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NC Business Offers Emergency Food Options

December 9, 2015 Guest Author or Contributor

By John K Carroll, Jr. and Ken Carroll Millions of Americans are affected by natural and man-made disasters every year – now, the question of what to eat when the lights go out has been answered. Asheville NC’s DisasterFoodSupplies.com provides individual meals […]

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13th Annual “Turning on the Lights” in Tarboro

December 9, 2015 Guest Author or Contributor

Set your sights on Christmas lights! Please join the community for a night full of fun on December 12, 2015, starting at 6pm. There will be live entertainment by Christian Artist, Richard Simmons, food from Ted Williamson Food Truck, and free […]

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How Does Your Garden Glow? NASA’s OCO-2 Seeks Answer

December 4, 2015 Guest Author or Contributor

Science is full of serendipity — moments when discoveries happen by chance or accident while researchers are looking for something else. For example, penicillin was identified when a blue-green mold grew on a Petri dish […]

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Zebulon Food Pantry Gives, and Needs

December 3, 2015 Guest Author or Contributor

Contributed by Cindy Privette Families from Zebulon and Wendell may receive nonperishable food items from the Zebulon United Methodist Church’s food pantry, based on the number of members in the family. No proof of financial […]

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NC DHHS to Accept Applications for Low Income Energy Assistance Program

December 3, 2015 Guest Author or Contributor

The NC Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is accepting applications for the state’s Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) beginning December 1, 2015. Households eligible to apply for LIEAP must contain a person […]

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Conservation Groups Take US Fish & Wildlife Service to Court for Failures to Protect the World’s Only Wild Red Wolves

November 20, 2015 Guest Author or Contributor

By Kathleen Sullivan, selcnc.org & Amey Owen, awionline.org Conservation groups filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for its failure to protect the world’s only wild population […]

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Zebulon Food Pantry Gives, and Needs

November 20, 2015 Guest Author or Contributor

Contributed by Cindy Privette Families from Zebulon and Wendell may receive nonperishable food items from the Zebulon United Methodist Church’s food pantry, based on the number of members in the family. No proof of financial need is required, just a valid […]

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Mobile Deer Cooler Available for Free Rental

November 20, 2015 Guest Author or Contributor

By Jodie B. Owen, NCwildlife.org Want to help feed the hungry? The NC Wildlife Resources Commission, along with the NC Wildlife Federation, is offering hunters free use of a mobile cooler to collect and transport deer safely to participating USDA-certified processors for […]

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The Strange-ness: Drilling Rocks on Mars

October 9, 2015 Guest Author or Contributor

On Tuesday, Sept. 29, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drilled its eighth hole on Mars, and its fifth since reaching Mount Sharp one year ago. The drilling of the hole 2.6-inches (65 millimeters) deep in a […]

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General Mills Issues Recall of Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios Cereal

October 9, 2015 Guest Author or Contributor

General Mills is voluntarily recalling several days of production of Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios cereal produced at its Lodi, California facility on certain dates in July of this year because of an undeclared allergen […]

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Zebulon Nonprofit Helps Domestic Violence Victims, Others

October 9, 2015 Guest Author or Contributor

By Roger Brantley The Purple Shoe Thrift Shoppe is a Non-profit organization with a thrift store in Zebulon. The shop has helped over 20 woman get to safety because of domestic violence. They also work […]

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Bailey Cafe Customers Pay It Forward

October 9, 2015 Guest Author or Contributor

By Cullen Gurganus The most amazing series of acts of kindness took place October 5, 2015, in the Bailey Cafe, when one small act led to more than a dozen. A long time and loyal […]

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NC Receives $63 Million to Help Crime Victims

September 25, 2015 Guest Author or Contributor

US Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced today that local community agencies that assist crime victims will benefit from $60,012,054 that has been awarded to the State of North Carolina by the US Department of Justice’s […]

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The Strange-ness: NIST Team Breaks Distance Record for Quantum Teleportation

September 25, 2015 Guest Author or Contributor

By Laura Ost, NIST Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have “teleported” or transferred quantum information carried in light particles over 100 kilometers (km) of optical fiber, four times farther than […]

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Twin Counties Big Sweep Challenge

September 25, 2015 Guest Author or Contributor

By Cornelia McGee Each year, Keep America Beautiful of Nash and Edgecombe Counties helps sponsor two large scale litter collection events in the Twin Counties. The event in the fall, Twin Counties Big Sweep, is […]

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Why Are So Many Antelopes Dying?

