The Rocky Mount Telegram

THE NEW COMMUNITY STORE?

Dollar stores on the rise across the region

Telegram photo / Ben Goff

Tim Johnson loads art supplies and other items he purchased Thursday at the Dollar Tree in Cobb Corners into his car outside the store.

A new Dollar General store is slated to open on Gold Rock Road in late April.

It will be among more than a dozen Dollar General stores doing business in the Twin Counties area, and among a slew of other dollar stores developed by other companies that have opened in the area the last few years.

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Local stores spared in new round of closings
Two anchor stores at local shopping centers in Rocky Mount have been spared from making the owner’s latest list of upcoming store closings.

Sears Holding Corp. recently released another new list of Sears and Kmart store closings due to underperformance.