Vance County Powerball players need to check their tickets!
Author: Jason Feingold
Gov says federal HSR money to provide 4,800 jobs
North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue announced last week that the federal high-speed rail grant to North Carolina will create or maintain as many as 4,800 private sector jobs in North Carolina over the next four years, with 1,000 of those expected this year alone as ready-to-go projects get under way.
Monday’s open line
We’re curious to see what happens next in the Great Sanitation Debate. Here’s your open line.
Etheridge on Bowles’ appointment to nat’l panel
Washington, D.C. -— U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington), the only North Carolina-member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement in response to the President’s selection of North Carolina’s Erskine Bowles to lead a national panel on how to reduce the deficit:
Friday/weekend open line
There’s plenty to talk about if you know where to look. Here’s your open line.
Knock-off shoes help local kids
On Thursday January 21, 2010, Chief Keith Sidwell and Lt. Charles Pulley present Johnnie Burton of the Central Children’s Home with 22 pairs of confiscated shoes.
County commission planning retreat today
The Vance County Board of Commissioners will be holding a planning retreat today, February 18, 2010 beginning at 10:00 a.m. It will be held at the Satterwhite Point Glass House. No agenda was provided for the meeting.
Etheridge welcomes new jobs to Raleigh
Raleigh — U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington), the only North Carolina member of the House Ways and Means Committee, marked the one-year anniversary of the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in a job creation announcement with construction workers and design contractors at the Capital Area Transit Facility in Raleigh today.
Thursday’s open line
We anxiously await news of what the Vance County commissioners plan to do with the joint funding requests made by members of the Henderson City Council. Here’s your open line.
Wednesday’s open line
If you went to the Henderson City Council’s workshop session last night, we’d love to hear what happened. Here’s your open line.
HTSU seizes 26 lbs. of pot
26 lbs. of marijuana seized yesterday by the Henderson Police Department’s Highway Traffic Safety Unit On Tuesday, February 16, 2010, members of the Henderson Police Department’s Highway Traffic Safety Unit conducted a traffic stop on a 2003 Ford Windstar bearing South Carolina registration on I-85.
Wray appointed to emergency/disaster committee
Committee to study issues related to emergency preparedness and disaster management recovery Raleigh — Rep. Michael H. Wray has been appointed to the Joint Select Committee on Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management Recovery.
Council sets (some) joint funding goals
In a two-and-a-half hour work session yesterday evening at City Hall that frequently strayed from the topic at hand, the Henderson City Council reached consensus on some funding changes it would like to see in jointly funded programs with Vance County.
Tuesday’s open line
We wonder what would happen if the city simply withdrew from its funding contracts with Vance County, as either party is entitled to do, with notice. Let us know what you think on today’s open line.
Car seat check Thursday at Walmart
The Safe Kids Henderson — Vance Coalition will be sponsoring a free child passenger safety car seat clinic on February 18, 2010 from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at Walmart on N. Cooper Drive in Henderson, North Carolina.
HPD makes arrest for theft from fatal fire scene
On February 11, 2010 around 1:16 p.m. officers with the Henderson Police Department responded to 132 S. Elizabeth Street in reference to a breaking and entering in progress.
Monday’s open line
We read in yesterday’s Daily Dispatch about the fire ant quarantine that now encompasses 70 counties in North Carolina. Insecticide is a wonderful thing. Here’s your open line.
Agenda for today’s council work session
The Henderson City Council will meet in a work session today, Monday, February 15, 2010 to discuss projected that are jointly funded with Vance County as well as items left over from the council’s recent work session.