September 11, 2015 Guest Author or Contributor

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, reprinted from Fusion.net with permission Over the past few months, saiga antelopes have been dying out by the tens of thousands in Kazakhstan. Since May, about 120,000 have died, and that number […]

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Civitan Club Organizing BackPack Buddy Program

September 11, 2015 Guest Author or Contributor

By Deborah Hill, Pay It Forward Civitan Club The Pay It Forward Civitan Club is excited to be organizing the BackPack Buddy Program for Nashville Elementary. The group is in the process of setting up […]

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Time for Food, Music and Fun at Wendell Festival

July 31, 2015 Guest Author or Contributor

By Thomas A. Zang, Jr. The entertaining and tasty International Food and Music Festival will be here before you know it! This annual event, organized by St. Eugene Catholic Church, is returning for its thirteenth […]

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NC Continues to Prepare for Possible Avian Influenza Outbreak

July 31, 2015 Guest Author or Contributor

By Jen Kendrick, NCDA&CS State Veterinarian Doug Meckes announced additional precautions that are being put in place to help NC prepare for a possible introduction of highly pathogenic avian influenza. The NC Department of Agriculture […]

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NASA’s Three-Billion-Mile Journey to Pluto

July 19, 2015 Guest Author or Contributor

After a decade-long journey through our solar system, New Horizons made its closest approach to Pluto Tuesday, about 7,750 miles above the surface — roughly the same distance from New York to Mumbai, India – […]

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Zebulon NC Nonprofit Seeking Shoes for Kids

July 19, 2015 Guest Author or Contributor

By Cindy Privette, Zebulon UMC Zebulon United Methodist Church is currently working with Note in the Pocket and their “Kicks for Kids” campaign. Note in the Pocket believes it is unacceptable that children are limited […]

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Construction to Begin on 2016 NASA Mars Lander

May 23, 2014 Guest Author or Contributor

NASA and its international partners now have the go-ahead to begin construction on a new Mars lander, after it completed a successful Mission Critical Design Review on Friday. NASA’s Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy […]

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Yard Waste Collection Improves with New Vehicle

March 1, 2013 Guest Author or Contributor

By Brian Bowman, Town of Knightdale Starting in March, a new yard waste collection truck will circle Knightdale, North Carolina. The truck includes a special claw system for picking up branches and bags of grass clippings. Half […]

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“Dear Brothers” — a Letter from Pope Benedict XVI

February 15, 2013 Guest Author or Contributor

From the Vatican, February 10, 2013: I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the […]

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The Strange-ness: Fish Kill Reported at Masonboro Island

February 1, 2013 Guest Author or Contributor

State environmental officials reported on January 11, 2013, hundreds of thousands of dead Atlantic Menhaden fish at Masonboro Island in Wilmington NC. The dead fish are along the Masonboro Island beaches and in the water, stretching over a […]

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Amateur Radio Assists During Emergencies

September 15, 2012 Guest Author or Contributor

By George Diering, Wilson County Emergency Coordinator Wilson Amateur Radio Emergency Service, in partnership with the local 9-1-1 center and the Wilson County Emergency Management, is Demonstrating the use of Amateur Radio during emergencies, registering residents for the “Code Red” […]

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NC Growers Facing 2012 Farm Labor Shortages

September 15, 2012 Guest Author or Contributor

By Roy Roberson, Southeast Farm Press Tobacco acreage is holding its own in North Carolina, as are sweet potatoes and vegetable and fruit crops. The labor needed to harvest these crops is not keeping pace […]

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The Good News… Brown Bag Lunch Ministry Makes A Difference

July 15, 2012 Guest Author or Contributor

By Cindy Privette, Zebulon UMC “Making a difference one sandwich at a time”. It’s simple really: feed the hungry, the homeless, and the forgotten.  “When I was hungry you gave me something to eat, when […]

