Category: News

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington) departed Andrews Air Force Base yesterday on a military plane to Iraq.

WASHINGTON – On the first day of hurricane season, U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington), the only N.C. member of the Homeland Security Committee, called on Congress to move quickly to pass legislation he has introduced to restructure and strengthen the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

RALEIGH — The N.C. House of Representatives approved legislation May 31st that would ban video poker machines in North Carolina.

According to WIZS, unofficial election results indicate that Major Peter White has won the Democratic nomination for Vance County Sheriff by a margin of 15%. We at Home in Henderson congratulate him on his victory.

This week in Raleigh proved to be another busy one on numerous fronts.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman G. K. Butterfield successfully spearheaded an effort last night to boost federal support for rural communities and minority farmers by $9 million.

North Carolina fourth graders are on par with their national peers in science, according to the 2005 National Assessment of Educational Progress in science, but eighth grade students performed slightly lower than the national average.

WASHINGTON – As N.C. families continue to struggle to make ends meet under high gas prices, U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington) today unveiled a new webpage, www.house.gov/etheridge/gasprices.htm , to provide constituents with the latest information on gas prices and his work in Congress to lower them.

Graffiti at Southern Vance High School that cost $300 to remove. The Henderson City Council voted unanimously to enact an anti-graffiti ordinance during their regular meeting last night.

*Note: Links to budget pages are two pages per link. Before the budgetary meeting began, the committee moved to go into closed session once again, presumably over the same personnel matter for which it had been going into closed session for the past two meetings.

Tonight’s Henderson City Council meeting will once again feature several public hearings.

Week #2 in Raleigh proved to be another busy one on numerous fronts.

WASHINGTON – As Hurricane season approaches, U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington), the only N.C. member of the Homeland Security Committee, has introduced legislation to restructure and strengthen FEMA.

Former Henderson City Council member Dr. James P. Green passed away today in his home.

City Manager Jerry Moss introduced his proposed fiscal year 2006-2007 to members of the FAIR Committee and all other council members except Bernard Alston at Wednesday’s scheduled committee meeting.

North Carolina is one of only two states approved yesterday by the U.S. Department of Education to use a growth component in its measurement of public schools’ adequate yearly progress (AYP) required under federal education law.