RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed disaster declarations for the City of Rocky Mount in Nash and Edgecombe Counties and the City of Newton in Catawba County.
Published: Thursday, October 12th, 2023 @ 11:37 pm
By: Governor's Office
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ROCKY MOUNT, N.C., (August 3, 2023) – Today, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded $1,158,333 to support five projects through the Open Grants Program, $3,150,518 in funding for 10 projects through the Flood Mitigation Program
Published: Saturday, September 9th, 2023 @ 2:14 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Singer Adele bought Sylvester Stallone’s California home, but she had one stipulation: the purchase had to include a statue of the fictional boxer from his cult classic film, “Rocky.”
Published: Tuesday, July 18th, 2023 @ 11:45 am
By: Daily Wire
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Today, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded a total of $5,417,644 million in funding.
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 @ 1:26 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Mr. Ralph Thomas “Tommy” Tetterton, age 85, a resident of Rocky Mount, NC died Monday April 10, 2023, at Nash General Hospital.
Published: Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 @ 8:11 am
By: Announcements
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Woodgrain, Inc., a building products company, will create 42 new jobs in Nash County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The company will invest $7.5 million to expand its door-hanging operation in Rocky Mount.
Published: Thursday, December 8th, 2022 @ 11:06 am
By: Governor's Office
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ROCKY MOUNT, N.C., (December 1, 2022) – Today, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded $5.8 million in funding to support projects through the SITE Program and $700,000 in funding to support projects through the Open Grants Program.
Published: Monday, December 5th, 2022 @ 7:13 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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ROCKY MOUNT, N.C., (October 6, 2022) – Today, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded $443,000 in funding to support projects through the Open Grants Program.
Published: Tuesday, October 11th, 2022 @ 1:18 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Today, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded $445,582 in funding to support projects through the Open Grants Program and $1,382,782.18 to support rural broadband to community anchor institutions through MCNC.
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2022 @ 10:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Rocky Mount Opportunities Industrialized Center, Inc. (OIC) is helping build the Nash and Edgecombe workforce through its enhanced Integrated Training Academy for people with barriers to employment.
Published: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022 @ 3:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Sylvester Stallone is still unhappy with his cut from the cult classic drama “Rocky” and he’s making that clear on social media.
Published: Saturday, July 30th, 2022 @ 2:12 am
By: Daily Wire
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ROCKY MOUNT, N.C., (June 2, 2022) – Today, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded $5,046,526 in funding to support projects through the second round of the SITE Program and $1,398,657.34 in funding through the Open Grants Program.
Published: Friday, June 3rd, 2022 @ 9:24 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Rivers East Workforce Development Board has been awarded a National Dislocated Worker Grant (NDWTG) in the amount of $275,000 to assist the employees of the QVC Rocky Mount Distribution Center that reside in the Rivers East region.
Published: Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022 @ 10:01 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Jordan Lee Ferkel, age 27, a resident of Rocky Mount, passed away Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville.
Published: Tuesday, March 1st, 2022 @ 2:52 pm
By: Announcements
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"Slumdog Millionaire," is a more complex story, yet like "Rocky," it is an Hindi yarn of a young Indian boy struggling to survive, while endeavoring to salvage what grace he can scavenge, like so many crumbs from the meager table of the proletariat.
Published: Sunday, February 20th, 2022 @ 9:09 am
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. a global manufacturer of electrical power products for utilities will expand operations in North Carolina with an $8.9 million investment in the City of Rocky Mount, Governor Roy Cooper announced.
Published: Tuesday, November 9th, 2021 @ 11:58 am
By: Governor's Office
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Crystal Dawn Tate, age 37, a resident of Rocky Mount and formerly of Washington passed away Tuesday, March 9, 2021.
Published: Thursday, March 11th, 2021 @ 9:13 am
By: Announcements
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Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc. to create dozens of new jobs in Nash County
Published: Friday, November 6th, 2020 @ 6:20 pm
By: Governor's Office
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As floodwaters rose this week along the Tar River to levels not seen since Hurricanes Matthew and Florence, water rescue teams from the Rocky Mount Fire Department put some new state-provided equipment into action, rescuing people stranded in their homes and vehicles.
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020 @ 10:08 am
By: Governor's Office
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The State Auditor's Office recently issued a report that showed corruption in the city's government, in multiple departments.
Published: Monday, June 1st, 2020 @ 2:48 pm
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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A recent audit centered around Rocky Mount uncovered some questionable fiscal behavior.
Published: Thursday, May 21st, 2020 @ 2:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Several Rocky Mount officials prevented the city’s utility payment office from attempting to collect $47,704 Mayor Pro-Tem Andre Knight owed in past due utility bills.
Published: Monday, May 18th, 2020 @ 9:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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When the State Board of Education added an audit report during a meeting April 30, state Superintendent Mark Johnson called the decision petty.
Published: Friday, May 8th, 2020 @ 5:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Nell is about to die but at the last minute she is rescued...Or is she?
Published: Monday, January 6th, 2020 @ 9:10 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Mr. Luther “Luke” Dale Cahoon, age 70, a resident of Rocky Mount, passed away Sunday December 1, 2019 at Vidant Edgecombe Hospital.
Published: Wednesday, December 4th, 2019 @ 9:13 am
By: Announcements
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Voters in Raleigh, Rocky Mount, and High Point may get another chance to pick a mayor. And Cary voters easily passed bond measures to fund roads and parks.
Published: Thursday, October 10th, 2019 @ 8:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper has ordered all United States and North Carolina flags at state facilities to be lowered to half-staff until sunset on June 29, 2018
Published: Tuesday, June 26th, 2018 @ 9:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Train News Wire, a railroad industry trade publication, reported Thursday the Carolina Connector project, a $272-million intermodal rail hub scheduled for the Rocky Mount area, was canceled by the rail company
Published: Sunday, November 5th, 2017 @ 6:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Golden LEAF Foundation, which assists tobacco-dependent, economically distressed and rural communities across North Carolina, will hold a meeting of its Board of Directors on Thursday, April 6, 2017 at the Golden LEAF Retreat Center in Rocky Mount.
Published: Saturday, April 1st, 2017 @ 2:30 am
By: T. J. Jordan
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I know that many have been anxiously awaiting the next version of the Bobby Tony Dictionary series. Well here is another installment. Most people would start at the front of the alphabet. A and work towards Z, but since I'm dyslexic I'm going the other way
Published: Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 @ 10:53 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Rocky Mount city officials on Dec. 12 moved ahead with plans to build a community center that could cost taxpayers more than $50 million despite the area’s slumping population and declining property values
Published: Wednesday, January 4th, 2017 @ 2:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory toured the town of Princeville today and then joined local and federal officials as he visited the Disaster Recovery Center in Rocky Mount to provide an update on Hurricane Matthew recovery efforts
Published: Tuesday, October 25th, 2016 @ 4:59 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory joined local officials and emergency responders today to see first-hand the damage in Fayetteville caused by severe flooding from Hurricane Matthew
Published: Tuesday, October 11th, 2016 @ 3:52 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory and officials with the Department of Public Safety today during an open house offered community leaders and elected officials their first view of the renovated Edgecombe Youth Development Center in Rocky Mount.
Published: Sunday, April 17th, 2016 @ 3:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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