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NASHVILLE - More than 400 public health social workers statewide - including eight in Nash County - will lose state funding for their positions as of January 1st, 2027 under North Carolina's move to Medicaid Managed care.
"Care Management as we know it is gone as of December 30th," said Angela Manning, Nash Health Director, at the August 20th meeting of the Nash County Human Services Board.

NASHVILLE - Following a precedent of appointing spouses of deceased council members to fill their unfinished terms, Nashville town council members voted Sept. 1st to appoint the widow of Xavien Harrison, Jacquetta Harrison, to take his council seat.
Larry Taylor, councilman, offered up Mrs. Harrison, who he described as an educator and longtime resident, to finish out her late husband's term. Taylor said that Mrs. Harrison was willing to serve.

HOLLISTER- A dried-up stream bed at the NC Treasure Hunters Campground, located on Taylor's Store Road with a Hollister address, was hiding a 100+ year-old artifact buried in the mud- and how it was found this summer is a story in itself.
Mike Johnson of Archdale, NC, on his first visit to the site as a Father's Day gift on June 20th, found a mostly intact 'sluice box' hidden in the dirt while using his metal detector; what alerted him to the site was a 1.2 gram gold nugget left inside.

SPRING HOPE- With the stated objective to provide the public with an update and transparency on the Depot project, Spring Hope's town manager has issued a press release to fill the public in about project background and funding.
The release was issued after some negative social media posts were made questioning the town's expenditures on the newly-acquired caboose and depot project.

NASHVILLE - Nash County public school officials are bursting at the seams at what they say are the highest ever total district proficiency scores since 2013, but are aren't releasing much school-by-school data until their next full school board meeting Sept. 3, after a State Board of Education embargo is lifted.
Dr. Timothy Mudd, NCPS Executive Director of Accountability, Research & Innovation, speaking at an August 27th committee meeting, shared what he said he could about last year's performance on EOGs (End-of-Grade test results, administered to students in grades 3-8) and EOC's (End-of Course tests, which are given in specific high school courses.)

BAILEY - Prepared with maps of current sewer work locations and delivering an overview of sewer work past, present and future, Bailey town officials interacted with citizens August 27th at 'Bailey First' community meeting to go over the "2024-2026+ Sewer and Water Infrastructure plan."
A crowd of about 40 showed up for the 7 p.m. meeting at the Bailey Methodist Church for what was technically a special called public meeting of the Bailey Board of Commissioners.

NASHVILLE - Nashville's newest eatery, Sawmill Pizza in The Nashville Junction, is now officially open full-time and inviting people in to "come kick back and unwind" to enjoy a varied menu crafted of original pizza recipes in a relaxed atmosphere.