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Town of Tar Heel rallying around one of their own: Amy Grimes Melvin
TAR HEEL – Eddie Knight knows smalltown life. And how those who call such communities home always tend to rally together for a good cause. He speaks with a kind of reverence of the residents of smaller communities such as Tar Heel and their occasional needs of assistance. And the surrounding neighbors who come together in support of them.
Western NC wildfires prompt Code Red Air Quality
RALEIGH – Wildfire smoke in western North Carolina may be producing unhealthy air quality in at least five counties, and residents are urged to take precautions. Cherokee, Clay and Macon counties may experience Code Red air quality conditions, defined as air that is unhealthy for anyone to breathe. Residents should consider limiting prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors in these areas. Anyone sensitive to air pollution, including children, older adults and people with asthma, should avoid outdoor exertion.
Aquariums welcome military families with complimentary admission
RALEIGH – North Carolina Aquariums at Fort Fisher, Pine Knoll Shores and Roanoke Island are excited to welcome and thank military families with complimentary admission on Saturday, Nov. 11, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The complimentary admission is extended to all veterans, active, reserve or retired of the U.S. military and their dependents.
East gear’s up for first round
ELIZABETHTOWN — The 13th-seeded East Bladen Eagles take on the 20th-seeded North Edgecombe Warriors in the first round of the 1A NCHSAA State Playoffs this Friday. The Warriors will roll into town after going 3-7 overall in the regular season and they finished sixth in a stacked Tar Roanoke 1A Conference. Their last win came in the form of a forfeit to the KIPP Pride(2-8) and their other two wins came against teams with a combined record of 1-18. East Bladen’s regular season finished 5-5 overall and they finished third in the competitive Waccamaw 1A/2A Conference. They’ve been tested throughout the season with 8-of-10 of their opponents having qualified for the first round of the playoffs this Friday. The Eagles started the year 1-3 but were able to catch some momentum in conference play with four straight victories.
September jobless rate remains unchanged at 4.1%
ELIZABETHTOWN — Bladen County’s unemployment rate remained unchanged in from August to September, according to data released Wednesday by the North Carolina Department of Commerce. The county’s jobless rate was 4.1% in September. The jobless rate was 4.1% in September 2022 as well. Unemployment rates (not seasonally...
MARTIN: Memories from George Washington to the 22nd Century
“No. I didn’t know George Washington. But I had a friend who knew him very well.”. I remembered these words last week when I was visiting a group of distinguished people in Salisbury. All of us remembered Julian Hart Robertson who died in 1995 and the story he liked to tell about his conversation in the 1930s with Wofford College professor Joseph Augustus Gamewell about George Washington.
High school football first round preview
LAKE WACCAMAW-The 23rd seeded East Columbus Gators take on the #10 Perquimans Pirates in the first round of the NCHSAA 1A State playoffs this Friday. The Gators were able to sneak their way into the playoffs after a 2-8 overall regular season and a fifth place finish in the Waccamaw 1A/2A Conference. They’ll face stiff competition when they hit the road against the top-seeded Pirates on Friday.
The Trump Doctrine: Carry a stick of indeterminate size
Luck is the residue of design, they say. Might it also be the residue of frightening and confusing foreign adversaries?. Donald Trump’s relatively crisis-free presidency in foreign affairs has created a sense, perhaps an accurate one, that he cowed enemies into not challenging the U.S. As Sen. Tom Cotton...
HOOD: North Carolina excels in tax reform
RALEIGH — Since Republican lawmakers won majorities in both houses of the General Assembly in 2010, they’ve been reforming North Carolina’s tax system. They’ve broadened the bases of state taxes, reduced tax rates, diminished or eliminated special-interest tax breaks, and simplified the code. As a result,...
Channeling ourunknown, yetfamiliar speaker
If new House Speaker Mike Johnson hadn’t existed, Stephen Colbert would have had to make him up. But of course the possibility that there could ever be a Speaker Johnson wasn’t even a gleam in young lawyer Mike Johnson’s own eye way back in 2005, when Comedy Central TV network asked Colbert to come up with something different and funny. So the liberal Colbert invented a political right-winger who would look just astonishingly like — and think astonishingly like — the fellow who would become the genuine 2023 House Speaker Mike Johnson.
St. Pauls pulls away in fourth
RED SPRINGS — The Red Springs Red Devils defeated the West Bladen Knights 32-18 Friday night in a SAC 6 match-up. West Bladen was locked-in a battle with the fourth-place Red Devils through three quarters before Red Springs pulled away in the fourth. Sophomore quarterback Hunter Hester threw two...
UNCP honors distinguished alumni, Hall of Fame inductees
The achievements of outstanding alumni and former elite student-athletes at UNC Pembroke were on full display at the 55th Annual Alumni Awards and Athletics Hall of Fame ceremony Friday evening. The event was part of the university’s Homecoming Week festivities, which featured a parade, concert and throwback party. The celebrations...
Third-graders enjoy learning about farm life
ELIZABETHTOWN — Ag’em Up, a two day Agricultural Field Day Adventure for Bladen County third-graders, took place on Oct. 10-11 at Bladen Community College. Ag ‘em Up occurs annually in Bladen County during October, which happens to be National Farm to School Month. This year Bladen County...
The Bulldogs Pull Away in The Second Half
SPIVEY’S CORNER — The St. Pauls’ Bulldogs defeated the Midway Raiders for a 62-22 victory on Friday night in a SAC 6 clash. The Bulldogs jumped ahead to an early 21-0 lead in the first half as their opponents started slow on the offensive side of the ball. Midway finally got their offense going in the second quarter after keeping a drive alive on a huge 4th-down conversion down the sideline to set up an eventual Cody Ammons touchdown run.
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