The County Compass

By Steve Rader WASHINGTON, NC – Michele Morrow, the Republican candidate for NC Superintendent of Public Instruction, recently addressed the Beaufort County Conservative Club, declaring that her top objectives for the state’s school system were safety and academic performance. Morrow said she wanted to get…

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…

Older generations turn out to support Snowden’s K thru 8 AURORA – A quick look along the packed pews of New Growth Unlimited Ministries Church last Thursday evening, Sept. 5, hinted at part of the problem – a dearth of young parents! Grandparents and even…

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…

ORIENTAL – The Blues is one of the timeless musical artforms in the American cultural lexicon. Like any style of music, it’s always able to be pushed in different directions as long as the foundation is being respected. A modern example of this is Buffalo…

On Friday, August 30, 2024, deputies of the Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office executed pre-dawn search warrants at three locations in Pamlico County related to a yearlong investigation pertaining to the sale and distribution of illegal narcotics in Pamlico County. Deputies executed search warrants at the…

WILMINGTON – Quavion Maurice Pickett, a/k/a “Q,” a 30-year-old resident of Rock Hill, South Carolina has been sentenced to 324 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release, and a forfeiture of over $72,000, for trafficking fentanyl pills in the Fayetteville area which…

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By Chrissy Fulcher | Fulcher’s Seafood LLC Shelbyville, Tenn. – My daughter Chasity competed here Friday night, Aug. 23, at the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. For our breed it is the highest achievement you can receive. This is considered our World Title. Chasity won…

MOREHEAD CITY – As North Carolina’s official ‘State Saltwater Fish,’ the Red Drum is not only a popular target for anglers but also a species of significant economic importance. While annual data supports these claims, several key questions remain unanswered: Where do Red Drum spawn? How…