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RICKY ALAN SKINNER (relevance: 100%, date: Oct 20, 2025)

Chesser, Barnes appointed co-chair, vice-chair of joint committees (relevance: 67.1%, date: Oct 15, 2025)
RALEIGH- Nash County House Representative Allen Chesser has been appointed Chair to the newly formed House Select Committee on Blockchain and Digital Assets.
An Oct. 3 press release stated that Chesser would be working to keep North Carolina at the forefront of emerging technologies and to be globally competitive.
"This committee's work will focus on ensuring that innovation can thrive in our state while also providing safeguards for consumers and businesses," Chesser said, adding that he was honored to be appointed by Speaker Destin Hall to head up the new committee.

Nashville candidates weigh in on local issues (relevance: 39.5%, date: Oct 15, 2025)
NASHVILLE - Capital expenditures, infrastructure concerns, town growth, and the MSD district were among issues fielded by the three candidates for two seats on the Nashville town council at a Candidates' Forum. The event, sponsored by the Nashville Chamber of Commerce, was held 7 p.m. Tuesday night at council chambers in the Cooley Library. About twenty members of the public attended.
Incumbent council members Larry Taylor and Kate Burns were on the hot seat along with challenger Jeff Dodson, having two minutes to answer a series of questions posed by Scott Hale, Chamber Vice President.

Shipping container ordinance still undefined; town council work session incomplete (relevance: 38%, date: Oct 15, 2025)
NASHVILLE- An Oct. 8 morning work session between Nashville town council members and staff, who did a sit-down with Michael Harvey, a consultant from N-Focus, to work on shipping container ordinance details was left incomplete; council members asked Harvey to craft a more detailed description of the containers and also asked Harvey to work with town attorney Francis Rasberry on one section where the two men did not agree.

Rezoning paused over shipping container issues (relevance: 32.9%, date: Oct 15, 2025)
NASHVILLE- The lack of a workable shipping container ordinance in Nashville has cost one local business a delay in a conditional rezoning vote.
Emad and Maria Abukeit, whose company, ERMA Nash LLC owns 111 W. Cross Street, formerly the Royster-Clark building, applied for conditional rezoning to shift the property from B-1 business zoning to CZNR (conditional zoning non-residential) Industrial, anticipating a town council vote October 7, but the matter was tabled for two reasons related to shipping containers.

Bathing a dog is one thing, a Frenchie is another (relevance: 29.6%, date: Oct 15, 2025)
They say life is all about the little decisions you make each day.
The one I made about 425 days ago to acquire a French Bulldog has been questioned about 395 times. These questions are from my family, friends, total strangers and me.
I did a lot of research on Frenchies before taking the plunge. Every source said they were good and loyal companions, well behaved, shed very little, didn't cause allergy problems or temper tantrums from their owners and in general were clean animals.

County to counter DOT 'no left turn' (relevance: 23.6%, date: Oct 15, 2025)
ROCKY MOUNT - Nash County commissioners are gearing up for yet another stab at NCDOT regarding the 'no left turn' intersection of Old Carriage Road and Eastern Avenue, making plans to issue another resolution asking that the left turn be restored.
"I've talked with (nearby) business owners... and they are experiencing a reduction in sales, 40% to 50%, some of them," said Robbie Davis, commissioner, during the commissioner comment section of the Oct. 6 meeting.

Experts, studies and faith (relevance: 21%, date: Oct 15, 2025)
I wish I had kept a running total as to the number of times that local governments we cover hire consultants, at a premium price, to only land in the same place they started.
I'm sure hundreds-of-thousands, maybe millions, have been squandered away for an out-of-town guy with a brief case to walk into a council chambers to drop some opinions and show some data and a power point - and the issue at hand never moves forward.

Local woman completes visits to 50 states (relevance: 17.6%, date: Oct 15, 2025)
ROCKY MOUNT - A Nash County 'Travelin' Girl' has completed her master plan of visiting all 50 states, but is far from ready to put up her suitcase and passport. Linda Arnold Taylor, cancer survivor and widow, has her eye now on Niagara Falls from the Canadian side.
"I feel young," Taylor said, whose energetic appearance and manner does not match her calendar age. She credits her late husband, Howard Wilson Taylor, with making her future trips possible, now taken with two daughters instead of Howard.