Atkinson News

For more than 15 years, the Surry County Sheriff's Office has collected money for a Christmas fund to benefit families, and this year will be no different.

North Carolina's top education official praised the Currituck County Schools Monday for having one of the top 10 graduation rates in the state.

Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton's Joining Our Businesses and Schools Commission launched Monday with the aim of forging a stronger link between high school curricula and local economies.

A monument for Atkinson town founder William Hezekiah Lewis stands with the former Atkinson High School in the background.

Submitted by WWAY on 6 October 2009 - 2:10pm. The Pender County Tourism Office want you to know what Pender County has to offer.

Published: Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 9:11 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 9:11 a.m. Pender County The Pender County Health Department's bus will be visiting various locations to provide women in the community information about self breast exams as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Published: Friday, September 18, 2009 at 5:22 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, September 18, 2009 at 5:22 p.m. Pender County The Pender County Board of Commissioners will meet in Atkinson on Monday, continuing its initiative of holding some of its meetings outside Burgaw.

Southeastern North Carolina is the most ethnically diverse region in North Carolina and in rural America.

Published: Monday, September 14, 2009 at 9:47 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, September 14, 2009 at 9:47 p.m. Atkinson A 49-year-old man died Sunday in a single-car collision in Pender County.

State and local governments stood out as safe havens for workers during the recession's early stages.

Published: Sunday, August 30, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, August 28, 2009 at 10:11 a.m. Mr.

Published: Monday, August 24, 2009 at 8:53 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, August 24, 2009 at 8:53 p.m. Atkinson A search for a missing man ended Friday evening when authorities found a man's body along a roadside near the Pender-Bladen county line, officials said.

Published: Monday, August 24, 2009 at 8:53 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, August 24, 2009 at 8:53 p.m. Atkinson A search for a missing man ended Friday evening when authorities found a man's body along a roadside near the Pender-Bladen county line, officials said.

Published: Monday, August 24, 2009 at 8:53 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, August 24, 2009 at 8:53 p.m. Atkinson A search for a missing man ended Friday evening when authorities found a man's body along a roadside near the Pender-Bladen county line, officials said.

Published: Sunday, August 2, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 31, 2009 at 3:15 p.m. Miss Tiffany Elizabeth Cox and Mr.

Both Lenoir County Schools Superintendent Dr. Terry Cline and Greene County Schools Superintendent Patrick Miller said Monday they are pleased a decision was recently made concerning State Superintendent June Atkinson's role in North Carolina.

On her first day back in her office and in charge of the state education department, state Superintendent June Atkinson was immersed in the budget morass.

I was on my last day of unpaid furlough when I heard the news that a judge had wisely determined that June Atkinson, the superintendent of North Carolina's schools, has the constitutional authority to do the job we voters elected her to do.

June Atkinson's first full workday with renewed authority as head of the state's public schools was spent out of North Carolina.

Shortly after taking office, Gov. Bev Perdue attempted to clear up who's in charge of North Carolina's education system.