Health
Students donate 46 blankets to hospital
Students from Washington Montessori School recently visited Vidant Beaufort Hospital and donated 46 blankets to the Labor and Delivery department. This is the 16th year ...
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Group gives away 100 turkeys, sodas
Several businesses came together on Wednesday to make sure that local families could have turkey and beverages on ...
County’s new COVID-19 cases starting to trend upward
Beaufort County’s COVID-19 numbers are starting to trend in the same direction as the state’s metrics — and ...
Recount confirms Newby’s lead in Beaufort County
The statewide recount of the N.C. Supreme Court chief justice race in the 2020 general election didn’t cause ...
Vidant Beaufort Hospital restricts visitation in response to anticipated community spread
Vidant is taking steps to ensure the safety of all. Vidant remains vigilant with its screening process for ...
Columns
Thanksgiving and Christian unity
Many of those who boarded the Mayflower in 1620 en route to the East Coast of North America were dissenters from the Church of England. ...
by Polk Culpepper.
Beaufort County
Flying Pig Provisions fills a downtown need
It’s hard to think of downtown Washington as a food desert with several restaurants and the Harbor District Market right there on Main Street. However, ...
by Steve Barnes, Wednesday, November 25, 2020 1:35 pm
Southside Seahawks
Southside’s gentle giant-there when you need him
If Otis Harrell was an Avenger, he would be Ironman, but they’d have to build a bigger costume. The 6’7 Harrell has served as Southside’s ...
by Steve Barnes, Wednesday, November 25, 2020 1:13 pm
Beaufort County
Billy Jefferson returns to Main Street
Big Bargain is back. One of Main Street’s most familiar faces is spending more time in his furniture store these days, perhaps as an early ...
by Steve Barnes, Monday, November 23, 2020 7:34 pm
Editorials
Main Street is open, let’s go shopping
It took almost eight months, but the day has finally arrived. Washington’s Main Street is open and the collective sigh of relief that blew all ...
by Steve Barnes, Monday, November 23, 2020 7:25 pm
News
Where to find free Thanksgiving meals
Local groups are making sure that Beaufort County residents who don’t have Thanksgiving plans or are in need of food will have access to a ...
by Brandon Tester, Monday, November 23, 2020 5:26 pm
News
Small businesses prep for busy weekend
Local small businesses will have some much-needed time in the spotlight this Saturday. Small Business Saturday, the second in a string of shopping “holidays” that ...
by Brandon Tester, Monday, November 23, 2020 5:05 pm
Pungo Raiders
Raiders title bid falls short-four make All-State
Pungo Christian Academy will have to wait another year to claim a state championship after a 36-22 loss to Bethel Christian of Kinston in the ...
by Steve Barnes, Saturday, November 21, 2020 11:10 am
News
Holiday events on deck in Washington
A year filled with twists and turns is set to end with rare tastes of normalcy for Beaufort County residents. The Washington Harbor District Alliance, ...
by Brandon Tester, Friday, November 20, 2020 4:50 pm
News
Mayor Hodges’ vision becomes reality
Washington’s late mayor, Mac Hodges, was having lunch with his family in downtown New Bern when an idea popped into his head. Four years later, ...
by Steve Barnes, Friday, November 20, 2020 4:24 pm
Beaufort County
BCCC Darragh Foundation & other scholarship recipients announced
The Beaufort County Community College Foundation is proud to announce the following scholarship recipients. The BCCC Foundation is currently raising funds through an online auction ...
by Beaufort County Community College, Friday, November 20, 2020 4:13 pm
Beaufort County
BCCC fall scholarship recipients announced
The Beaufort County Community College Foundation is proud to announce the following scholarship recipients for the Fall 2020 semester. The BCCC Foundation is currently raising ...
by Beaufort County Community College, Friday, November 20, 2020 4:04 pm
Columns
A guide to Christmas tree care
Thanksgiving is here and you know Christmas is around the corner! My family traditionally decorates for Christmas the weekend after Thanksgiving. It seems the commercial ...
by Beaufort County Cooperative Extension, Friday, November 20, 2020 2:52 pm
Columns
Let’s Bump it up!
Could that say what I thought it did? I was behind a car on Market Street. When we came to a stop at the intersection ...
by Bartow Houston, Friday, November 20, 2020 2:08 pm
Club News
Fire chief visits Washington Noon Rotary Club
The Washington Noon Rotary Club welcomed city of Washington Fire Chief Mark Yates as guest speaker during its weekly virtual meeting. Yates updated the club ...
by The Daily News, Friday, November 20, 2020 1:45 pm
Club News
Honoring years of service for a Freemason
Orr Lodge #104 of Washington, NC recently had the honor and privilege of presenting a 50 year service award to Brother Edward Eugene Riffle. Brother ...
by The Daily News, Friday, November 20, 2020 12:43 pm
News
County continues outreach to small businesses
Beaufort Count’s unemployment rate — which has been gradually falling after rising as high as 9.1% in May —rose to 6.3% in September, an increase ...
by Brandon Tester, Thursday, November 19, 2020 5:39 pm
Education
Future of school security in limbo
Beaufort County Schools’ administrators are pondering their options in the wake of Sheriff Ernie Coleman’s announcement last Friday that he plans to terminate the memorandum ...
by Brandon Tester, Thursday, November 19, 2020 5:23 pm
Business
Rain and cold weather cause slight streetscape delay
City of Washington Public Works Director Adam Waters couldn’t talk long. He was headed to Main Street to take the asphalt temperature. Waters wasn’t looking ...
by Steve Barnes, Thursday, November 19, 2020 4:37 pm
News Main
Middle school basketball scheduled, P.S. Jones adds golf
Beaufort County middle school basketball players will hit the hardwood as scheduled assuming a spike in COVID-19 cases doesn’t bench them. The virus cancelled fall ...
by Steve Barnes, Wednesday, November 18, 2020 5:17 pm
Education
STEM center awarded $25K from Duke Energy Foundation
Christmas has arrived early for Alvin Powell, president of the Inner Banks STEM Center. Powell learned this week that a grant from the Duke Energy ...
by Karen Thiel, Wednesday, November 18, 2020 11:41 am
Beaufort County
County’s COVID-19 metrics trending positively
Beaufort County’s COVID-19 numbers have been trending in a positive direction following a spike in positive cases two months ago, giving local health officials some ...
by Brandon Tester, Tuesday, November 17, 2020 5:21 pm
News Main
Raiders to play for state title
One thing is certain in a fall sports season full of uncertainty. The Pungo Christian Academy football season will end this weekend as the Raiders ...
by Steve Barnes, Tuesday, November 17, 2020 5:01 pm
News Main
Players must wear masks as new volleyball season begins
The public school volleyball season is just getting started right about the time it should be ending and there’s a new COVID-19 related twist — ...
by Steve Barnes, Tuesday, November 17, 2020 5:01 pm
Chocowinity
Surprises everywhere at record-breaking BBQ competition
CHOCOWINITY—Several records were smashed last weekend, at Chocowinity Volunteer Fire Department’s annual “Smokin’ on the Southside” BBQ event. Instead of fire department volunteers cooking all ...
by Karen Thiel, Monday, November 16, 2020 5:02 pm
Beaufort County
‘School is real’ and remote in the age of a pandemic
A month after students returned to the classroom and/or remote learning, Beaufort County Schools administration, faculty, staff and students are still adjusting to the new ...
by Vail Stewart Rumley, Friday, November 13, 2020 7:45 pm
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