A thunderstorm is a local storm that produces lightning and thunder. Thunderstorms are often accompanied by showery rain and gusty winds, and may also bring hail or snow. Thunderstorms occur most frequently during the spring and summer, but they are also possible in the fall and winter. North Carolina experiences about 40 to 50 thunderstorm…… read more »
Sunday afternoon, the Dudley, Mount Olive and Indian Springs fire departments were called to a grass fire on the 300 block of Stanley Chapel Church Road. The grass fire had gotten out of control and worked its way toward an abandoned house. Firefighters positioned their brush truck in front of the house and knocked down…… read more »
Every week, Saluting Seymour and SoundScope highlight an airman serving at the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro. Senior Airman James Brown with the 4th Fighter Wing Brown has been in the Air Force for three years. He comes to Goldsboro from Winston-Salem, NC. Brown works in Seymour Johnson’s dining facility where he is responsible…… read more »
March 7-13, 2021 is Severe Weather Preparedness Week in North Carolina. This week the National Weather Service and the North Carolina Department of Public Safety are teaming up to bring this severe weather safety campaign to all of North Carolina’s residents. With warmer weather quickly approaching, now is the time to prepare for the severe…… read more »
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today that Economic Injury Disaster Loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and private nonprofit organizations in eastern North Carolina due to excessive rain from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2020. Low-interest disaster loans are available in the counties of Beaufort, Carteret,…… read more »
The Goldsboro City Council is looking at staggering the terms for council members. At the Goldsboro City Council retreat in late February, Assistant City Manager Randy Guthrie explained the city’s charter would need to be changed in order to adjust when council members are elected. Guthrie explained there are two ways to change the charter:…… read more »
March weather usually gives us a little taste of spring and gardens began to come alive as we near April. Below are gardening tips for March: Lawn Avoid that urge to fertilize your warm-season lawns. They should be fertilized in the summer when they are actively growing to avoid cold damage from late frosts. Also…… read more »
The N.C. Department of Transportation needs volunteers to help clean up trash along roads during the Adopt-A-Highway Spring Litter Sweep from April 10-24. Each April and September, NCDOT asks volunteers to help remove litter from roadsides. Volunteers from local businesses, schools, non-profits, churches, municipalities, law enforcement and community groups play an important role in keeping…… read more »
A sewer rate increase is coming for some Wayne County residents. At this week’s Wayne County Board meeting, County Manager Craig Honeycutt laid out the reasons for the rate hike for the Genoa Sanitary Sewage system. Honeycutt says the system is losing money between the increased rates in the City of Goldsboro and the high…… read more »
Butterball, LLC has begun to offer COVID-19 vaccines for eligible members of its North Carolina workforce through coordinated efforts with local health departments and onsite vaccination clinics. Last week, the company hosted an onsite clinic at its Mount Olive, N.C. facility in conjunction with the Duplin County Health Department to vaccinate team members age 65…… read more »
