Local business leaders and officials will have an opportunity to hear what sort of activity is happening or coming down the pipeline in the Twin Counties.

The Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce will hold the 2018 Economic Summit at 8 a.m. Wednesday at the Rose Hill Conference Center in Nashville.…

A more than 100 year-old bank with 54 branches in the state continues to have a growing presence in the Twin Counties.

According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s deposit market share report, Southern Bank and Trust Co. was ranked the highest in deposits and market share within Nash…

The unemployment rate rose in all 100 counties in North Carolina in October, including the Twin Counties, according to the state Department of Commerce.

However, David Rhoades, communications director of the Commerce Department, said it’s important to note that employment estimates are…

Sherlon Page, a local Edward Jones financial advisor, is supporting the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program by using her office as a drop-off location for this year's toy drive.

Local residents may help needy children in the area by bringing a new, unwrapped toy to the office at 4061 Capital Drive…

Bob Allen and Michael Allen with Boone, Hill, Allen & Ricks Real Estate recently welcomed their newest agent, Candice Belk.

Belk was raised in Rocky Mount and has been married to her husband, Conly, who is also a Rocky Mount native, for 14 years. They have an 11-year-old son, Tanner and a…

Five pieces created by Angela Blankenship-Daly of Heirloom Portraits in Rocky Mount have recently been accepted into the General Collection of Professional Photographers of North Carolina's 2018 State Photographic Competition.

This competition is held in conjunction with PPNC’s annual expo…

None of us can completely control all the things that happen to us.

Yet when it comes to achieving your long-term financial goals you do have a great deal of power — as long as you follow a well-defined financial strategy. One way to help build and maintain such a strategy is by consolidating…

Strong relationships with your customers and supplier partners hinge upon good communications.

When we’re pressed for time, we tend to default to email. No surprise; it’s fast and easy.

Technology has its pros and cons. While connecting is easier than ever, email, voicemail, text,…

The current bull market, which is nine years in the making, ranks as the longest of all time

This persistent upward trend has eclipsed the market climb that spanned most of the 1990s. And stocks are showing few signs of letting up. Synchronously, the economy has maintained a steady if unspectacular…