The Washington Daily News

07/30/2025

https://www.thewashingtondailynews.com/2025/07/30/two-candidates-fill-vacancies-on-ballot-in-washington-park/

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Candidate filing for the 2025 municipal election officially ended on July 18; however two vacancies remained in Washington Park. Only three of a required five candidates for town commissioner filed. This meant the local Board of Elections had to get approva...

07/30/2025

Former Northside High star has come a long way to become a senior at ECU. “But the past four years, I really just honed in on like staying focused as far as football, but then like maximizing my academic opportunities. I just graduated with my business degree. Now I'm going to get my master's degree."

07/29/2025

Hicks said its contents did not surprise her; however, she was surprised that the contents were in “great condition.” “Everything was intact, nothing was water damaged and it shouldn’t have been because it was sealed up well,” Hicks said. “It was fun to see the items that were buried in it.”

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A time capsule was unearthed from the George H. and Laura E. Brown Library on Friday, July 25, 2025 which was 25 years after it was buried by former library staff. The big reveal, hosted on the library’s back lawn, was the final event of the summer readin...

07/29/2025

Southside High School’s annual soccer camp saw around 25-30 campers participate in a week of lessons, instruction, and play that wrapped up on Thursday. Now the focus turns to the high school season, which starts Wednesday with the first practice.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... CHOCOWINITY, N.C. — Children were running up and down the soccer practice field at Southside High School. It was a warm Thursday evening and, as expected, many were sweating as they ran for the ball, battling for it and getting into position for either a ...

07/28/2025

What are you most excited to see at the Washington History Center and Museum? Take our poll on https://www.thewashingtondailynews.com/

Tell us in the comments if there is something specific you'd like to see!

Read our recent coverage of the History Center and Museum here:
https://www.thewashingtondailynews.com/2025/07/18/history-center-one-step-closer-to-reality/

https://www.thewashingtondailynews.com/2025/07/26/new-history-center-and-museum-project-receives-financial-boost-from-hpow/

07/28/2025

“I’m eternally grateful for the Historic Port of Washington Project and its efforts as a nonprofit to promote historic preservation in our area,” said Stephen Farrell, curator of special collections at Brown Library.

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Historic Port of Washington Project (HPOW) has donated $5,000 towards the new History Center and Museum that will be located in the Historic Train Station Depot at 108 Gladden Street. Accepting the check on behalf of the city was Stephen Farrell, curato...

07/28/2025

ATHLETES ON THE RISE: Washington High School's Carly Woolard and Northside High School's Colten Smith are the two latest student-athletes to watch starting this fall.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Note: In each edition, we’re highlighting some of the top returning high school student-athletes in the public and private high schools in Beaufort County. We’ll spotlight a male and female athlete with their accomplishments during the 2024-25 season. ....

07/25/2025

https://www.thewashingtondailynews.com/2025/07/25/bcso-and-crime-stoppers-continue-search-for-jennifer-hollowell-watkins/

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Beaufort County Crime Stoppers and the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office are requesting the public’s help to locate 45-year-old Jennifer Hollowell Watkins. Watkins was reported missing to the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday, June 29, at appr...

07/25/2025

https://www.thewashingtondailynews.com/2025/07/25/nws-temps-could-feel-like-107-to-113-degrees-this-weekend/

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Today, the National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a heat advisory for Beaufort County and surrounding areas. The advisory will remain in affect until Sunday evening. An extreme heat watch is also in effect until Sunday evening. “For the heat advisory, ...

07/25/2025

It was a busy summer for the high schools and their sports. The National Federation of High Schools and the NC High School Athletic Association were busy with rules changes and updates involving baseball and other sports, too.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... So, how was your summer? That’s likely one of the main topics of discussion for student-athletes, coaches and other officials. There were camps conducted, fall sports were busy with workouts, dead periods, more workouts and things like 7-on-7 drills for f...

07/25/2025

Campers and instructors joined former Washington High School star and current Duke football senior Terry Moore in enduring the heat and humidity that stuck around last Saturday during his “Terry Moore Dream Big Football Camp.”

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The only thing moving faster than the young men who were taking part in the third annual “Terry Moore’s Dream Big Football Camp” was the sweat running down their faces. High 5: Duke safety, Washington High star Terry Moore Last Saturday’s camp at Wa...

07/24/2025

HIGH 5: We asked Terry Moore five questions about his recovery from knee surgery and his expectations for the season while he was putting on his annual football camp.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Terry Moore wasn’t moving around like we’re used to seeing him when conducting his “Dream Big Football Camp” last Saturday. There’s a good reason for that. ‘Dream big’: Former Washington High School star Terry Moore holds annual football camp ...