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At the conclusion of the closed session today, Mayor Don Hardy called the open meeting to order and entertained a motion to hire Steven Harrell as interim city manager. The councilmembers present, Robbie Swinson, Felicia Solomon and Chris Suggs all voted in favor.
You’ve probably never met him and there’s a good chance you won’t recognize his name, but Nick Boyd has done something personally for you if you’re a homeowner in certain parts of Lenoir County: he’s saved you some hard-earned money.
No, I haven’t come up with the #ncpol equivalent of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. In that famous science-fiction satire, the protagonist learns there is an “Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything” — and its answer is 42. But the question itself is never revealed, and indeed it’s suggested that if both the question and answer were known simultaneously, the universe would cease to exist.
The term loan shark carries a negative connotation. On television, he’s the guy who sends his goons after people who don’t pay what they agreed to pay. In real life, he’s a business that lends money to high-risk recipients. Where there is a need for revenue, there will always be someone, somewhere, ready to lend it. The lender doesn’t loan money out of the goodness of their own heart. It’s a business decision made with profit in mind. The government has decided that all lending institutions must pay for the predatory loan practices of others.
July 4th is the day we celebrate the birth of our nation. In 1776, Great Britain’s 13 North American colonies had a population of around 3 million people. These colonies had no army – just militias composed of citizen-soldiers. They were facing one of the world’s best-trained and most professional armies.
Help wanted: Lenoir County Government - Public Health - Public Health Educator I. Salary Range: $32,815 - $49,932.
Governor Roy Cooper sent a letter to the North Carolina Congressional Delegation urging Congress to act immediately on a funding package for COVID-19 so that the state can stay ready in the event of a future surge.
Today, Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kody H. Kinsley provided an update on the state’s COVID-19 metrics and trends. As North Carolina’s COVID-19 metrics continue to move in the right direction and with vaccines widely available, Governor Cooper encouraged schools and local governments to end their mask mandates.
Before Thomas Jefferson died in 1826, he wrote his own epitaph. Did he mention any of his political offices? No. Jefferson wanted only three accomplishments listed on his gravestone: author of the Declaration of Independence, founder of the University of Virginia, and author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom.
Among the horrible sights we have witnessed in Afghanistan has been the burning of the American Flag as The Taliban celebrated what it considers to be a victory over the USA. But our flag is more than just a symbol, and it has a long & glorious history. It was the flag , during the war of 1812, that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the Star-Spangled Banner, as our massive flag flew triumphantly atop Baltimore's Fort McHenry after U.S. soldiers withstood a 25-hour bombardment by British warships.
Lenoir County Government Emergency Management Division Fire Marshal. Salary Range: $42,006 - $63,918
Lenoir County Government Department of Social Services Processing Assistant V. SALARY RANGE: $25,635 - $39,007
Lenoir County Government Department of Social Services Processing Assistant V. SALARY RANGE: $25,635 - $39,007
Lenoir County Government Emergency Management Division Fire Marshal. Salary Range: $42,006 - $63,918
Lenoir County Government Department of Social Services Processing Assistant V. SALARY RANGE: $25,635 - $39,007
Lenoir County Government Emergency Management Division Fire Marshal. Salary Range: $42,006 - $63,918
The most terrifying thing to me is, since the COVID 19 pandemic began, I’ve noticed an increase in the influence that the federal government has on my life and the lives of others. I believe, now more than ever, people in our nation have become dependent on government to provide them with the means to live.
Unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) increased in 77 of North Carolina’s counties in May, decreased in eight, and remained unchanged in 15. Scotland County had the highest unemployment rate at 8.6 percent while Orange County had the lowest at 3.3 percent.
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