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Unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) decreased in 95 of North Carolina’s counties in December 2023, increased in three, and remained unchanged in two. Scotland County had the highest unemployment rate at 5.9 percent while Buncombe County had the lowest at 2.4 percent.
EDR staff joined local leaders and Greene County employees in support of the new facility, located at 2189 Firetower Road, Walstonburg, NC.
The Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library was proud to host the 2023-2024 Young Poets Contest Awards Ceremony on Thursday, January 18, 2024, at 6:30 pm. The annual contest is in its twenty-fifth year and is sponsored by the Kinston-Lenoir County Friends of the Library.
Lenoir County Sheriff Jackie Rogers and the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office have started a new program called “You’ve Been Caught Doing Good.” The sheriff presents awards to middle school students who have been recommended by their teachers and school staff for going above and beyond to help others and to foster a positive environment.
It’s Super Bowl Season, did you know that the Super Bowl and Thanksgiving vie for spot number one and two in favorite food seasons of the year? Yes, while all of you football fans are glued to the TV, the rest of the gang is busy sampling the yummy treats on the food table!!
A 65-year-old Deep Run man has been arrested by detectives with the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office following a three-month investigation into the distribution of methamphetamine into the county.
After winning the annual LCPS Spelling Bee for the past four years with champion spellers who eventually aged out, Woodington found a capable successor in Nikki Bellamy. The seventh grader outlasted the top spellers from the district’s elementary and middle schools on Thursday night to claim a fifth consecutive title for her school.
The North Carolina Department of Commerce has awarded business services grants to 14 local workforce development boards, totaling $490,000, Governor Roy Cooper announced.
The American Red Cross has announced a series of local blood drives in response to a critical blood shortage as the nation faces the lowest number of people giving blood in 20 years.
Copper Mill Mercantile, located at 1030 W New Bern Road, emerges as a unique antique and vendor market. Co-owned by Stacy Cholula and David Fulk, the establishment offers an upscale space for vendors to showcase and sell a variety of items, excluding typical yard sale or flea market goods.
A three-month narcotics investigation by the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office has resulted in the arrest of three La Grange residents on a myriad of drug charges.
The following land transfers were filed with the Lenoir County Register of Deeds:
Congratulations to APA lower, middle, and upper school art teams’ performance in the North Carolina Association of Scholastic Activities Art Competition.
The Greene County Sheriff’s Office and NC SBI make an arrest in the murder of 17-year-old William “Anthony” Devon Williams Jr.
On Friday, January 26, 2024, at approximately 8 p.m., members of the Kinston Police Department were dispatched to the 700 block of Williams St. in reference to a report of a subject that had been shot
The Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce held its 113th annual awards banquet at the Kinston Country Club Tuesday evening.
The following restaurant inspections were conducted by the Lenoir County Health Department:
The U.S. Marshals Carolinas Regional Fugitive Task Force is asking for the public’s assistance with locating a Conover man wanted by the U.S. Marshals and Conover Police Department for first-degree murder.
In a prestigious event held in Greensboro on January 27, Arendell Parrot Academy senior Haynes Lewis was named Distinguished Young Woman of North Carolina.
“I was very surprised,” said Lewis. “I was on stage with so many capable and amazing young women. Any one of them would have been capable of representing our state. I feel very honored to be able to represent North Carolina but most especially to be able to represent that group of amazing young women.”
Two grants valued together at $129,000 will bring new equipment, supplies and teaching aids to the Career and Technical Education program that serves about 2,000 students in Lenoir County Public Schools.
