Thursday, September 20, 2018

Local crews aid disaster victims

September 19, 2018

Rocky Mount and Tarboro utilities crews are helping restore power in some of the harder hit areas of North Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Florence.

Three crews with a total of about 15 linemen deployed earlier this week to render mutual aid.

The crews have bucket trucks, service trucks and…

School closures discussed at forum

September 19, 2018

WHITAKERS — Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools administrators and staff came Tuesday night to Swift Creek Elementary School to participate in the first of three public forums designed to allow community members to express their thoughts about the proposal to close the three oldest…

Elm City cleans up tornado damage

September 18, 2018

A twister touched down Monday in Elm City, nearly crushing at least one resident and causing parts of the Twin Counties to enter into a tornado warning, according to emergency officials.

The tornado was confirmed to hit Elm City, a small town about eight miles outside Rocky Mount,…

Investigators probe fire station blaze

September 18, 2018

MACCLESFIELD — Federal and state investigators combed through rubble Monday at the site where the Macclesfield Volunteer Fire Department’s fire station burned to the ground Sunday.

A blaze broke out at around 9:30 a.m. at 104 South 3rd St. Besides the station, the town's ABC Store…

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N.C. Wesleyan hosts summer camps

September 20, 2018

N.C. Wesleyan College recently wrapped up its summer full of camps just in time to welcome students back to campus.

Every summer, the college opens its campus to a wide variety of camps, each hosting anywhere from 20 to 250 students.

Teach for America kicked off the summer camp season, returning…

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Station Square to host art, wine event

September 19, 2018

Local residents will get an opportunity to see some creative artwork while enjoying a glass of wine in the process.

Station Square will host A Night of Wine and Art starting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at its location on 301 S. Church St. in Rocky Mount. In addition to the art reception, people will get…

Three win NCC Tuition Raffle Contest

September 19, 2018

Nash Community College recently announced the winners of the Tuition Raffle Contest held this summer.

Students who paid their fall tuition by Aug. 16 were entered into the raffle with winners selected randomly.

Campus Store gift certificates were awarded to Amber Gardner, $100; Ashton Bunn, $50;…

Credit union awards scholarships to ECC students

September 18, 2018

The State Employees Credit Union Foundation recently awarded nine scholarships to continuing education students at Edgecombe Community College.

Established in 2013, the SECU Foundation Continuing Education Scholarship Program focuses on assisting the needs of North Carolina’s unemployed and…

Football, finally: Week 6 a return to the norm for local teams

September 20, 2018 - 13 minutes ago

After a week of unpredictable weather and rescheduling — and rescheduling of the rescheduling — the Twin Counties finally returns to a normal Friday night of high school football. Week 6 has a couple of intriguing cross-county matchups, plus plenty of other contests to get excited about.…

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Wins, injuries pile up in early-going for Duke

September 19, 2018

Somewhat wondrously, after being chased to Texas by a hurricane last Thursday, after marching into Baylor’s stadium last weekend without its NFL prospect at quarterback, and after losing more starters during the first three weeks than during any three-game stretch last season, Duke football…

Southern Nash edges Northern to start Big East play

September 19, 2018

BAILEY — After a month’s worth of play that head coach Carlos Barron thought was below the standard and talent of his soccer team, he hoped Wednesday’s game, the first of the conference schedule, would be the start of a turnaround towards a salvaged season.

The Firebirds,…

Conference play underway: Gryphons soccer downed by Wilson Hunt

September 19, 2018

The Rocky Mount High boys’ soccer team couldn’t slow down Wilson Hunt in the Big East Conference opener for both teams on Wednesday in Rocky Mount.

The Gryphons kept the Warriors scoreless in the first half, but didn’t match a three-goal effort from the Warriors in the second half…

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Virtual reality therapy helps treat common phobias

September 20, 2018

Dick Tracey did not have to visit a tall building to get over his fear of heights. He put on a virtual reality headset.

Through VR, he rode an elevator to a high-rise atrium that looked so real he fell to his knees.

“I needed to search with my hand for something solid around me,” he…

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Stocks end higher as traders shrug off new China-US tariffs

September 19, 2018

Once again, Wall Street’s jitters over the escalating trade dispute between the U.S. and China proved to be short-lived.

U.S. stocks closed solidly higher Tuesday as investors largely brushed off the Trump administration’s decision to impose tariffs on an additional $200 billion of…

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Letter to the Editor: Amendments translated

September 20, 2018

This coming election, our voters will have an opportunity to vote on six amendments to our state Constitution.

These amendments were drafted by the super-majority party, so you can be certain they address the most pressing…

Marc Thiessen: Trump racking up a record of foreign policy success

September 20, 2018

In his new book "Fear," Bob Woodward recounts that in April 2017, after President Trump saw images of dead Syrian children with their mouths foaming from a sarin attack, he called Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and issued an…

Walter Williams: Avoid emotion, pitfalls when reasoning about race

September 19, 2018

So much of our reasoning about race is both emotional and faulty.

In ordinary, as well as professional, conversation, we use terms such as discrimination, prejudice, racial preferences and racism interchangeably, as if they…