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Local teen gets state's highest 4-H honor (relevance: 100%, date: Aug 6, 2025)
RALEIGH- Longtime Nash County 4-H competitor Page Strickland has been inducted into the 4-H Honor Club, achieving the organization's highest honor at the state level.
Strickland, inducted July 21, 2025 during the NC 4-H Congress event in Raleigh, was awarded four scholarships at the Youth and Donor Event two days later: the Edward Gore/General Hugh Shelton 4-H Leadership Scholarship for $2,500; the Edmund & Elizabeth Aycock 4-H Scholarship for $2,000; the LR Harrill 4-H Scholarship for $2,000; and the Robert N. Wood Collegiate 4-H Scholarship for $1,000.

Stateline.org (relevance: 63.3%)
Stateline.org

Remediation continues at Red Oak Landfill (relevance: 59.4%, date: Aug 6, 2025)
RED OAK- Rough grading of the land surface at the Old Red Oak Landfill, a "Superfund" contamination site, is presently underway, the seventh of ten remediation steps required by NCDEQ.
'Superfund" is the nickname for a federal act created in 1980 to allow EPA to clean up contaminated sites presenting unique risks to the environment and to human health, requiring specialized equipment and training to safely remediate.

FRONT PAGE (relevance: 55.6%)
FRONT PAGE

Swift Creek Elem. School to go back up for public auction (relevance: 50%, date: Aug 6, 2025)
NASHVILLE - The old Swift Creek Elementary School, sold off by Nash County Public Schools last year, is going back up on the auction block now that the buyer has backed out of the deal.
Angie Miller, NCPS Special Assistant of Auxiliary Services, Operations and Athletics, first shared the news at a July 28 board of education committee meeting, relaying that the property would be put back up for sale.

Rosser announces that he is leaving Northern (relevance: 45.1%, date: Jul 31, 2025)
RED OAK -- One of the top basketball players in the area's history is making a big change this offseason, one that not only is taking him outside of Nash County but outside of North Carolina as a whole.
Formerly of Northern Nash High School's Boys Basketball roster, one of the class of 2027's top players in C.J. Rosser announced on Sunday via social media that he would be leaving Northern this year, opting to attend Southeastern Preparatory Academy in Orlando, Florida this academic year.

NCSO I-95 traffic stop nets cocaine, money (relevance: 41.7%, date: Aug 6, 2025)
BATTLEBORO- Two out-of-state men are being held in the Nash County Detention Center after their arrest on July 15 on I-95 near Battleboro. The reason? Cocaine and a "large amount" of money found in the car.
According to a July 16 Nash County Sheriff's Office press release, Harry Rodriguez Felix, 35, of Erie, PA and Marcos Rivera Garcia, 26, of New Bedford, MA, were driving a white mini-van with out-of-state plates when they were pulled over at 1:45 p.m. July 15 for a routine traffic violation.

New Nash Community College mural supports first responder mental health (relevance: 41.4%, date: Aug 6, 2025)
ROCKY MOUNT - A summer camp project for local middle school students may leave a lasting impression on first responders, with a message for firefighters and police officers who use the Nash Community College fire burn building near the Police Officer Physical Agility Test Field.
The side of the Burn building, used each year during NCC's Firefighter Academy, now is covered by an immense piece of "graffiti art" featuring a yellow sun burning on a blue background with the words "You Are Not Alone."

COMMUNITY CALENDAR (relevance: 36.2%, date: Apr 18, 2006)

Contract applications sought to operate Rocky Mount License Plate Agency (relevance: 29.1%, date: Aug 6, 2025)
ROCKY MOUNT - The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles is seeking applicants for a commissioned contractor to operate a license plate agency (LPA) in Rocky Mount.
In North Carolina, NCDMV oversees LPAs, but the agencies are managed by private businesses or local governments.
The current agency, at 1850 Stone Rose Dr., in Rocky Mount, will close at 5 p.m. on Nov. 26 following the announced retirement of the contractor. The agency is owned by Rocky Mount, LPA, LLC, and has been operated by Vicki Bridgers since 1981.

STERLING CHOICE (relevance: 20.9%, date: Jul 31, 2025)
STANHOPE -- For the first time in more than 20 years, Southern Nash will be under the direction of a new boys basketball coach this winter.
Ten-year assistant and longtime member of the Southern Nash family Sterling Leonard will be taking the reins as the Firebirds' head coach on the hardwood, taking over the position from Robbie Kennedy, a role he held since the 2002-03 season.

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