Features
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School gives bikes to students to reward reading
At 1 p.m. on Friday, the stage in the multi-purpose room at Carver Elementary School was filled with a long line of brand-new bicycles and helmets. What’s more, bikes and helmets lined portions of the walls to the right and left of the stage, as well. But, by 2 p.m,…
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March 15th Farmers’ Parade to usher in day-long festivities
FAISON — Don’t let the name fool you. It’s billed as the Faison Farmers’ Parade, but the celebration will be much bigger than a parade. It’ll be an all-day affair, with music, food, vendors, a 50/50 raffle, and a Kids Zone filled with numerous free activities for the younger set.…
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With opioid settlement money, Duplin Co. focuses on education, Narcan distribution
KENANSVILLE — Since 2022, Duplin County has received almost $1.4 million to help fight opioid abuse. Another $3.2 million is on the way, spread out in annual payments (of differing amounts) through 2038.
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Church ‘rocks’ popular veterans’ memorial
DUDLEY — Here’s an unlikely statement about a rock: “It does its own thing now.”
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Sam Jones, Olympian and basketball All-American, awarded The Order of the Long Leaf Pine
Leora “Sam” Jones was just having fun playing backyard basketball with her childhood friends growing up in Mount Olive.
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WCC seeks entries for photo contest highlighting climate change; deadline Feb. 28
In Greenland, climate change looks like a rapidly melting ice sheet. In Southern California, it looks like raging wildfires. Off Australia’s coast, it looks like degradation of the Great Barrier Reef.
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Finding ‘furever’ homes for felines, in memory of a friend
One evening, with a storm looming on the horizon, Roberta Best brought her car to a quick stop when she came upon a lonely, velvety-black kitten. Best stopped her car, scooped up the tiny ball of fur, took him to a vet and had him neutered, and has been caring…
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Free classes to teach basics of navigating internet: protecting privacy, avoiding scams, using telehealth
KENANSVILLE — With the start of a new year, many of us resolve to “do better,” sometimes pledging to eat healthier, exercise regularly, or spend less. One area of self-improvement we might want to consider is improving our digital skills — and East Carolina University is making it easy and…
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Museum honors veterans, accepts military memorabilia donations with local ties
WARSAW — Just inside the door of the Duplin County Veterans Memorial Museum is one of the museum’s most important items, according to Museum Curator Earl Rouse: It’s a thick, loose-leaf notebook containing the Roll of Honor, an ever-growing list of U.S. military veterans who lived in Duplin County at…
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Keys to mayor’s successful inaugural year: preparation, timing, dedicated town employees
FAISON — As he reflects on his first year as mayor, William “Billy” M. Ward II admits, “My biggest surprise is just how much goes on even in a little, tiny town,” he says. “I mean we’re doing the same thing that they do in Raleigh, the same thing they…
