Thursday, May 15, 2025
RALEIGH — The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles is seeking applicants for a commissioned contractor to operate a license plate agency in Rocky Mount. In North Carolina, the NCDMV oversees LPAs, but the agencies are managed by private businesses or local governments. The contract for the current agency, at 1850...
ELM CITY — Town commissioners gave the go-ahead Tuesday night to move forward with the town’s fiscal year 2025-26 budget, which includes a property tax rate of 53 cents per $100 in valuation and pay raises for elected officials. The proposed budget would cut the town’s current property tax rate...
In less than 100 days, high school football teams will be hard at work preparing for the first game of the 2025 season that will see a drastic change for many North Carolina High School Athletic Association member schools. The NCHSAA has doubled its number of classifications to eight with...
SIMS — When the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina truck arrived at the Family Food Basket last week, the delivery was much smaller than usual. “I know this time, we didn’t get hardly any canned vegetables,” said Rebecca Dew, a longtime volunteer at the nonprofit food distribution...
ROCKY MOUNT — UNC Health Nash officially broke ground on its new seven-story inpatient tower during a Wednesday ceremony, marking a major milestone in the hospital’s efforts to modernize care, improve operational efficiency and better meet the region’s evolving needs. The on-campus ceremony featured remarks from UNC Nash President and...
In less than 100 days, high school football teams will be hard at work preparing for the first game of the 2025 season that will see a drastic change for...
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association has made several changes, including how teams will be seeded for playoff berths, its mercy rule and more at its two-day spring meeting...
The assignment seemed easy. But the second-round test for the undefeated Southern Nash High softball team unfolded anything but a walk in the park on a Friday afternoon of early...
Bloodsucking leeches, coffin-shaped tablets and a mechanical “lung” are among the more than 5,000 items on display at the Country Doctor Museum in Nash County. The museum’s collection, spread across...
A historic, flood-prone North Carolina community will become more resilient as a result of FEMA approving an $11.2 million grant. Princeville, located below the Tar River, has experienced repetitive flooding...
Unlike alcohol and many other psychoactive substances, marijuana is incapable of causing a lethal overdose. Nonetheless, sensational accounts of overdoses from allegedly tainted marijuana products continue to proliferate. Again and...
The federal budget is not only about money. Fundamentally, it’s about our country’s morality — our commitment to fairness, equality and unity. Which brings me to, of all things, our...
It must be clear by now to partisans of both political parties that America First really means Trump First. Fewer and fewer Americans want what Trump wants: cruelty to would-be...
