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Black Creek inspires outdoors clothing brand
The road from Montgomery, Alabama, to Black Creek is one Devoski Boyd came to know well from an earl...

Barton College adds new coronavirus measures
Barton College students are returning to campus for spring semester classes this week with additional mea...

Rocky Mount-Wilson airport triples aircraft numbers
ELM CITY — The number of aircraft based at the Rocky Mount-Wilson Regional Airport has tripled in th...

College, nonprofit offer free construction course
The Wilson Community Improvement Association stands to benefit when participants complete a construc...

Imagination Station installs new air conditioning system
You know you’re in a small town when air conditioning installation makes the news. But it was good n...

Farm safety program adds workers, counties
The N.C. Cooperative Extension office in Wilson County will be the home base for an expanded Farmwor...

Wilson County Schools hires 7 employees
January 16, 2021Each month, the Wilson County Board of Education releases its personnel list showing employees who h...

Marriage licenses: Who tied the knot in Wilson County?
January 16, 2021The Wilson County Register of Deeds issued the following marriage licenses in December. Alice Elizab...

Deed transfers: Who bought, sold property in Wilson County?
January 16, 2021The following deed transfers for the week of Jan. 4-8 have been recorded in the Wilson County Regist...

Wilson County Public Library adds new titles
Following are new books at the Wilson County Public Library. Make returns through the outside book ...

Rebel, aka Lovebug, seeks loving home
January 16, 2021
Church supports Wesley Shelter
January 16, 2021
Earn college course credit while in high school
Did you know that Wilson Community College serves hundreds of high school students every year? WCC ...

Sailboats provide scenic view on Lake Wilson
January 16, 2021
Investigators: Man had toy gun when deputies killed him
LUMBERTON — A North Carolina man was holding a toy gun when sheriff’s deputies shot and killed him l...
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