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NC lawmakers go home despite Perdue's advice
Gov. Beverly Perdue's stern advice to finish a budget as soon as possible wasn't enough to convince North Carolina lawmakers to work the July 4th weekend.
With area water demand on rise, Oxford, Creedmoor seek answers
With area water demand on rise, Oxford, Creedmoor seek answers BY WILLIAM F. WEST : The [Henderson] Daily Dispatch Jun 28, 2009 OXFORD -- Oxford City Manager Mark Donham and Public Works Director Larry Thomas will find out what Creedmoor is planning in terms of securing a future water supply and will see whether Henderson is willing to sell water ...
N.C. lawmakers get good news from tax collectors
North Carolina's tax office finally has good news from lawmakers after a year of dwindling tax collections.
Anti-bullying bill moves closer to passage
North Carolina's schools could soon be required to adopt polices that discourage bullying behavior.
Oxford residents want Confederate statue moved
Some Oxford residents want a statue that has honored Civil War soldiers for more than 100 years in the town moved from its current site to a less visible location.
NC House begins debate on budget with cuts, taxes
The North Carolina House has started debating the state government spending proposal, a discussion likely to cover three days.
Sen. Berger's Greetings from Raleigh
The budget process here at the General Assembly is drawing a lot of attention, so I have decided to dedicate this weeka s entire newsletter to the subject.
Compromise struck on well water tests
State lawmakers are poised to agree that the water in some wells, but not all of them, should be tested for cancer-causing chemicals.
Submitted by WWAY on 24 May 2009 - 8:06am. READ MORE: A sixteen-year-old boy drowned in White Lake Saturday afternoon.
Storms take down trees, power lines
Several people are cleaning up debris after winds and rains downed numerous trees and limbs on Saturday evening.
N.C homeschooled teen arrested for bomb threat, held under 'patriot act'
Oxford, N.C. a ' Sixteen-year-old Ashton Lundeby's bedroom in his mother's Granville County home is nothing, if not patriotic.
Two die in Granville County wreck
Two people died early Saturday morning in a one-car wreck caused by alcohol and excessive speed in Granville County, state troopers said.
Recapping the COW meeting Submitted by KeungHui on 04/21/2009 - 15:10 Here are some quick updates from today's committee of the whole meeting.
Wake To Stop Tuition Payments To Granville
Wake Board of Education members decided Monday not to resume paying $73,500 in tuition to Granville County for dozens of students in a northern county region known as "The Lost Colony." Wake County Schools have made the payments for more than 20 years to allow children in the area to attend Granville County Schools.
Rural tradition is on the line
Mildred Jones' husband was in the third grade when he and the neighbor children were transferred from a three-room Sandy Plains schoolhouse at the far northern edge of Wake County to Granville Elementary just over the county line.
Granville Health System Auxiliary plans tea party benefit
Granville Health System Auxiliary plans tea party benefit FROM STAFF REPORTS : The Herald-Sun Apr 18, 2009 OXFORD -- The Granville Health System Auxiliary will hold its first Royal Tea Party from 2-4 p.m. May 2 at the Granville County Shrine Club in Oxford.
Unemployment Continues Climb In Triangle, State
Unemployment numbers for the month of February increased an average of a percentage point in most areas of the Triangle.
Z. Smith Reynolds Adds Dudley Watts to its Advisory Panel
The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation has named Dudley Watts, Forsyth County Manager, to its Advisory Panel.
The man - disheveled and wide-eyed - approached Margaret Davis and Rose Clark as they gave a guided tour of Mitchelltown.
Durham due $4.85 million stimulation
Durham saw its first slices of the federal stimulus pie Tuesday, when the governor's office announced how it divvied up its first $466 million for transportation.