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Small Business Center Providing Free Spring Seminars

Small Business Center Providing Free Spring Seminars

Wayne Business and Industry Center’s Small Business Center has scheduled more than a dozen no-cost, online seminars for aspiring and progressing entrepreneurs over the next few months. The seminars are: How To Start a Small Business the Right Way – 6:30-8:30 p.m., Jan. 11 How To Increase Your Credit Score to Over 740 Points; Prepare…read more »

Wayne County’s Drought Conditions Ease From Severe To Moderate

Wayne County’s Drought Conditions Ease From Severe To Moderate

(GDN) — The severely dry conditions are starting to ease across North Carolina.  Wayne County is now considered to be in “Moderate Drought” according to last week’s map from the U.S. Drought Monitor.  While almost all of North Carolina is still experiencing dry conditions, the latest map shows there has been an improvement in the…read more »

Vehicle Rolls Near Wayne-Duplin County Line (PHOTOS)

Vehicle Rolls Near Wayne-Duplin County Line (PHOTOS)

Early Saturday, morning firefighters from Pricetown and Pleasant Grove along with a medic unit from Duplin County were dispatched to the scene of a single vehicle accident on the Willie Best Road just inside of the Duplin/Wayne Counties line on the Duplin side. The call came in as a possible pin-in, but as firefighters arrived…read more »

Saluting Seymour

Saluting Seymour

Every week, Saluting Seymour and SoundScope highlight an airman serving at the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro. Staff Sgt. Adrian Montgomery with the 4th Fighter Wing Montgomery has been in the Air Force over four years.  He actually joined the Air Force while living in Poland.  His father was American, so Montgomery was born…read more »

United Way Achieves 90% Of Campaign Goal

United Way Achieves 90% Of Campaign Goal

The United Way of Wayne County 2021 Community Campaign officially wrapped up on December 31, 2021. The year began with a goal of raising $850,000 to impact over 17.000 lives across Wayne County. Despite the continued effects of the Covid-19 pandemic through 2021, the annual campaign was a success. While it is possible to have…read more »

Attract Birds To Your Garden This Winter

Attract Birds To Your Garden This Winter

Feeding birds in your backyard is a great way to add some life and color to a cold, winter landscape. There are many different bird species who can visit a feeder. The type of landscape habitat you have in your backyard will determine how many and the types of birds who visit. A landscape that…read more »

WCC Law Enforcement Ceremony Celebrates Six Cadets & One Dean

WCC Law Enforcement Ceremony Celebrates Six Cadets & One Dean

Wayne Community College celebrated the cadets who completed its 79th Basic Law Enforcement Training academy and the woman who oversaw almost all of those academies in a graduation ceremony last month. The six cadets who completed the college’s academy received certificates to work as sworn law enforcement officers in North Carolina. Certificates were conferred on:…read more »

North Carolina News – January 7

North Carolina News – January 7

BC-US–Capitol Riot-Mother Sentenced Mom who took her child into Capitol during riot gets prison A North Carolina woman who brought her 14-year-old son into the U.S. Capitol during last year’s riot has been sentenced to three months imprisonment. During Friday’s sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said she finds it difficult to comprehend why…read more »

COVID-19 Cases Soar In Wayne County

COVID-19 Cases Soar In Wayne County

(GDN) – As is being seen across the state, Wayne County is experiencing a staggering jump in coronavirus cases. According to Thursday’s figures from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, 1,191 confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported in Wayne County over the past two weeks.  Wayne County has recorded 336 coronavirus-related deaths since…read more »

County Approves Incentives For New Hosokawa Facility

County Approves Incentives For New Hosokawa Facility

(GDN) — Wayne County approves economic incentives for a new employer.  This week, the Wayne County Commissioners gave the okay for a $240,000 incentive grant for Hosakawa Micron International.  Wayne County Development Alliance President Mark Pope gave information on the incentives during Tuesday’s County Board meeting. The incentive grant is payable over over ten years…read more »

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