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Senator Jim Perry, (R- Craven, Beaufort, Lenoir) announced the City of Kinston has been awarded a $2,000,000 grant for the Adkin Branch Flood Mitigation phase I construction project during a special round of funding from the North Carolina Land and Water Fund.
For the past four years, Robert “Bob” Enders Jr. held the title of CEO at UNC Lenoir Health Care. He assumed the helm prior to the pandemic, and led the hospital through the Covid-19 surges. With the global emergency behind us, Enders said it was time to focus on his family. After a career that spanned about 40 years, he announced his retirement. His last day was Tuesday.
Governor Roy Cooper visited and toured Wilburn Elementary School in Raleigh to celebrate Read Across America Week. During the event, Governor Cooper visited classrooms and read to students.
People are invited to provide comments on the draft version of the N.C. Clean Transportation Plan, which outlines strategies to accelerate the decarbonization of the transportation sector.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced it has received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to operate the Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) program during the 2022-23 school year.
On Monday, February 27, 2023, Franklin Floyd, a longtime North Lenoir Fire & Rescue member and current Board Member, experienced a fall from a fire truck at NLFR Station 3 while completing apparatus inspections.
In Pink Hill, a vote may not always count. Like 56% of the voters in North Carolina who wanted voter ID in 2018, the majority of Pink Hill voters who said yes to the Mixed Beverage Referendum had their power taken away.
The Awards Day ceremony for the North Lenoir High School Class of 2023 will be held Thursday, May 25, at 9 a.m. in the school's auditorium.
Two Lenoir Community College graphic students, Gregory Cox and Jonah Daniels, were recently awarded scholarships from the Printing Industry of the Carolinas (PICA). PICA is an industry association dedicated to protecting and promoting the common interest of the printing industry, and helping their members prosper, both individually and collectively, through fellowship, education, and cooperative action.
Jon Kyle Bennett was arrested Saturday and charged with statutory rape of a person who is 13-, 14- or 15-years-old by a defendant who is at least 6 years older than the victim.
Preparations are in full swing and Lenoir County 4-H is excited to bring Embryology curriculum into 25 classrooms in Lenoir County this year.
It was a National History Day competition, but eighth graders at EB Frink Middle School spent many, many days developing the projects they put in front of judges on Friday.
On Saturday evening Lenoir County Early College High School Sophomore Halle Powell won the title of Miss Neuse 2023. She is the daughter of Bryan and Jennifer Powell and was sponsored by Fox Trail Mini Storage. Here are the winners:
From the University of South Carolina: Sara Elizabeth Jones of Ayden NC has been named to the President’s Honor Roll List for the Fall Semester 2022.
The deadline to submit entries for the N.C. Department of Transportation’s 2023 Model Bridge Building Competition is approaching.
SHPD located the vehicle involved in the shooting that occurred on 02/10/2023 on Hull Road. After a thorough investigation Officers developed a suspect and were able to positively identify the juvenile responsible for this crime.
When she was in the ninth grade, Pari Patel put herself on a fast track to graduation. Three years later she’s within reach of a high school diploma and an associate degree from Lenoir Community College – and a top merit scholarship to North Carolina State University.
AgCarolina Farm Credit and Carolina Farm Credit announce the fundraising results of the sixth annual Pull for Youth sporting clays events held to benefit North Carolina 4-H and FFA. Over $600,000 has been donated directly to NC 4-H and FFA since 2017.
The Be Pro Be Proud bus couldn’t have picked a better time to roll into Lenoir County.
Four educators chosen as their school’s Teacher of the Year have moved forward in the process to name the 2023-2024 Teacher of the Year for Lenoir County Public Schools.
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