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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.

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.

On Tuesday, August 25, 2026, the Nash County Sheriff's Office received a call about an online post threating violence against Southern Nash. NCSO immediately began an investigation into identifying the individual behind the post.
As Deputies began working on leads, the SBI was contacted. The investigation continued with the aid of the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations (NCSBI) until a suspect was identified.

NASHVILLE - The August addition of Drone technology to the Nashville Police Department proved immediately effective, with the apprehension of two fugitives in separate cases only three days apart.
In the first case, NPD Officers were in the Richardson Court area August 24th to serve felony warrants on Jarvares Cornell Wilson.

NASHVILLE - A waiver request regarding a new 24-lot subdivision, the "Longleaf Reserve Subdivision," planned off S. Old Carriage Road will come up for Nash commissioner consideration Sept. 8.
The 26-acre tract of land, owned by Alvin H. Bone Heirs, is located on the east side of S. Old Carriage Road north of the Kaitlin Acres subdivision and is zoned R-30, Single and Two-family residential.

NASHVILLE - A rezoning request to convert five acres at Winstead's Crossroad for general commercial use will come up for county consideration and a public hearing Sept. 8.
Currently undeveloped, the wooded land parcel, owned by Miller & Miller Realty LLC, is at the intersection of E NC 97 and NC Highway 58, Elm City; it is currently zoned R-40 single family residential, but two commercial businesses already exist at the same intersection, Dew Auto Sales and a Dollar General.

RALEIGH -Civic Foundation proudly congratulates Rebecca Cotugno, Accounting Specialist for the Town of Nashville, upon receiving a scholarship to attend the Introduction to Local Government Finance course at the UNC School of Government.
According to Rebecca, "Working in finance for a small town means handling a little bit of everything. This scholarship from the Civic Foundation allows me to attend a professional development course that will give me the framework and confidence to handle these responsibilities more strategically.

Most everyone has seen those Progressive Insurance commercials where Dr. Rick, a self-help counselor, works with first time home buyers who seem to be turning into their parents.
While Rick is not a real doctor, and "parentamorphosis" is not a real thing, but the ads are spot on.
They've covered overplanned outings, oversharing personal things in doctors' waiting rooms, trying to help total strangers park their cars and how to put one's mobile phone on silent.

The Elm Grove Community, and many people across Nash County, are mourning the loss of an incredible lady. Robin Baines Strickland passed away Wednesday, August 16th.
Some may remember Robin from the days of People's Hardware in downtown Nashville which was owned by multiple generations of her family.
Some may know her from the local business she and her husband have operated for many years in downtown Nashville, Strickland Land Surveying.

This photo was found in The Nashville Graphic's October, 1976 archives. The photo was taken at the Spring Hope Pumpkin Festival during the parade.

The annual Red Oak Classic Tractor and Car Show is scheduled Friday, Sept. 11th and Saturday, Sept. 12th at W.B. Ennis Park. The event will run Friday night on Sept. 11th from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m., and Saturday, Sept. 12th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday night will offer a Beer Garden from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and live music from the band "Take 10," along with the Tractor Show, food and craft vendors, and an 8 p.m. grill lighting for Red Oak Rotary's Whole Hog Cook-Off competition.

Upcoming blood donation opportunities in Nash County include:

100 N Boddie St, Nashville; 08/14/26; malicious conduct by prisoner; 08/13/26; assault on law enforcement officer
10696 E NC 97, Rocky Mount; 08/13/26 larceny misdemeanor
3929 Caitlin Dr, Battleboro; 08/09/26; assault inflicting serious injury
5021 Forest Rd, Elm City; 08/14/26; financial transaction card fraud

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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.

"I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven." (II Corinthians 12:2)
Have you ever wondered what Paul meant when he referred to a "third heaven"? We've been taught all our lives that there is only one heaven. But then right out of the blue, Paul says there are three heavens. What??
A friend of mine once remarked that he didn't really care how many heavens there were just as long as he was in one of them. Not me!

Last time, we began to unpack Friedrich Nietzsche's "God is dead" philosophy by looking at his assertion that there is no objective (absolute) truth or moral values, and that could only happen with the death of God and the abandonment of Christian values. But there is more to the story than that.
Nietzsche believed that Christianity, at its base, was a religion of and for the masses--the common folk masses, that is. Society, he argued, is made up of two classes: masters and slaves.