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Pitt County Animal Services to take over Spay Today
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — The Pitt County Animal Services will be taking over Spay Today. Spay Today was a clinic offering low-cost spay or neuter for pets. The clinic closed because it could not find a veterinarian to provide the services needed. They then donated their facility and equipment to the animal shelter. Pitt County […]
Post 13 slide continues at Pitt County
WINTERVILLE — A late-season slide continued for the Wilson American Legion Post 13 baseball team with a 9-2 loss Thursday to host Pitt County Post 39 on the Pitt Community College diamond. Pitt County grabbed the lead with two runs in the bottom of the fifth and then tacked on five more runs in the sixth for the final margin. […] The post Post 13 slide continues at Pitt County first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
Pitt County economic developer earns top honors
Pitt County’s Kelly Andrews has earned one of two Economic Developer of the Year awards from the N.C. Economic Development Association. Andrews was presented the award at the organization’s annual conference in Wilmington last week. It recognizes members who have made significant and measurable contributions to their community and the North Carolina economic development community as a whole. “We are incredibly proud that Kelly Andrews has been honored with this...
Pitt County awards PCC grant for new welding technology building
WINTERVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Pitt Community College will be upgrading its campus with a new welding technology building. Pitt County has granted the college $16.4 million of the $17.7 million that the school needs to complete the project. “Thank you for increasing our ability to produce welders,” said PCC President Lawrence Rouse to the Pitt […]
Matthew Stevens: Plan garden around watering schedule, dry weather
Though summer officially began only a few days ago, it sure feels as though it has come in with a vengeance. We’ve had little to no rain in most parts of Pitt County over the past month, and everywhere you look there are signs of drought whether it is stunted and browned stalks of corn in the field, once-green lawns looking more like burnt-orange, or trees and shrubs with drooping or falling leaves. ...
Pitt partnership receives $125,000 for reentry program
A partnership in the Pitt County area won a $125,000 grant to support a program to help formerly incarcerated people enter the workforce. The grant recipient, “Keeping It REEL,” will train formerly incarcerated to meet reentry challenges to build careers and potentially start their own businesses, Gov. Roy Cooper announced. The two-year implementation grant comes from the NCWorks Local Innovation Fund, which Cooper established as part of the NC Job...
Greenville welcomes affordable housing with new Arlington Trace development
GREENVILLE, Pitt County — A new option for affordable housing in Greenville kicked off with a ribbon cutting ceremony this morning. Here at Arlington Trace right off the corner of Dickenson Avenue and Arlington Boulevard 180 units will soon be ready for residents. The property was originally developed by...
As COVID funding ends, PCS makes nursing post adjustments
Pitt County Schools will move forward with two fewer nursing positions next year but largely maintained nurse staffing levels despite the expiration of pandemic relief funding, officials said. Officials during a school board workshop last week discussed nursing posts and other adjustments needed after Pitt County Government finalized its appropriations to the school system in its 2024-25 budget. School Health Program Manager Laurie Reed said that for the 2024-25 school...
Greenville Utilities donates fans
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) -This heat is no joke and now people in Pitt County are getting some help to deal with it. Greenville Utilities spent Thursday morning donating a total of 100 fans at the Pitt County Council on Aging and the Greenville Housing Authority. Each year GUC donates fans...
Gardeners can help preserve vital honey bee pollinators
June 17-23 was National Pollinators Week, a week set aside to raise awareness for honeybees and other insects that are essential for pollinating so many of the crops that we grow for food and fiber. While a number of different insects and birds play a role in pollination, honey bees are by far the most important pollinating species. Much attention has been paid in the last several years to the...
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