The Daily Advance

10/03/2025

Local high school football teams return to action Friday night after most teams were off last weekend.

10/03/2025

A budget amendment of more than $176,000 will be used for employee raises distributed across seven City of Elizabeth City departments. The amendment is to the city’s 2025-26 fiscal budget recently adopted in June.

A budget amendment of more than $176,000 will be used for employee raises distributed across seven City of Elizabeth City departments. The amendment is to the city’s 2025-26 fiscal budget

10/03/2025

Pasquotank hopes to reopen the animal shelter under county control in January, according to a timeline proposed by Pasquotank Manager Sparty Hammett.

10/02/2025

Greenville Hip-Hop artist Pl***oy Poppy, who is managed by an Elizabeth City based music executive, has signed a two-year deal with 300 Entertainment.

10/01/2025

About a dozen residents were arrested during a warrant roundup operation by the Elizabeth City Police Department and several partnering agencies.

10/01/2025

Cities and towns across North Carolina are a pen stroke away from losing the bulk of their authority to regulate the size of U.S. and North Carolina flags on private property.

Cities and towns across North Carolina are a pen stroke away from losing the bulk of their authority to regulate the size of U.S. and North Carolina flags on private

10/01/2025

Elizabeth City police are seeking a 17-year-old male wanted for purse snatching in the Halstead Boulevard area.

10/01/2025

The government shutdown has begun. And it’s plunging the U.S. into a fresh cycle of uncertainty. President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and services running by Wednesday’s deadline. Roughly 750,…

The government shutdown has begun. And it’s plunging the U.S. into a fresh cycle of uncertainty. President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs

09/30/2025

A new сity employee procurement card policy that goes into effect Wednesday, Oct. 1, tightens restrictions on their use and reduces the amount that cardholders can spend.

09/30/2025

The last of four Pasquotank Correctional Institution inmates to stand trial for the 2017 murders of four PCI employees will spend the remainder of his life in prison.

09/29/2025

Courtney Doi said her grandmother, Judith, believed in miracles. Perhaps the greatest miracle was Judith’s sister’s decision to put her on a Kindertransport train that allowed her to escape Germany in 1939.

Courtney Doi said her grandmother, Judith, believed in miracles. Perhaps the greatest miracle was Judith’s sister’s decision to put her on a Kindertransport train that allowed her to escape Germany

09/29/2025

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Maurice “Mo” Green championed public education in a visit to Pitt County this week, pointing to the state’s recent record-high graduation rate as evidence that its schools can become the best in the nation.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Maurice “Mo” Green championed public education in a visit to Pitt County this week, pointing to the state’s recent record-high graduation rate as evidence that