie electrician was badly burned in an arc-flash accident at Elizabeth City's Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant Tuesday, a store official said.

An Elizabeth City man who police say raped a woman near the end of July has been formally charged with statutory rape.

A Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters medical practice will be changing locations in Elizabeth City because of anticipated demand and current growth.

A suspect wanted in connection with a shooting two weeks ago has turned himself in, said Elizabeth City Police Lt.

Pasquotank County commissioners met with Blackwater officials Friday to discuss possible new uses at the company's target systems manufacturing facility at Pasquotank Commerce Park.

Residents may have noticed cameras installed at the intersection of Water and Main streets in downtown Elizabeth City.

Developer Brant Wise hopes to dazzle prospective buyers with his waterfront condominiums, Harbor Lights, currently under construction in the former Hurdle Hardware building off Water Street.

An Elizabeth City man arrested in March during a federal drug roundup has been sentenced to 10 years on cocaine charges.

Elizabeth City police are searching for an armed robber who held up two Farm Fresh employees at the food store's gas station after it closed Tuesday night.

Jane Taylor left her mark throughout Girls Inc. of The Albemarle. On Friday, several of the children celebrating the last day of the Girls Inc.

Elizabeth City Police arrested a Perquimans County man Tuesday who they believe to be responsible for a string of break-ins last week.

Theatre lovers can't say they're lacking opportunity in Elizabeth City. Between Encore and the COAST Players, theatre season has five reasons to be grateful.

Cox Enterprises Inc. announced today that it intends to sell all of its stand-alone community newspapers, including those that comprise Cox North Carolina Publications Inc.

Rising sea levels and population growth along the coast are concerns North Carolinians need to start planning for now, members of a state collaborative said at forum in Elizabeth City earlier this week.

That's the local economic prognosis for the remainder of this year, according to George Jackson, dean of the Walter R. Davis School of Business and Economics at Elizabeth City State University.

Elizabeth City police believe they know who is responsible for firing 13 rounds from an automatic rifle into a home on Wood Street early Sunday.

While the number of North Carolina students graduating after four years or less of high school rose this year, some area school districts actually saw fewer such graduates.

Parents of students at four area elementary schools are being encouraged to attend one of four meetings scheduled this week on the Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools' School Choice program.

City councilors Anita Hummer and Tony Stimatz have received their share of criticism over the years for taking what some consider too active a role in watching Elizabeth City's finances.

Even during an economic downturn, tourism continues to be a revenue producer in North Carolina.