Category Archives: Local News
Rep. Bell Introduces “No Veteran Left Behind Act”
House Majority Leader John Bell (R-Wayne) introduced the No Veteran Left Behind Act (HB 370) on Tuesday to help improve crisis intervention and services for veterans who are suffering from mental heal...
Mar 25, 2021
WAGES Receives Funds For Early Head Start Programs
Last week, HHS' Administration for Children and Families awarded new Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership and Early Head Start Expansion funds to 62 agencies in 32 different states and Puerto Rico....
Mar 25, 2021
NCDOT Honors Sutton For U.S. 70 Corridor Work
March is International Women's History Month and NCDOT is taking the opportunity to celebrate Women in Transportation. The I-42/US 70 Corridor Commission, a partnership of 5 Eastern North Carolina Cou...
Mar 25, 2021
Nearly 22,000 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Administered In Wayne County
More and more North Carolina residents are taking their shot.Gov. Cooper says the state's vaccine distribution efforts are cause for optimism.Over 4.1 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been a...
Mar 24, 2021
USDA Invests $1 Million In Rural N.C. Communities
United States Department of Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Justin Maxson announced Tuesday that USDA is investing $1 million to build and improve critical community facilitie...
Mar 24, 2021
Governor: Further Easing Of COVID-19 Restrictions Begins Friday
North Carolina will continue to ease its coronavirus restrictions later this week. At a press briefing Tuesday, Gov. Roy Cooper said North Carolina continues to see improvements in its COVID-19 metric...
Mar 23, 2021
Drive Thru Operation Medicine Drop Set For Wednesday
Clean out those medicine cabinets this week.Once again, the Goldsboro Police Department and Safe Kids Wayne County are partnering for Operation Medicine Drop.Shelly Willis, Safe Kids Coordinator for t...
Mar 22, 2021
Two Sewer Spills Reported In Mount Olive This Week
The Town of Mount Olive has experienced a sanitary sewer overflow totaling approximately 66,000 gallons inside the Town's wastewater treatment plant on Friday, March 19, 2021. This overflow was discov...
Mar 20, 2021
Don’t Plant Too Early!
It feels like spring time so I can start planting my flowers and vegetables, right? These warm spring temperatures last week have indeed made us have spring fever and want to start sprucing our garden...
Mar 20, 2021
Farfour Named Interim Fire Chief
The Goldsboro Fire Department names its Interim Fire Chief.James Farfour, a 27-year GFD veteran, will serve as Interim Fire Chief following the departure of Chief Joe Dixon last week.Farfour began his...
Mar 19, 2021