Two county schools selected for demonstration sites

Wayne County's two newest schools have been selected to be demonstration sites for educators, policy makers and community leaders from North Carolina and other states, officials announced Thursday. The local innovative high schools, Wayne Early/Middle College High School, or...

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Impact Wayne kicks off

The Wayne County Development Alliance's Impact Wayne Campaign has raised $870,500, or 79 percent, of its $1.1 million goal to implement a public/private economic development initiative in the county. Campaign Chairman Grey Morgan announced the total during Thursday night's...

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T.A. Loving gets ag center contract

Wayne County commissioners Tuesday took what they say is another step closer to an early summer groundbreaking for the $16 million Wayne Regional Agricultural and Convention Center. In December, commissioners awarded the design contract for the center to HH...

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Many may lose food stamps in July

Beginning July 1, 1,300 people in Wayne County could be in danger of losing their food stamp benefits. An old federal regulation that was waived in 2008 has been reinstated by the United States Department of Agriculture, which controls...

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ATM with $5,000 missing from store

The Goldsboro Police Department is investigating how and when someone removed an ATM containing $5,000 from a closed business on South John Street. Elite Merchant Services reported the theft Thursday, telling police the ATM was last seen in place Dec....

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