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Sunset Avenue upgrade project in final months of work
Motorists using Sunset Avenue from just west of Halifax Road to the intersection with Eastern Avenue and Old Carriage Road should see both ongoing roadwork and construction of a future interchange with Interstate 95 completed by this winter. Once the new traffic pattern is completely set, all that is going to have to be done is for crews to put down a final layer of asphalt this spring. That is...
Warriors keep clicking, blank Gryphons 9-0
The early-season rise of the Hunt High boys soccer program continued at the expense of Rocky Mount again on a fall-like Tuesday evening, Sept. 3, as the Warriors claimed a 9-0 mercy-rule decision that ended a minute short of regulation. Their second shutout victory over the Gryphons this season left the 3-A Quad County Conference Warriors 4-1-1, which equals their […] The post Warriors keep clicking, blank Gryphons 9-0 first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
Community colleges get grants for EV charging stations, training
Two local community colleges are receiving U.S. Department of Transportation grants to install electric vehicle charging stations on their main campuses. The $1 million grant will pay to install 20 Level 2 EV charging stations at 10 community colleges statewide. Nash Community College and Edgecombe Community College will each get two charging stations as part of the grant. Level 2 chargers take between 4 hours and 8 hours to charge...
Food Lion remodels 167 stores, including those in Rocky Mount
Grocery shoppers entering Food Lion supermarkets in the Rocky Mount area can have an improved experience thanks to a major improvement to those locations. The Salisbury-based grocery store chain has invested $365 million in upgrading a total of 167 Food Lion supermarkets in North Carolina and Virginia. Five of those Food Lion locations are in Rocky Mount; one is southwest of the city in Nash County; and one is in Nashville. ...
City bids farewell to summer at festival
The city of Rocky Mount said goodbye to the summer in go-go style. At its fourth annual End of Summer Celebration held Saturday at Martin Luther King Jr. Park, city leaders brought back The Junkyard Band for the live music. The evening also featured fun for all ages with food trucks, bouncy houses and a bubble pool foam pit that were popular attractions for area youth. Signed by Def Jam Records in the 1980s, the Junkyard Band has performed at New York’s Apollo Theater, the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts and has opened for Tupac Shakur, Lauryn Hill and Chuck Brown. The evening of music, food and children’s activities was heralded as a “go-go festival” in celebration of the vibrant go-go music scene, a subgenre of funk music that became popular in the 1960s and ’70s.
New ECU poll offers a glimpse at how independent voters are leaning in swing-state NC
A newly released poll by East Carolina University’s Center for Survey Research finds former President Donald Trump with a one percentage point lead over Vice President Kamala Harris in North Carolina, 48% to 47%. Only 3% of respondents in the late August poll say they remain undecided in the presidential race. It’s a different story […]
Let a thousand billboards bloom
Put me down as entirely unsurprised that media companies are adding commercials back into their streaming services as a means of making them profitable. Advertising has never been as unpopular as its critics imagine — a truth that North Carolina policymakers should embrace as they try to finance new infrastructure without irritating taxpayers. I admit to a personal stake in […] The post Let a thousand billboards bloom first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
Spotted lanternfly reported in Western NC: How to help prevent 'huge ecological impact'
August and September are some of the most active months for the invasive spotted lanternfly — and while they may be a big issue in Pennsylvania and its neighboring states, North Carolina is no stranger to the insects. Amy Michael, entomological programs manager at the NC Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services, told...
Show off your cooking skills at the 2024 N.C. State Fair Home Chef Challenge
RALEIGH — The N.C. State Fair is known for its tasty treats and promotion of local commodities and other national products. One of its featured events highlights those specialties in the form of fun, family-friendly cooking challenges. “We always strive to enhance the fair experience by introducing new, unique...
NC DEQ's water authority under fire
A coalition of environmental organizations is calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revoke the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s (NC DEQ) delegation of Clean Water Act responsibilities. The groups argue that recent state legislation has significantly compromised the NC DEQ’s ability to effectively manage water pollution and enforce standards for toxic chemicals, endangering public health and environmental safety.
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