Endangered red wolves became a symbol of federal overreach—and a target for local ire—in eastern North Carolina.

The push to save red wolves from extinction has experienced dramatic ups and downs here over the past four decades on the Albemarle Peninsula, with its massive swamp forests, farmland and marshes.

There are 16 known red wolves living in the wild, all in a five-county area on Eastern North Carolina’s Albemarle Peninsula. Many of those wild red wolves are located on and around the Alligator ...

The Food Bank of the Albemarle and Virginia Peninsula Foodbank are also preparing for cuts after the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore said they were bracing for cuts.

“It’s heartening to see that the Biden administration has found the political will to save and restore the wild red wolf population on North Carolina’s Albemarle Peninsula,” said Perrin de Jong, North ...

Playing in its first state boys basketball championship game ever, Peninsula Catholic came agonizingly close, but fell 40-35 to Miller School of Albemarle on Saturday in Benedictine’s arena in ...