Three LCC students selected for ECU Engineering Scholarship

LCC is proud of each of these students for their accomplishments and their decision to attend LCC for Engineering. The National Science Foundation and ECU’s Department of Engineering are helping to provide Lenoir, Jones, and Greene County students with the opportunity to further their education in Engineering through these funds, which will ultimately benefit our community through developing a skilled workforce.

Cooking with Tammy Kelly: Celebrate the bee!

Each year we celebrate National Honey Bee Day, on the third Saturday in August. The celebration began in 2009 with the purpose of the bringing together beekeepers, bee associations, and other interested groups to connect with the communities to advance beekeeping, using a united effort one day a year. What better way to celebrate the honorable honeybee than to enjoy their delicious honey!

Kristy Bock: We broke our vows to never forget

As I scrolled through Facebook, the “Never Forget” memes that are ever-present in the month of September fill my feed with sad reminders of a day that devastated our nation. Everyone from every walk of life in our country who was alive on September 11, 2001, can remember what they were doing when they learned about the horrific events that transpired on that day.

John Hood: Make licensing reform a priority

According to the most-recent ranking I can find, North Carolina requires state-approved licenses in more occupations (nearly 200) than most other states do. North Carolina licenses twice as many occupations as Virginia does, and three times as many as South Carolina.

Starting in September Bird Lands In Kinston

The City of Kinston is partnering with Bird, the Los Angeles, California-based, shared electric scooter company, to bring e-scooters to the city in the coming days. Bird is logical way of socially distanced travel. The scooters are available through a mobile phone application and and users are charged by the minute at no cost to the city.