The top local small businesses for 2019 are going to receive honors in less than 10 days, with Rocky Mount Mills to be the location of the annual awards gathering.

The Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce's Small Business Celebration is set for 6 p.m. June 27 in the Power House. Chamber President…

After having lost a Hardee’s Restaurant to a fire nearly 3½ years ago, Pinetops is going to have a new Duck Thru convenience store at the same site, the chief executive of the Edgecombe County town said.

“In this day and time, small towns struggle to start with,” Mayor…

The fate of LifeCare, Rocky Mount’s only long-term acute care hospital, is uncertain at this point as its parent company, LifeCare Health Partners, has filed for bankruptcy and Nash UNC Health Care officials are pondering what role they might play in the facility’s future.

Rebecca…

Ryan Lippert has joined Sara Lee Frozen Bakery as the leader of the Tarboro Bakery, reporting directly to Carson Funderburk, chief supply chain officer.

Lippert backfills Chris Tripp, who has taken on the newly created role of technical services manager. 

Lippert joins Sara lee from Revlon…

Carney & Company has welcomed new account coordinator Elisabeth Farnsworth to their team.

“Carney & Company is a very dynamic marketing agency with a focus on creativity. I am excited to be a part of the excellent work they do for their clients,” Farnsworth said.

Farnsworth, who…

The State Employees’ Credit Union recently announced the appointment of Mark Fleming to its Board of Directors.

Fleming will fill the seat of Jim Johnson, who served on the board from 2001 until his retirement in April 2019. During Johnson’s tenure, he held the positions of board…

Approximately 34 percent of U.S. consumers have been notified their data was breached during a cyber-attack, according to a survey released by the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (HSB).

In an age where smartphones can hold everything we need to keep our business running on a…

In the last column I had a little about retirement accounts — make sure you have in place a beneficiary listed, so when you pass away your retirement accounts will automatically be available to the ones you wish to receive these funds.

This will make sure the ones you want to receive your…

Everyone loves paying their insurance premiums, right? Sort of like going to the dentist.

I dislike those invoices from the health, life, disability protection, auto, home and long-term care plans as much as anyone. And I am an independent insurance and investment agency owner, soon beginning my…