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 »
On Monday, Sylvia E. Barnes, President of the Goldsboro-Wayne NAACP branch; Dr. Gregory Holmes, Branch Legal Redress Chair; and a police officer (who is a paid staff person at Wayne UNC Healthcare) met with three members of the Wayne UNC Healthcare Board in Goldsboro. Barnes asked for a meeting with the board after several attempts…… read more »
In early December, the Goldsboro Police Department took a report regarding a juvenile victim alleging a known suspect had sexually assaulted her. The investigation identified 21-year-old Shamar Edwards of Goldsboro as the known suspect, and a warrant was obtained for Statutory Rape of a Child by a Person more than 4 but less than 6…… read more »
Wayne County Public Schools is chipping away at its $5 million fund balance deficit. Adam Scepurek with Anderson, Smith, & Wike presented the Final 2019-2020 Financial Audit Report at this week’s Board of Education meeting. As part of the audit, Scepurek says he found some funds that could be used for debt repayment. Scepurek confirmed…… read more »
Wednesday afternoon, firefighters from Mar-Mac, Dudley and Arrington responded to a working structure fire behind a residence on Arrowhead Lane off Genoa Road. Black smoke could be seen over the treetops as the fire units approached the scene. The firefighters found not one, but two structures fully engulfed in flames. The quick action of the…… read more »
