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Mike Voss is the contributing editor at the Washington Daily News. He has a daughter and four grandchildren. Except for nearly six years he worked at the Free Lance-Star in Fredericksburg, Va., in the early to mid-1990s, he has been at the Daily News since April 1986.
Journalism awards:
• Pulitzer Prize for Meritorious Public Service, 1990.
• Society of Professional Journalists: Sigma Delta Chi Award, Bronze Medallion.
• Associated Press Managing Editors’ Public Service Award.
• Investigative Reporters & Editors’ Award.
• North Carolina Press Association, First Place, Public Service Award, 1989.
• North Carolina Press Association, Second Place, Investigative Reporting, 1990.
All those were for the articles he and Betty Gray wrote about the city’s contaminated water system in 1989-1990.
• North Carolina Press Association, First Place, Investigative Reporting, 1991.
• North Carolina Press Association, Third Place, General News Reporting, 2005.
• North Carolina Press Association, Second Place, Lighter Columns, 2006.
Recently learned he will receive another award.
• North Carolina Press Association, First Place, Lighter Columns, 2010.
4. Lectured at or served on seminar panels at journalism schools at UNC-Chapel Hill, University of Maryland, Columbia University, Mary Washington University and Francis Marion University.

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by Mike Voss, Wednesday, March 11, 2015 7:16 pm

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Council OKs sports agreement

Washington’s City Council, during its meeting Monday, approved a new recreational sports program agreement. The council voted 4-1 to change the current agreement between the ... Read more

by Mike Voss, Tuesday, March 10, 2015 11:35 pm

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Flower-removal deadline nears

City will remove items at cemeteries after March 16 Families and others are being asked to remove all Christmas flowers and decorations from Oakdale and ... Read more

by Mike Voss, Sunday, March 8, 2015 12:49 am

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Agencies await funding decisions

 Washington’s City Council is scheduled to discuss funding for outside agencies during its meeting Monday. Most of those agencies, during a Feb. 2 council meeting ... Read more

by Mike Voss, Sunday, March 8, 2015 12:48 am

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House may be demolished

Washington’s City Council, during its meeting Monday, will consider authorizing the demolition of the house at 309 W. Fifth St. City officials, including senior building ... Read more

by Mike Voss, Thursday, March 5, 2015 7:50 pm

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Waterfront getting attention: Goals, challenges abundant in 2015

In January, the city revised its waterfront dock fees, but there’s more in store for those docks and the waterfront. Earlier this year, John Rodman, ... Read more

by Mike Voss, Wednesday, March 4, 2015 8:06 pm

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Terminal furnishings OK’d

With construction of the new terminal building at Washington-Warren Airport nears completion, Washington’s City Council turned its attention to furnishing the facility. During its Feb. ... Read more

by Mike Voss, Wednesday, March 4, 2015 8:05 pm

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Dog park to get library: City OKs second Little Free Library

Another Little Free Library is coming to Washington, if a specific condition is met. The Washington City Council, during its meeting Monday, authorized the installation ... Read more

by Mike Voss, Tuesday, March 3, 2015 8:34 pm

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Council delays CIP review

Washington’s City Council will meet in a special session to discuss the city’s Capital Improvements Plan. The council was scheduled to discuss the plan during ... Read more

by Mike Voss, Saturday, February 28, 2015 9:12 pm

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In the running: Washington ranks fifth in ‘coolest town’ contest; voting deadline extended

Washington residents and others have several more days to vote for it as one of America’s Coolest Small Towns. The voting deadline was Feb. 25, ... Read more

by Mike Voss, Friday, February 27, 2015 10:37 pm

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