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By Mary Harvey Editor’s note: The author extols health benefits derived from a variety of herbs. Got a question? Email: MaryAndRichard31@gmail.com. Grab your hot cocoa and drop in a Marshmallow. Or, poke one onto a branch and sit around a campfire to roast – eating…

Hope Clinic plans to relocate from Pamlico County Health Department Serves uninsured, underinsured in three counties Offers ‘naming rights’ for generous donors   BAYBORO –  Hope Clinic, which provides free health care to low-income uninsured and underinsured residents of Pamlico, Craven and Beaufort counties, is…

ALLIANCE – What is it we fear about growing old? To most of us, growing old alone and losing the ability to be self-sufficient is high among those fears. Our sight grows dim, and our hearing gives us difficulty with communication. The cost of things…

By Mary Houston-Harvey This article is the first in a series meant to highlight the benefits of herbs. Got a question? Email the author: arkserve@prodigy.net The humble little False Daisy has a powerhouse of medicinal, beauty and garden benefits, growing right here in North Carolina….

By Lynn Hardison | Director of Nursing | Pamlico County Health Dept. BAYBORO – Revela Agbokou, a recent graduate of Georgia Southern University, has joined the Pamlico County Health Department as a ‘Center for Disease Control (CDC) Public Health Associate.’ This exciting development marks the…

By Jean Tourville ORIENTAL – It was on a Friday morning when it happened. I was making breakfast when a sudden feverish chill hit me so severely that my legs became weak. I knew I couldn’t hold myself up for long. What I could not…

News Opinion NATION – Is there a better known name on the planet? Our returning President’s notoriety and even fame has been fed to a great extent by mainstream media’s obsession over the past eight years. Rural voters indeed ‘trumped’ urban voters this time around….

Known as a referendum. The proposed increase, if approved by a majority of voters, would take the current rate from 6.75 percent to an even 7 percent – possibly boosting county revenues by an estimated $400,000 per year. Back in April, the Pamlico County Board…

Nelson Lee resides just across Lowland Road from this massive impoundment, now planted with corn. “At sunrise,(during duck season) it sounds like artillery going off, and shotgun pellets rain down on my roof and yard.” Rather than decoys, many of the impoundments use live ducks as a lure, grown inside screened cages like the one seen here.

Innocent Mistake? Or, Brazen Rebuke of Freedom? Editor’s note: Mr. Liu is a naturalized American citizen whose parents escaped China in 1949 before the Communist occupation. His father served in the Navy of the Republic of China (Free China) and as Taiwan’s diplomatic envoy from 1935…

Danielle P. Tiletnick passed away on April 4 of this year. Her family will host a tribute to the performer on Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 5pm. The service is open to the public at St. Peter the Fisherman Church, White Farm Road in Oriental. Tiletnick…

In two earlier articles about the proposed Pamlico 6 thru12 school, I quoted some statistics for the time frame of 2010 to 2022: Pamlico County lost 5.5 percent of its population School aged people (5 to 19) decreased 25.2 percent The 65-plus population increased 31.6…