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NASHVILLE - Nash County is still working to untangle and clarify its committee information; an issue first coming to light when a commissioner complained about a lack of minutes and now, as of this month, about not being informed about who is serving, or members' terms.
Unanswered from June are questions about what committees constitute public bodies, which mean they are open to the public and "noticed," or advertised.
More questions emerged during discussion of Planning Board and Board of Adjustment (BOA) member appointments at the July 13 Nash County board of commissioners meeting, with no answers readily available.

Opposition to data centers and cryptocurrency mining operations is growing in Nash County, with one municipality banning them outright and multiple others, including Nash County itself, enacting or working towards temporary moratoriums.

ROCKY MOUNT - Thirty-five years after Raymond Whitaker Jr. passed, and 57 years after his meritorious military actions in Vietnam, Whitaker, the father of a Nashville man, was honored during a flag-raising ceremony July 18th in Rocky Mount. Whitaker, awarded the Bronze Star five times for his actions, was also honored by Congressman Don Davis, who attended the event at Jack Laughery Park.
Davis, who shared with the crowd that his own son had just begun his military service by arriving at Pope Army Airfield at 3:21 that morning, said that Americans needed to honor veterans for what they did, and do, to provide the securities that we enjoy today.

NASH COUNTY - Twenty capital projects totaling nearly $100 million are in various stages, with the new Southern Nash Middle School topping the list at $44 million.
The new SNMS is currently under construction near the intersection of NC 581 and NC 97, while offsite improvements related to water wastewater disposal and treatment are under development.

RED OAK - Tired over confusion between Red Oak Boulevard and Red Oak Road, town officials have decided to begin the process to see if they can get the name changed on one of those.
Red Oak Road, councilmen said at the July 13th town council meeting, used to be called "Red Oak Nashville Road," but it was changed, first by NCDOT and then by Nash County 9-1-1 Telecommunications.

MOMEYER - A "prickly" town council meeting July 13th raised questions about the transparency of town records and a suggestion about tightening the town's attendance policy and setting term limits for its boards and committee members.
Brian Edwards, planning board chair, spoke under the public comment portion of the meeting as a citizen, complaining that materials that council members reviewed during meetings should be available for public purview. He said that did not apply to agenda items related to personnel issues or that were protected by attorney-client privilege.