Friday, April 18, 2025
Nash County Public Schools has announced its 2025 Educator of the Year nominees, honoring exceptional educators and support staff throughout the district. Finalists for Teacher of the Year, First-Year Teacher of the Year and Teacher Assistant of the Year will be announced in the coming weeks. Winners will be recognized...
In celebration of N.C. Legislators in Schools Week, Nash County Public Schools welcomed two state lawmakers April 11 to connect with students and highlight the importance of public education. At Coopers Elementary School, Rep. Dante Pittman, D-Wilson, was greeted by Principal Courtney Land before meeting with all kindergarten students. He...
ROCKY MOUNT — Southern Nash scored 13 runs in the top of the second inning on its way to a 23-3 demolition of host Northern Nash in Tuesday’s 2-A/3-A Big East Conference softball clash. The 3-A Ladybirds, who improved to 17-0 overall, stood 11-0 in Big East play with just...
SPRING HOPE — A curator with the town’s historical museum says its 2025 exhibit, already past a March deadline due to slow-arriving resources, will debut by month’s end. “We’re opening, somehow, by the end of April — and that’s going to make us at least six weeks later than...
TARBORO — Patrick Heins, president of ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital, will serve as the keynote speaker for Edgecombe Community College’s spring 2025 commencement ceremony. Heins, who has served as hospital president since 2018, will deliver a message to the graduates at 4 p.m. Friday, May 9. The ceremony will be...
ROCKY MOUNT — Southern Nash scored 13 runs in the top of the second inning on its way to a 23-3 demolition of host Northern Nash in Tuesday’s 2-A/3-A Big...
ELM CITY — Unbeaten girls soccer teams from Nash Central and Elm City middle schools met on the Vikings’ pitch Monday afternoon, and both teams exited still in that condition...
For a school that has been around for nearly six decades and has had the success in places that Southern Nash High’s athletic program has experienced, the decision of who...
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...
WILSON — A Thursday groundbreaking ceremony for a baseball stadium that will serve as the Carolina Mudcats’ future home was about more than throwing dirt — it was about celebrating...
Homelessness and substance use disorder often occur simultaneously — but many people struggling with both are unable to get the help they need. That’s put homeless service providers on the...
Medicare has slashed physician reimbursement again. Unless Congress takes swift and meaningful action, we could see the unraveling of independent medical practices across the country. This isn’t theoretical. It’s already...
North Carolina’s highest court has yet to issue a decision more than a year after hearing the latest arguments in the long-running Leandro school funding case. The state Supreme Court’s...
