Category Archives: Local

Lumos Awarded Grant to Expand Fiber Optic Network in Wayne County

Lumos Awarded Grant to Expand Fiber Optic Network in Wayne County

HIGH POINT – Lumos, a leading 100% Fiber Optic Internet and Total Home Wi-Fi service provider in the Mid-Atlantic, celebrates continued progress in Wayne County, North Carolina, as a recipient of a Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) grant. Funding from this grant will support the company’s earlier investment to build its Fiber Optic network to over 14,000 underserved homes in Goldsboro.read more »

WCC Holds 9/11 Tribute Stair Climb

WCC Holds 9/11 Tribute Stair Climb

Wayne Community College’s Public Safety Division held its annual 9/11 Tribute Stair Climb on Monday, on the Magnolia Building exterior stairs and breezeways.read more »

Gallery: Freedom Fest

Gallery: Freedom Fest

Heavy rain showers on Saturday afternoon sent those in attendance at the third annual Freedom Fest in downtown Goldsboro searching for shelter. Freedom Fest celebrates military personnel and first responders. read more »

Crews Respond to Friday Afternoon Wreck

Crews Respond to Friday Afternoon Wreck

Late Friday afternoon firefighters from the Arrington Volunteer Fire Department and the El-Roy Volunteer Fire Department, along with EMS medic 8 and 11, were dispatched to the scene of a two vehicle accident with injuries at the intersection of NC 581 Bill Lane Blvd
and Arrington Bridge Road. read more »

Wayne County Public Library to Host Voter Photo ID Event

Wayne County Public Library to Host Voter Photo ID Event

Beginning with this fall’s municipal elections, North Carolina voters will be asked to present photo ID when voting.
For most voters, their driver’s license will satisfy the Voter Photo ID requirement, but there are many other acceptable forms of ID.read more »

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