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Since Nashville's Police Department started the HOPE Initiative in February, Chief Tom Bashore has stayed busy.
Bashore is the primary one who works with those that come to the department seeking help through the HOPE Initiative. Since February, 61 people have come to the department for help.
The HOPE Initiative is a safe way for those with an opiate addiction to seek help without fear of incarceration.

Though there were things to celebrate, there is still work left to do.
That was the message given to the Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education on Monday night during their regular board meeting.
Robin May, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction, and Robin Griffin, Director of Accountability and Data Analysis, presented an overview of assessment data released earlier this month for the 2015-2016 school year.

The town of Castalia is well on its way to selling its water system to the county. At this month's regular meeting, the board decided to allow the sale of the water system for $50,000 with a provision that the town be allowed to keep any proceeds from the rental of the water tower. Monday's called meeting was an opportunity for the board to ask questions and discuss and revise the specific details of the contract.
There were four specific points in the contract that the town would like revised:

Runners participating in a 5K race on Saturday were covered in color by the time they crossed the finish line.
The Missions Color Run brought out just over 50 runners to participate in the 5K and one-mile run, both of which included blasts of color at various stations throughout the run.
The color run was sponsored by the North Carolina Assemblies of God's BGMC Missions program and also Church on the Rise, which has locations in Nashville and Rocky Mount.

Nash County has not given up its quest to expand internet to all of the county.
Recently, Nash County released a request for proposals (RFP) to provide high speed internet in Nash County. The purpose of the RFP is to determine the interest and costs for providing a plan for infrastructure deployment that accomplishes a public purpose in unserved and underserved areas of the county.
Patsy McGhee, Grants and Intergovernmental Relations Administrator for Nash County, said the county is hoping to receive innovative ideas from a variety of high speed Internet providers.