2+ week, 5+ day ago   (217+ words) ROCKY MOUNT — The Boys & Girls Club of the Tar River Region has received a $250,000 allocation through the North Carolina state budget to support Project Dream, a capital campaign to renovate the former armory into a facility focused on preparing local…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (197+ words) TARBORO — Two Edgecombe Community College directors are among the first local professionals to complete Leadership Edgecombe Academy, a program designed to strengthen leadership skills and provide a closer look at Edgecombe County’s business and industrial community. Laura Brown Evans, director…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (394+ words) TARBORO — Edgecombe Community College is partnering with regional organizations on an 18-month initiative to create clearer career pathways into healthcare for residents in rural communities. Vichi Jagannathan, co-founder and co-CEO of the Rural Opportunity Institute, said students frequently express interest…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (158+ words) springhopeenterprise.com Zebulon police to host Cops & Bobbers for children Zebulon police will host Cops & Bobbers, a youth fishing event for ages 8 to 17, from 8 to 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 28. Registration is required. ZEBULON — The Zebulon Police Department will host Cops & Bobbers, a…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (676+ words) Our state’s greatest threat likely won’t come from storms, although we all know the damage hurricanes, floods and ice storms can create. It won’t come from political upheavals or a revolution, although we acknowledge the turmoil that could result. And…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (153+ words) springhopeenterprise.com Nashville deputy chief Boykin completes FBI Trilogy Deputy Chief David Boykin completed the FBI-LEEDA Trilogy, a three-course leadership development program for law enforcement professionals. NASHVILLE — Deputy Chief David Boykin recently completed the third and final course of the…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (229+ words) WASHINGTON — U.S. Reps. Don Davis, D-Snow Hill, and Brad Finstad, R-Minn., introduced the Lifelong Learning Act, legislation that would update the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to provide additional resources for workforce training programs aimed at addressing talent shortages. The…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (140+ words) NASHVILLE — April Wade, a Jobs for America’s Graduates instructor at Rocky Mount High School, has received the JAG National High Performer Award for Employer and Community Impact. Wade, an employee of Communities In Schools of North Carolina/JNCG, was recognized…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (183+ words) As a passionate aficionado of history, philosophy and classical civilization — the foreign language I took in college was Ancient Greek — I wince when I read about shrinking departments and disappearing majors in classics, history and other humanities. Several campuses of…...