• SUBSCRIBE
  • Menu Item
  • Menu Item
  • Menu Item
The North State Journal
  • News
  • Sports
  • Opinion
  • Features
  • Business
  • About
September 22, 2023

Pitt County

Article

NC Rep. Murphy joins powerful Ways and Means panel

January 24, 2022 The Associated Press

GREENVILLE — North Carolina U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy joined the House’s powerful tax-writing committee on Wednesday, marking a significant boost in influence for the Pitt County Republican, even while serving in the minority. Murphy’s appointment […]

Article

Thermo Fisher expanding operations in Pitt County

September 15, 2021 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH – Thermo Fisher Scientific will create 290 new jobs in Pitt County in an announcement from Gov. Roy Cooper and the N.C. Department of Commerce. The company will invest $154 million to expand its […]

Article

WRAL accuses Republican lawmakers of perpetuating COVID-19 conspiracy theories

August 25, 2020 Brooke Conrad, North State Journal

RALEIGH – Last week, WRAL accused state Rep. Perrin Jones (R-Pitt) and other Republican lawmakers of perpetuating “social media rumors” and “conspiracy theories” about COVID-19 data.  In an article dated Aug. 11, Jones, an anesthesiologist […]

Article

100 in 100: Pitt County’s Kristi Overton Johnson, world-class water-skier

June 29, 2020 Brett Friedlander

North State Journal’s 100 in 100 series will showcase the best athlete from each of North Carolina’s 100 counties. From Alamance to Yancey, each county will feature one athlete who stands above the rest. Some […]

Article

Greenville new home for Little League Softball World Series

February 26, 2020 Brett Friedlander

A team from North Carolina had to travel to Oregon to win its second Little League Softball World Series championship since 2015 last summer. For the next five years, the World Series will be coming […]

Features

Uptown Greenville: A transformation story

September 18, 2019 Emmie Brooks | For the North State Journal

GREENVILLE — Greenville has long been known for football stadiums, barbecue joints and hospitals. It’s downtown, however, had seen its better days. Thanks to local supporters, downtown Greenville is now “Uptown Greenville”. With new developments […]

News

Murphy wins GOP congressional primary runoff

July 10, 2019 Gary D. Robertson

RALEIGH — A state legislator aided by conservatives on Capitol Hill won the Republican nomination Tuesday for the North Carolina congressional district seat left vacant by the death of Rep. Walter Jones Jr. Voters in […]

Eamon Queeney—The North State Journal
News

House passes bill to allow alcohol sales in college stadiums

April 17, 2019 admin

RALEIGH — The N.C. House passed a bill Tuesday that would increase the number of breweries allowed to distribute their own beer without using a wholesaler. The bill, H.B. 363, increases the cap on self-distributing […]

Sports

Seven students with NC ties win Stanford scholarships

March 13, 2019 The North State Journal

RALEIGH — Stanford University will welcome several graduate students with North Carolina connections in its 2019 class of Knight-Hennessey Scholars. The prestigious scholarship, named for Philip H. Knight, a Stanford alumnus and co-founder of Nike […]

News

Congressman Walter Jones under hospice care

January 27, 2019 admin

RALEIGH — U.S. Rep. Walter Jones Jr., a Republican congressman who has represented N.C. for over two decades, has entered hospice care. A press release issued Saturday on Jones’s U.S. House website says that his […]

Posts navigation

1 2 »

The Latest

  • Tropical storm warning issued for US East Coast ahead of potential cyclone, forecasters say

    September 21, 2023
    MIAMI — A tropical storm warning was issued Thursday from coastal North Carolina to Delaware ahead of a potential tropical cyclone that’s approaching the densely populated East Coast. The National Hurricane Center announced “Potential Tropical [...]
  • Bulls’ Tristan Gray gets long-awaited call from the bigs
    September 20, 2023
  • Wolfpack focus on fundamentals ahead of ACC tilt with Virginia
    September 20, 2023
  • What to stream this weekend: ‘Barbie,’ Dan & Shay, ‘The Morning Show’ and ‘Welcome to Wrexham’
    September 10, 2023
  • THE WORD: If it is God’s will  
    September 9, 2023
  • Johnson & Johnson is getting rid of its script logo after more than 130 years
    September 21, 2023
  • IRS will pause taking claims for pandemic-era tax credit due to an influx of fraudulent claims
    September 21, 2023
  • Oregon judge to decide in new trial whether voter-approved gun control law is constitutional
    September 21, 2023
  • IRS will pause taking claims for pandemic-era tax credit due to an influx of fraudulent claims
    September 21, 2023
  • Cooper releases $8M in federal funds for NC pre-K
    September 21, 2023
  • North Korea’s Kim Jong Un heads home after Russian journey that raised concern about weapons deals
    September 21, 2023
  • Path clears for Bishop in AG contest
    September 20, 2023
Current Print Issue
The Whole State. The Whole Story.
Contact Us
Home
News
Subscribe
Site Map
Follow on Facebook

© 2022 — North State Media LLC