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Crews in eastern North Carolina, including the coast, started to spread brine Thursday and others plan to begin brining Friday. Crews in the Kinston area applied more than 138,000 gallons of brine to roads. On the Outer Banks, crews have staged equipment next to N.C. 12 to remove sand, water and other debris if necessary.
In the face of nationwide competition for testing supplies and shortages of testing staff, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is pulling all available levers to support existing testing sites, to open more sites across the state and to increase access to at-home collection kits.
Governor Roy Cooper today announced plans to help combat staff shortages in K-12 school districts across the state during the current surge of COVID-19 cases. The policy will allow state employees to use volunteer days with supervisor approval to work in North Carolina public schools as substitute teachers, bus drivers and cafeteria staff.
See our attached 2-page briefing on the upcoming storm for this weekend. We continue to have increased confidence that a multi-hazard storm system will impact Eastern NC Sunday into Monday. Inland areas may see a brief period of a wintry mix (freezing rain, sleet, light snow) early Sunday before transitioning to rain, heavy at times, by late Sunday morning through the afternoon.
Today, Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Secretary Kody Kinsley visited and toured a COVID-19 vaccine and testing site hosted by Kinston Teens, a youth-led nonprofit organization, and the City of Kinston.
Congratulations to the following Banks Elementary second nine week Principal’s List and A/B Honor Roll students!
Congratulations to the following EB Frink Middle second nine week Principal’s List and A/B Honor Roll students!
To ensure student safety and school attendance, all JCPS students will be required to wear masks at this time. Our mask requirement will be effective for all students K-12. Masks will be available for all students at each of our school sites.
Governor Roy Cooper announced 24,224 new jobs in North Carolina last year, representing 185 business recruitment, expansion or rural development projects that engaged with the North Carolina Department of Commerce or its team at the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. in 2021.
Precipitation will likely begin early Sunday morning as a wintry mix before transitioning to moderate to heavy rain by Sunday afternoon.
Scan a QR code on the poster in the hallway, fill out an interest survey, and you can join Patriots for the Planet—if you’re a Parrott Academy high school student.
Cognia, the international school improvement organization, has named Lenoir County Public Schools a District of Distinction, a designation of excellence granted to only 20 school districts worldwide for 2021 and an honor associated with LCPS’s strong performance in last spring’s accreditation review.
King’s Mountain native Abbigail Barber is the new 4-H and Youth Development Agent. She graduated from NC State with a Bachelor of Science and a double major in Animal Science and Science Technology Studies. She has lived in the area for about three years now.
Mayor Dontario Hardy issued a proclamation siting a temporary mandatory mask mandate for city facilities.
With COVID-19 cases reaching pandemic highs, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services urges K-12 schools to promote vaccination and boosters for students and staff and require students and staff wear masks indoors to keep students in the classroom and limit the risk of COVID-19 transmission.
Rotary International President Shekhar Mehta from West Bengal, India toured EastPoint Prosthetics & Orthotics, Inc. in Kinston. Rotary Internional is an organzation that hopes to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humaitarian service around the world.
Greene Early College alumnus(2019), Cynthia Valle-Balthazar, has joined the Kinston Police Department. She joined the department in August.
The FDA now authorizes and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends individuals who received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine get a booster dose after five months. This announcement from federal agencies comes just three days after the announcement of a shortened wait time for a booster from six months to five months for individuals who received the Pfizer vaccine.
The Lenoir County Public School Board met for an emergency meeting on Monday, January 10, 2022. After the public comments were shared, a motion was made, and the vote to require masks was taken.
This semester, I am taking a class about Economics and Personal Finance. I have learned that Economics plays a major role in my life’s choices because everything is tied to how money influences me and the decisions I make with money.
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