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  • Source: The Max G. Creech Selma Historical Museum, Selma, North Carolina.
    Selma, NC: Max G. Creech Selma Historical Museum Announces 2022 Juneteenth Program
    June 14, 2022
  • Town of Wake Forest, North Carolina logo
    Wake Forest, NC: Freedom Walk to highlight Saturday’s Juneteenth Celebration
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  • Musician Freddy Greene. Source: FCAC
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  • Five Points Crossing Groundbreaking June 9, 2022, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Source: City of Rocky Mount
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    June 10, 2022
  • County Lines: A Literary Journal "call for submissions" is open and continues through August 2022. Source: Kim Beall
    Call for submissions: County Lines Literary Journal 2023
    May 20, 2022
  • Strawberries Spring 2022. Photo: Kay Whatley
    “JoCo Grows” Agriculture Initiatives Continue Through 2022 Strawberry Season
    May 17, 2022
  • Cats and Dogs. Credit: Frank and Kay Whatley, Nadia Ethier
    NC Public Animal Shelter Annual Report 2021 Released: Public Cat and Dog Euthanasia Numbers
    May 17, 2022
  • "Chicken" is one of many films to be presented during the Franklin Flicks/NCISAFF dates in May and June 2022
    North Carolina South & East Asian Hollywood Film Festival to be held on May 21
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  • Writing time during the Spring Writers' Retreat 2022 at Rolling View State Park. Photo: Donna Campbell Smith
    FCAC Writers’ Retreat Provided Advice, Writing Time in Beautiful Park
    May 5, 2022
  • April Zilg, NC/USA, 2021 and 2022 Carolina Cup Graveyard Race Champion. Source: Robert B Butler
    Coveted Carolina Cup titles won by Booth of Australia and USA’s Zilg
    May 5, 2022
  • Smithfield Ham and Yam Festival, prior year photo. Source: Downtown Smithfield Development Corp.
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    May 2, 2022
  • Arbor Day Festival 2022, Raleigh, NC. Source: We Plant It Forward
    We Plant it Forward Celebrates US 150th Arbor Day with Festival at Dorothea Dix Park on Apr. 24
    April 20, 2022
  • Photo from FCAC Writers Retreat. Source: Jackie Dove-Miller
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    April 13, 2022
  • Red wolf puppy. Photo: Ryan Nordsven/USFWS
    Release of Highly Endangered Red Wolves into Wild Gives Hope to Renewed Conservation
    April 13, 2022
  • Sandra Bryant Richardson of Open-Minded Developmental Services, Inc.
    Open Minded Developmental Services, Inc. Is Celebrating 21 Years of Excellence in Home Care Services
    April 8, 2022
  • NC News. Photos: Frank and Kay Whatley
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    April 5, 2022
  • Crowds at the 2021 "301 Endless Yard Sale" shop along a row of vendor booths. Source: Ashby Brame, Johnston County NC
    Selma, NC & Beyond: The 301 Endless Yard Sale Reaches Year 10
    March 14, 2022
  • Kings of Southern Soul Concert poster. Source: MBT Marketing Solutions & Associates
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    March 7, 2022
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    March 3, 2022
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    North Carolina Transition to Clean Transportation Highlighted by EV Charging Station Tour
    February 25, 2022
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    Greenville, NC: Shuck ‘N’ Pluck Fundraiser for Soup Kitchen to be Held Mar. 12
    February 24, 2022
  • Author Rose Cushing, "Fortunate Tides" book cover
    Middlesex, NC Author’s First Novel Released
    February 24, 2022
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    February 24, 2022
  • One of the labels released with the USDA FSIS recall for Morgan Foods, Feb 2022.
    Skyline Chili Products Recall: Can Contents May Be Soup, Not Chili
    February 16, 2022
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    February 15, 2022
  • Mt. Olive products. Source: Mt. Olive Pickle Co.
    Mt. Olive Pickle to Expand in Goldsboro, NC with a $35 Million Investment
    February 11, 2022
  • Logo of Franklin County Arts Council, Louisburg, NC
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    February 11, 2022
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    Join the Global Community for the Great Backyard Bird Count
    February 11, 2022

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The Strange-ness: Tar River Banshee

August 2, 2013

The banshee, known as a messenger of death, is known for its wailing and shrieking. While its origins are mostly Irish, banshees have been reported in several countries including the US — and NC has one too. The […]

The C-5 Galaxy. Source: US Air Force, photo by Brett Snow.
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The Strange-ness: Sims NC UFO Sighting

November 4, 2016

September 1, 2011, a witness in Sims, North Carolina (Wilson County) reported sighting an unidentified flying object (UFO) in the sky above Sims. As reported on www.mufon.com (the Mutual UFO Network), the witness spotted an egg-shaped, brightly lit object […]

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The Strange-ness: Glittery Food May be Gut-wrenching

September 13, 2013

By Kay Whatley, Editor Love those shiny pastries in brilliant colors? Grab that tasty candy for a snack after lunch? Depending on how your food was made, it may be bad for you on a whole new level. […]

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