Council News

A trip to Washington, D.C. to find $15 million dollars for development has been postponed.

The Maiden Town Council will join representatives of the Catawba County Board of Commissioners and the county's Economic Development Corp.

Evelyn Hairr, a 7-year-old Salemburg Elementary student, uses crayons to draw a picture during art class at this week's Sampson County Arts Camp.

Published: Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 12, 2009 at 8:06 p.m. It could be back to square one for those who have been dubbed America's 'poisoned patriots.' Fifty years after the contaminated water first started flowing and 22 years after the last contaminated well at Camp Lejeune was finally shut off, the search ...

The White Lake Town Council voted unanimously this week to adopt its 2009-10 budget after there were no comments from the public.

An e-mail from the North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence is asking for people call their state representative about cuts that are expected to be made to the programs designed to help protect victims of domestic violence.

Published: Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 1:02 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 1:02 p.m. Dana Marie Goodman and Carsen Shane Scott, both of Delco, N.C., are engaged to be married.

Now, Army has been deployed to provide security to the railway traffic in the Lumding-Badarpur-Silchar section following frequent rebel attacks on passenger trains and railway wagons carrying food grains and other essential items across north cachar hill areas.

Anywhere else, a footbridge is just a footbridge. In Durham, it's complicated. Last week, a wrecking crew began cutting down the hideous hulk of an abandoned pedestrian bridge over the Durham Freeway, near the Alston Avenue interchange at the southeastern edge of downtown.

Gov. Bev Perdue, State Board of Education Chairman and CEO Bill Harrison and State Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson on Monday announced that North Carolina has joined 48 other states in a national effort to develop a common core of state education standards.

Jacksonville High senior Tiffany Smith began her driving career like most other teenagers: happy and carefree.

Occasional revved motors muffled voices raised in praise Friday at the Lenoir County Farmer's Market, but the messages were loud and clear.

Wilson and other North Carolina cities that want to sell broadband services to its citizens apparently will have a year's reprieve from more state regulation.

Published: Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 9:48 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 9:48 p.m. The Lexington City Council finished a two-day meeting on next year's budget Tuesday afternoon with both good and bad results.

Published: Sunday, April 26, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 1:13 p.m. Patrice Trimayne Beatty of Council, N.C., and Grover Ray Battle Jr.

Four Havelock police officers will be presented medals at tonight's board of commissioners meeting for entering a burning residence to save three children on Feb.

Published: Monday, April 27, 2009 at 8:24 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, April 27, 2009 at 8:24 a.m. Two local residents are among the North Carolina individuals and one child services agency being recognized this year by the University of North Carolina Wilmington for their service to the state's children and youth.

Relations between Chapel Hill and UNC have come a long way during the last decade, and student participation in civic life has played a crucial role.

The P.E. teachers teach the fifth grade about puberty. According to Carleen Crawford, public information officer for Catawba County Schools, in sixth grade, the Council on Adolescents of Catawba County comes to the schools for a few days to further their education on puberty.

An alleged drunken driver is blamed for the deaths of a groom, his little brother and his best man Saturday in Bladen County.