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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Golden LEAF Foundation, which assists tobacco-dependent, economically distressed and rural communities across North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, April 5th, 2016 @ 7:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Please take notice that Ralph Strayhorn, Chair of the Golden LEAF Investment Committee, has called a special meeting of the Committee for Thursday, October 29, 2015, at 9 a.m.
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 3:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The price of great love is real grief. I had a full blown experience in 1992 when my beloved father died from liver cancer.
Published: Monday, July 13th, 2015 @ 8:59 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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When we came to Rocky Mount in 1986 we were building a house. No sooner than we got in a bolt of lightning hit it and, fortunately, it was grounded well enough it did not catch fire!
Published: Thursday, July 2nd, 2015 @ 12:54 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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A quick review of Conservatism at work in the Southern Baptist Convention is a good analysis of Conservatism at work in politics and NC.
Published: Sunday, June 7th, 2015 @ 8:41 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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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, June 4, 2015 at the Golden LEAF Retreat Center in Rocky Mount.
Published: Monday, June 1st, 2015 @ 10:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The McCrory administration is howling mad at the General Assembly for not coughing up enough bribe money to entice Volvo to build its new plant within the Tar Heel State.
Published: Tuesday, May 19th, 2015 @ 7:23 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory is urging people to stay off the roads tonight as the winter storm moves east across North Carolina. Forecasters have increased predicted snow and ice accumulation totals in many areas potentially making roads impassable in a portion of the central part of state.
Published: Tuesday, February 17th, 2015 @ 1:26 am
By: Chris Downey
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The first words spoken in our newscast caught my attention = suicide investigation.
Published: Saturday, December 13th, 2014 @ 8:11 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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I think Jesus went to the boys on the fishing boat because he wanted real men with real compassion.
Published: Tuesday, June 24th, 2014 @ 1:41 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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So how will the city pay for this event center? In the words of Charles Penny, Rocky Mount City Manager, "By expanding our tax base."
Published: Wednesday, April 9th, 2014 @ 12:28 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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