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Five from Edgecombe to enter Hall
TARBORO — Five individuals from Edgecombe County are among the next 10 inductees into the Twin County Hall of Fame. The next class of members will be inducted on Thursday, Nov. 18 at the Dunn Center at N.C. Wesleyan College.When Evacuation Is A Must: A How-To Guide To Getting Out The North Carolina Department of Transportation has marked Hurricane Evacuation Routes to assist travelers in their navigation. As is stated on the NCDOT website, most evacuation routes are marked with circular blue signs marked "Evacuation Route."
related stories TARBORO, N.C. (AP) — The e-mail said that she had come across Monika Sutherland Fleming's web page on ancestry.com and was seeking help identifying a World War II G.I. named Sutherland.
Ride for Your Pet benefits area animals Saltie Dog Bar and Saloon, 514 S. Fountain Road in Macclesfield, will sponsor Ride for Your Pet Saturday, benefiting the Wilson County Humane Society, Edgecombe-Nash Humane Society and For The Love of ...
HURRICANE WARNING This image provided by NASA shows Hurricane Earl, lower right, acquired at 1 a.m. EDT today. At 11 p.m. EDT Tuesday the center of Hurricane Earl was located about 910 miles south-southeast of Wilmington. The Category 3 hurricane was moving northwest at 15 mph with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph.
Jobless rates decrease in 86 counties RALEIGH — Unemployment rates decreased in 86 of North Carolina’s 100 counties in July, including Edgecombe, according to statistics released Friday by the state’s Employment Security Commission.
Unemployment rate in Pitt drops to 9.8 percent in July Pitt County’s unemployment rate fell to 9.8 percent in July, following the trend of most the state’s 100 counties. The rate for the Greenville Metropolitan Statistical area, which includes Pitt and Greene counties, fell to 9.9 percent.
Code orange air quality notice issued for Tuesday An air quality health notice has been issued for Tuesday for Hickory.
DOT has money for transit TARBORO — How many seniors need a ride? The North Carolina Department of Transportation knows that this number is higher than anyone wants to admit to and is ready to provide funding to help seniors get wherever it is they need to go.
Storms Knock Down Trees Strong storms are impacting parts of Eastern Carolina.