Currituck County, NC

CURRITUCK, N.C. — You might not see any long lines at polling precincts in Currituck and Pasquotank counties, but every vote still counts. Tuesday is the big day in North Carolina: it’s primary day and thousands of people across the state are casting their ballots. Currituck County voter...

There are numerous races on the ballot, including primaries in both parties for U.S. Senate, Congress, state offices and local races.

The Currituck County Board of Commissioners will hold a regular meeting on Monday, May 16 at 6:00 p.m. in the Historic Currituck Courthouse. A meeting agenda is available online at http://currituckcountync.iqm2.com/Citizens/default.aspx. Special meetings willl also be held on May 16, as the Board of Commissioners convenes as the Board of...

Sell one and they will come.

List of events and activities for the Currituck County Public Libraries to be included in the Summer Focus. June 1-July 29: Teens in 6-12th grade are invited to participate in a Summer Reading Challenge. For each challenge you finish, you’ll receive a raffle ticket to be entered in a prize drawing. The more you read, the better your chances are to win some cool prizes. Stop by the Barco or Moyock library to pick up a reading challenge starting June 1st.

Are your prized plants overrun with insects and diseases? If so, this course may be for you! Home gardeners put a lot of time, effort, love, and money into their favorite plants and they are often damaged or killed by insect infestations and/or diseases. This workshop will look at various...

The district nominated Christopher Pinto, who teaches sixth grade English at Currituck County Middle School, as an excellent educator because he's a positive and collaborative educator.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality has awarded $937,854 in grants for projects to reduce air pollution from diesel-powered mobile sources. These projects will replace 11 vehicles with cleaner alternatives, reducing estimated emissions of nitrogen oxides by 23.5 tons over their lifetimes. Mobile sources...

Habitat loss is the number one factor leading to decreased pollinator populations. As we build more homes, schools, and businesses here in Currituck, we have a duty to protect our pollinators. One way to do this is by establishing wildflower beds. Wildflower beds can be small, but offer habitat to pollinators.

BARCO — In a cold, rainy and gusty evening at Currituck County High School, the conditions for the 3A NCHSAA first round softball game between the First Flight Lady Nighthawks and Currituck Lady Knights weren’t ideal.

Two leaders of U.S. Army intelligence roots in northeastern North Carolina were in Currituck and Pasquotank counties Tuesday to recruit talent for the Military Intelligence Corps.

First Flight placed four golfers among the top 30 of 62 golfers to finish fifth in team standings at Monday’s NCHSAA 3A East Men’s Golf Regional Championship. Playing on the par 72 Reedy Creek Golf Course at Four Oaks, Nick Bernard finished 19th to lead the Seahawks team with an 83. He finished one stoke short of an individual state qualifying position.

COROLLA, Currituck County — The Corolla Wild Horse Fund announced the birth of a new foal named Cricket. Officials said she was born Tuesday, May 3 and she is the sixth born this year, fifth of which survived. Officials urge people to give the horses plenty of space to...

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Food Bank of the Albemarle has announced a grant award of $13,500 from Moyock Woman’s Club, which will provide funding for three new mobile food distributions. The target population for the grant-funded mobiles will be residents of Currituck County. “We sincerely thank the Moyock Woman’s Club for making this...