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Community-Based Grants Initiative Launches January 26, 2021 in Western Prosperity Zone

The Golden LEAF Community-Based Grants Initiative (CBGI) will launch in the Western Prosperity Zone on January 26, 2021 at 2 p.m. with a virtual information session. Organizations serving one or more of the counties in the Western Prosperity Zone are eligible to apply. The Western Prosperity Zone includes: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, and Transylvania.

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Collaborative Partnership Provides Workforce Solutions in High-Demand Trades

A vacant energy plant and warehouse in an underserved community with high unemployment has found new life thanks to collaboration from local leaders. The result — a workforce development center offering training in high-demand trades — has the City of New Bern, Craven Community College, Craven County, and local businesses excited about the future of the Volt Center.

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Two-Year Golden Leaf Scholarships To Attend NC’s Community Colleges Help Build the Rural Workforce

Since establishing the scholarship program in 2000, the Golden LEAF Foundation has provided scholarships to help more than 17,000 rural students attend the state's community colleges to earn degrees and credentials that will lead to employment. The Golden LEAF Scholarship Program is one component to support the mission of Golden LEAF to help build the rural workforce.

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Golden Leaf Scholarship Alumni Spotlight: Abby Warren

Meet Golden LEAF Scholarship Alumnae Abby Warren. She is a graduate of East Carolina University and a native of Edgecombe County. Warren is currently attending ECU School of Dental Medicine. She plans to live and work in a rural area once she completes dental school.

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Beaufort County Emergency Management: COVID-19 Update (1-14-20) Local News & Expression Commissioners To Tour Pamlico Yachtworks


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Beaufort County Community College (Beaufort CCC) is preparing for a historic commencement ceremony on May 9, 2025, with a record-breaking 391 students set to graduate.
The great misnomer for non Christians that the day Jesus Christ was executed by occupying Romans, celebrated by Christians as "Good" Friday, must be a paradox of ominous proportions.
This Thursday April 17 at 6:00 PM at King Chicken Restaurant.
Please click on the link to access the agenda for the Monday April 14, 2025 City Council meeting.
The political schedule has suddenly become complicated. This is because the Republican party is deliberately scheduling events to conflict with our schedule.
Just written: Resolution in Support of the Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE)
K-9 Tinnus continues his recovery journey after sustaining a break to his left front humerus while training with his handler in 2024.

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On March 14, 2025, Detectives with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office obtained a warrant, charging 35-year-old Robert Earl Blount III of Aurora NC with one Felony count of Burning of Jails or Prisons.
This effort in exposition begins the noble experiment of many years of understanding this land, deep within the Chocowinity Bay /Pamlico River watershed, its essence in totality, and, ultimately, the planning of that benefit to the collective will of humankind.
For Valentine’s Day, the Bam, Books & Brotherhood Foundation (BBB Foundation) treated the Men of Success program at Beaufort County Community College (Beaufort CCC) to a visit that combined mentorship, encouragement, and generosity, resulting in personal growth and a “glow up”
On March 12, 2025, at approximately 6:35 p.m. the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office 911 Center received a report of a fire in the Beaufort County Detention Center.
Beaufort County Commissioner Hood Richardson has long objected to the manner in which the Center-Left Coalition, and their associative bureaucrats conduct business, and, in that vein of purpose, the Commissioner is requesting an opinion regarding the familial status of married members governing.
The latest update from the National Weather Service (NWS) included additional graphics, as well as increased winds, rain and threat of tornados.
On Friday, January 24, 2025, at approximately 4:07 a.m. Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Family Dollar/Dollar Tree, located on North Boyd Rd. at NC 32 North in Pinetown in reference to a vehicle that was involved in a breaking and entering at a nearby residence.
On February 12, 2025, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit conducted a follow up investigation on information received following an arrest made in Pitt County by the Greenville Regional Drug Task Force on January 16, 2025.
Our office continues to monitor the potential for a mix of winter weather on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.

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On January 28, 2025 at approximately 12:24 PM, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an unresponsive person at 2048 Robersonville Rd. in Washington.
Beaufort County Community College (Beaufort CCC) is proud to announce its top-tier ranking in the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) for persistence and progression metrics.
Tre Barrett-Little has personal interactions down to a science. He asks how your day is going, picks up on cues that others might overlook, listens intently, smiles warmly, and never interrupts.
Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office K9 Athos will receive a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from non-profit organization Vested Interest in K9s, Inc.
DId you vote for any of these politicians that so easily wasted $500,000.00 of the public's money in this incredibly nonchalant manner?
On Tuesday, January 14, 2025, there occurred a Special Called Meeting of the Beaufort County Commissioners regarding possible land acquisition for the Beaufort County Schools due to their inadequate planning at the most essential level.
Taxpayers will bare the cost of incompetent planning for building the new school
On March 25, 2024, Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office along with K-9 Tinnus arrested Todd Victor Bond on multiple drugs charges.
Ridley Scott employed the perfect balance of narrative, cinematic imagery and adventure to build the timeless tale of a once great empire beginning its fall into the moral decay that was Rome.

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