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NASHVILLE - Two weeks after the Nash County Board of Education dusted off the "for sale" sign for the W.L Greene School property in Nashville, Nash County is showing some interest.
Declared surplus at the June 1st school board meeting, which freed up the property to be put on the market, the former school was formally offered up to Nash County commissioners at their June 15 meeting.

NASHVILLE - Effective July 1st, Nashville residents will have a change in bulk item, electronics and yard waste pickup dates. Town officials say the reason for the town code changes is to make manpower and equipment usage more efficient, thereby freeing up additional man hours for other duties, such as pothole repair. BULK ITEMS
Bulk items - including used electronics- will now be picked up, by appointments, once a month- on the first Friday of each month- rather than every week.

Ken White, Nash Community College instructor, and Ashley Hamlet, Assistant Nashville Parks and Rec Director, work to begin bee removal from a tree that fell on Boddie Street June 17th. The tree limb brought down electrical lines and a transformer, impacting 13 local Duke Energy customers. A second, unrelated power interruption from another tree limb falling affected 740 customers.

NASHVILLE- In an attempt to evaluate both near and long term needs of volunteer fire departments, county leaders are working on creating a Nash County Fire Services Working Group to start the process. An initial meeting is planned for early July.
Deputy County Manager Jonathan Boone said June 15th that the Working Group was intended to "provide a structured forum for collaboration between Nash County and the volunteer fire departments," of which there are 15.

NASHVILLE - A wastewater assessment of Nashville's sewer system has come back with surprising news, considering the age of the pipes. In a nutshell, the pipes are "fair," with no imminent failure, but will need ongoing lining to prolong their lives another 50 years.
Mike Tolson, engineer with Mac, Gay and Associates, reported generally on a 75-page asset inventory assessment (AIA); the work being required for the town to receive a related $150,000 AIA grant and part of a ten-year capital improvement plan.

NASHVILLE- Nash County's new Health Director, Angela Manning, hired June 1st, is grateful for landing in Nash in the right place, at the right time.
"I feel like I landed on a really great island that I need to be a good steward of," Manning said when interviewed three days into her new job. Manning communicated her excitement about multiple aspects of 'Nash Health', especially the approaching move to a new consolidated facility (Med Park, on the grounds of UNC Nash) and having a community-based staff.

RALEIGH - A May 2026 Senate bill leaders say was filed to protect Rocky Mount utility customers has received some significant tweaks from the House, including the establishment of a Public Utility Advisory Committee that would include customers who live outside city limits.
Senate Bill 1076, whose short title is the Rocky Mount/Louisburg Utility Rev./Advisory, was voted on Tuesday by a House committee; it will now continue to the House Rules committee and then to the main floor. Should it pass all those hurdles, it then goes back to the Senate for its approval.

Effective immediately, the Town of Nashville has implemented Mandatory Stage 1 Water Conservation Measures and is asking all customers to help reduce water usage by at least 10%.