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Remediation continues at Red Oak Landfill (relevance: 100%, 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.

Rosser announces that he is leaving Northern (relevance: 100%, 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.

MAGIC MELANIE (relevance: 100%, date: Jul 31, 2025)
STANHOPE -- Building a successful high school sports program comes in phases, some of which can be excruciatingly long and frustrating -- but the euphoria at the end of the journey somehow makes all of those struggles seem rewarding.
Such is the case for Melanie Mercer's tenure in charge of the spike squad at Southern Nash High School.
Mercer preached patience and commitment as she slowly built the Ladybirds into a playoff contender without cutting any logistical corners.

About Us (relevance: 100%, date: Dec 7, 2005)

New Nash Community College mural supports first responder mental health (relevance: 66.7%, 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."

Breaking News: Flash flood in Spring Hope leaves two dead (relevance: 33.3%, date: Aug 7, 2025)
NASHVILLE - A man and a woman are dead, the victims of flash flooding Wednesday in Spring Hope.
While the victims' identities have not yet been officially released by the Nash County Sheriff's Office, the two were reportedly from Louisburg: 55-year-old Raymond Evans Jr. and 24-year-old Lottie Alston, a 2020 graduate of Franklin County Early College High. They were driving a silver 2002 Honda Odyssey minivan around 2:15 Wednesday afternoon in the area of 687 North NC-581 when the vehicle was swept off the right side of the road about 35 yards into a ravine during flash flooding.

New Spring Hope subdivision planned (relevance: 33.3%, date: Aug 6, 2025)
NASHVILLE- Initial plans for a new, 61-lot subdivision on the 114 acres on the south side of W. Old Spring Hope Road have been approved by the Nash County Planning Board.
The Frazier Creek Estates Subdivision, owned by The Lampe Reserves, Inc. & Quintet Holdings, through designer Mike Moss of CMP Professional Land Surveyors, submitted a site Plan July 21st, which was unanimously approved by the planning board subject to some sketch plan revisions.

Middlesex, Bailey subdivisions up for Nash Commissioner consideration (relevance: 33.3%, date: Aug 6, 2025)
NASHVILLE- Two subdivisions in Middlesex and Bailey, neither new to Nash County but appearing in altered forms before the Nash County Planning Board July 21, were both recommended for denial regarding for requested conditional rezoning, but the final call for each will fall to Nash Commissioners at their August 11 meeting.

Is God Dead? - Natural Law (relevance: 33.3%, date: Aug 6, 2025)
Over the last several months, we have been eager to explore the common ground between Christian believers and unbelievers. Those aspects of nature, life, and history are from which two people might engage in a fruitful discussion. After all, it has been the Bible skeptic, Michael, that we have spent much time discussing over the months. We have explored common ground through observations of the cosmos: the moons, the planets, and the stars. We also found common ground by exploring the apparent evidence of design found in nature, specifically in biological systems.

Truck buying seemed like a cross-cultural experience (relevance: 33.3%, date: Aug 6, 2025)
Last week, I wrote about how Old Unreliable finally bit the dust, taking a deer and my credit card balance with it.
While that old Dodge served my dad and his pugs for a generation, it was not so kind to us. If a truck could smoke two packs of Marlboros a day, lay out of work twice a week and get in the occasional fight at the Waffle House, it would have been this one.
The truck was ruled totaled and I told my youngest son, the primary driver of the vehicle, that we'd try to take our time and find the right vehicle.

NCSO RESPONDS TO TEXAS DISASTER (relevance: 33.3%, date: Aug 6, 2025)
Nash County K-9 Fiji, along with handler Deputy Jack Thorpe, are shown during deployment to central Texas recently to assist with search and recovery efforts along the Guadalupe River, the site of devastating flash flooding. Fiji, a German Shepherd, is a certified Human Remains Detection Dog. The pair were requested by Texas Game Wardens at the city of Kerrville, Texas. They were part of a coordinated effort involving more than 50 K=9 teams from across the U.S. and Mexico, working 12-14 hour days to help locate approximately 160 people reported missing.

Swift Creek Elem. School to go back up for public auction (relevance: 33.3%, 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.

Chloe's Court Prowess (relevance: 33.3%, date: Jul 31, 2025)
TUSKEGEE, ALA. -- One of the top tennis players in Nash County's recent history is heading into her final year of college this fall and is primed for a strong senior campaign on the tennis court.
Northern Nash graduate Chloe Harrington has made a huge impact on the Tuskegee University Golden Tiger tennis team over her first three years, highlighted by back-to-back NCAA Division II Regional appearances by Harrington and her teammates in 2024 and 2025.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR (relevance: 33.3%, date: Apr 18, 2006)

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