Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:02:23 EST

A Currituck County jury was being chosen Monday afternoon in the trial of a man charged with killing his neighbor in Gibbs Woods. Charles Newcomb, 61, of the 100 block of Newbern Drive, Gibbs Woods, is charged with shooting Joyce Gabbard, a 61-year-old woman who lived next door to Newcomb and was his landlord. Gabbard was killed on Oct. 7, 2007.

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:17:37 EST

The nonprofit that manages the Whalehead Club has declined an invitation to get involved in a fight over building rest-rooms and showers on historically significant land at Currituck Heritage Park in Corolla.

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:15:43 EST

River City Community Development Corp. is celebrating its 20th anniversary in a big way by helping prospective first-time home buyers save for a new home.

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:38:21 EST

Estelle “Bunny” Sanders suggested to students, faculty and other attendees of the annual Founders Day Convocation at Elizabeth City State University on Friday that they have a role in shaping the university’s future — so much so that they themselves are “founders” of a sort.

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:34:55 EST

Some residents in Camden County are upset about the Camden commissioners’ upcoming retreat, not because they’re having one, but because of the location — the Currituck Cooperative Extension Center. Camden resident Mark Durden said he’s also concerned that Camden commissioners are having the retreat, planned for next month, catered by Currituck restaurants.

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:29:09 EST

A 16-year-old student was charged with making a false bomb report at Currituck County High School last month. The Currituck County Sheriff’s Office investigated a report of a bomb threat on Feb. 9 about 1:35 p.m. The threat was that a bomb attack would take place, according to a news release by Sheriff Susan Johnson.

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:24:51 EST

An oil reservoir built around 1870 that once held fuel for the Currituck Beach Lighthouse and which has been with the National Park Service Cape Hatteras (NPS) since 1949, was recently returned to the lighthouse, according to a press release from Meghan Agresto, site manager for the lighthouse.

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:23:29 EST

Elizabeth City’s Wesley Hospitality House will be officially closing its doors on March 31, Executive Director Gustave Smith said Monday. “We’ll keep operating as usual because we have some reservations,” he said of Wesley Hospitality House, where families of patients have been able to stay affordably while their loved ones are treated at Albemarle Hospital.

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:09:34 EST

BARCO — With nations like India now graduating more engineers than the United States enrolls in college, advocates for more science and math instruction say there’s an even greater need to get youngsters hooked on those subjects before they leave high school.

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:09:05 EST

CURRITUCK — Olympic athletes can be so pesky sometimes. Especially when they’re facing different directions, fiddling with their gold medals, or waving to their moms. But these things happen — particularly when the athletes are just 6 years old. Luckily, Ryan Camden gave up his station near the Canadian flag to help out.