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North Carolina’s Wake Electric Membership Corporation Deploys a Smarter Grid with Sensus Communication Network ...
Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:09:00 -0800
Wake Electric Membership Corporation of Wake Forest, North Carolina has begun implementing a Sensus FlexNet™ advanced metering infrastructure system for its m
W.A. Patillo receives $5,000 poetry grant
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:30:08 -0800
W.A. Pattillo School has been awarded $5,000 from the North Carolina Arts Council for Poetry in the Classroom with Mimi Herman. The funds will be used to provide a week of poetry writing experiences for seven fourth grade classes through the expertise and creativity of Herman. Students will gain self-confidence, and will view themselves as writers rather than merely consumers of literature. They ...
County's courts rank high
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:41:30 -0800
The state's Administrative Office of the Courts has ranked Johnston County criminal courts sixth in efficiency out of 44 North Carolina districts. That means criminal cases here are handled faster than in most other counties.
Bryant declines to seek re-election
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:30:19 -0800
Teresa DeLoatch Bryant announced she will not seek re-election to the District 2 seat she now holds on the Edgecombe County Public Schools Board. The announcement came 91 days before the May 8 Primary Election and nearly a year after the first-term plus one year board member announced her resignation for personal and career reasons. She later rescinded her decision.
DCCC cuts down UNC JVs
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:20:15 -0800
Tevin Richardson led six players in double figures as Davidson County Community College pulled away Wednesday for an 88-69 win over the North Carolina JVs.
Edgecombe unemployment up in December
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:14:51 -0800
TARBORO — Unemployment rates increased in 93 of North Carolina’s 100 counties in December. Rates decreased in four counties and remained the same in three. Edgecombe, which saw a slight improvement in November, fell back to its October 2011 level (15.7%). Of the 100 counties in North Carolina, Edgecombe and Dare are tied at third highest in unemployment.
ECC Executive Named to United Way Board
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:45:00 -0800
J. Lynn Cale, associate vice president of instruction at Edgecombe Community College, has been named to the United Way Tar River Region Board of Directors. The Tar River Region serves Edgecombe and Nash counties. Cale will serve a one-year term, from January to December 2012. He and other board members oversee 41 local health and human service programs funded through United Way as well ...
NC State adds 23 for 2012 football
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:42:02 -0800
(Here’s North Carolina State’s press release on its 2012 recruiting class.) Twenty-three student-athletes will join the Wolfpack football program for 2012, including four who have been enrolled at NC State since January and a transfer from Colorado State, head coach Tom O’Brien announced today. The class includes players at every position on offense and defense.…
Assistance available for farmers
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:49:12 -0800
On Jan. 9, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack declared a natural disaster in North Carolina based on losses caused by Hurricane Irene that occurred Aug. 26 through Aug. 30. As a result of this n ...
City challenges rulings
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:29:18 -0800
The city of Wilson’s attorney filed two briefs in the N.C. Court of Appeals Monday challenging a Superior Court decision to dismiss lawsuits against Nash County that allege the commissioners imp ...