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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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Charlie Kirk, 31 years of age, who was renowned as one of the most important and influential college speakers /Leaders in many decades; founder of Turning Point USA, has been shot dead at Utah Valley University.
In remembrance of the day that will forever seer the concept of 'evil' in our minds, let's look back at that fateful morning, exactly 11 years ago today to that series of horrific events which unfolded before our unbelieving eyes......
It was a clear beautiful, royal blue sky day on Wall Street. The S & P futures were up markedly, awaiting a positive open, as I turn to get my first cup of coffee. I return to CNBC to get the morning business news, when I notice that the S & P futures are falling, and they're falling fast.
On Sunday, September 7th, 2025, Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence on Highway 102, Chocowinity NC for a 911 call reporting a male subject being shot.
On Tuesday February 18, 2025, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Raleigh, North Carolina executed a search warrant at a residence on Old Saw Mill Rd in Blounts Creek, NC.
This Wednesday, August 27, 2025, three City of Washington Council Candidates joined Table Talk to discuss their non incumbent ambitions to serve the People of Washington, NC.
On Monday February 24, 2025, members from the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office and the Craven County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant on residence on Main Street Extension in Edward, NC.
Please click on the link to access the agenda for the Monday, September 8, 2025 City Council meeting.

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On March 6, 2025, Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit along with Probation and Parole Officers from the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction arrested Robert Earl Blount III and Ryakeem Devon Blount at a residence in Aurora, NC.
WASHINGTON, N.C.— Beaufort County Community College is excited to offer two free opportunities for residents in its service area.
On August 16, 2025, the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office received a report of a laptop being stolen from outside of a residence in the Washington area.
The origins of labor Day are rather dubious, born from congressional guilt of Americans shot down, by the Army and U.S. Marshalls, while exercising their first amendment right to congregate and protest during the Pullman Strike in Haymarket Square in Chicago on may 4, 1886.
On March 30,2025 at 7:03 am Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Handy Mart located at 5385 River Road, Washington after receiving a 911 call reporting an armed robbery had just occurred.
Beaufort County Community College (Beaufort CCC) is introducing artificial intelligence (AI) lessons into its heating & air technician and construction & building maintenances courses
On December 11, 2023, Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence in the Richlands Township in reference to CPR in progress.
Beaufort County Community College (Beaufort CCC) has been named one of the top contenders for the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship’s (NACCE) 2025 Entrepreneurial College of the Year Award.
Has the local government acted responsibly and transparently?

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On Sunday, August 24, 2025, at approximately 6:40 a.m. the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a request for assistance in locating and apprehending 40-year-old Casey Latham Bell of Pantego from the Hyde County Sheriff’s Office.
SmartAsset Advisors, LLC, a national investment advisory firm, has ranked Beaufort County Community College (Beaufort CCC) the number one community college in the nation for 2025.
On July 28, 2025, at approximately 10:09 a.m. the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office received a report of a possible missing person, who resided in Chocowinity NC.
New state-of-the-art facility features 144 beds and a healing environment for behavioral health patients
The forecasted impacts from Hurricane Erin continues to be relatively unchanged for our area.
The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a runaway juvenile and her 15 month old son. 17-year-old Nevaeh Nicole Tanjaya Harvey was last seen on 08/08/2025 around 2:00 PM, leaving her residence on South White Post Rd. in Pinetown NC with her 15 month old son.
The Beaufort County Community College Foundation will host its inaugural Taste of the Town Scholarship Fundraiser on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at the Washington Civic Center.
The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a runaway juvenile.
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.

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