Groundwater tough to swallow?
RALEIGH – Here’s your chance to complain! Once every three years, state law requires regular reviews of groundwater water quality standards. Next week’s Feb. 2 public hearing is ‘virtual;’ however, written comments can also be submitted by email or through regular Postal Service channels. Last…
Prices Inch Up
News Analysis WASHINGTON, DC – Funky times, to say the least. Uncle Sam’s printing press is going crazy, flooding our locked down economy with plenty of cash. Government is spending money like a bunch of drunken sailors, and it is all being created from thin…
STEM Grant for Fossil Museum
Aurora Fossil Museum is the recipient of a generous Duke Energy Foundation Grant, which will support “Fossil Kits for NC Science Teachers Program.” The museum’s hard-working executive director, Cynthia Crane, is to put it mildly – ECSTATIC: “This grant will help provide interactive,…
Fog machine chemical beats back China Virus
Editor’s Note: On Jan. 15, the EPA granted special approval to the States of Tennessee and Georgia to use a chemical fog to help kill the China Virus. The chemical Triethylene Glycol, or ‘TEG’ has been used for a number of years as the active…
County bites financial bullet $3 million plus approved for water system
Pesky ‘hardness’ of aquifer likely to remain a problem All of Pamlico County – with the exception of Oriental and homes with their own wells – relies upon the Water Department. The utility operates as an ‘enterprise fund’ — a fancy term for a government-owned…
Vaccine slow to roll out in state | Latest ranking puts NC 48th in nation
RALEIGH – Legislators pressed the Cooper Administration this week for answers on North Carolina’s near-last-in-the-nation ranking on vaccine distribution. The hearing took place amid reports that future vaccine allocations from the federal government may be based on states’ progress on getting shots into arms. As…
Eyewitness & firsthand experience confirms reality of ‘Fakenews’ & ‘journalism malpractice’
By Dexter Liu NOTE: My wife and I plus another friend from Oriental went to the D.C. rally on January 6th. I am submitting this report for the County Compass to set the record straight and debunk the vicious false reporting in the mainstream national…
Live, on-the-scene reports from Washington, D.C
Submitted by Pamlico County residents Debbie & Edward Caraballo Final Update. We departed DC around noon on Wednesday, Jan. 6. Everything was peaceful when we left but from what we understand things are getting explosive as the people are fed up with being railroaded by…
Grantsboro Piggly Wiggly closing February 28
GRANTSBORO – Billy Flockhart, who owns two Piggly Wiggly stores in Pamlico County, confronted economic reality Monday morning. “I will be closing down the Grantboro store on February 28,” wrote Flockhart, in a press release to this newspaper, just hours before meeting with staffers….
Veteran Tax Return Preparer Always Puts Clients First
WASHINGTON, N.C. – Sharper than a tack, Richard Pitts, 74, has been preparing tax returns for more than five decades. There may be someone, somewhere, somehow who has a longer track record — but no one anywhere has more concern for a still-growing roster of…
Black panther spotted
GRANTSBORO – Steve Thompson, a new resident of our area, sent me an email last week. You guessed it – Thompson had a quick story to tell: “Last night (June 30) my wife and I saw a very big black panther about to cross Hwy…
Officials respond to complaints
Herbicide for roadways ‘safe,’ says DOT Thank you for contacting the NC Department of Transportation regarding roadside vegetation in Pamlico County. NCDOT utilizes industry-approved techniques to control the undergrowth of small trees, bushes and grass along the roadsides. Mowing is the primary tool used by…
