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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.

News

Washington writes off $349,000 in bad debt

As required by a city ordinance, the City of Washington has removed $348,567.45 in bad debts (more than five years old) from its financial books. ... Read more

by Mike Voss, Tuesday, August 14, 2018 4:41 pm

Washington

Council expected to determine fate of rezoning request

  Washington’s City Council, during its meeting today, will try again to have a second reading on a proposal to amend the city’s zoning regulations ... Read more

by Mike Voss, Sunday, August 12, 2018 10:28 pm

Washington

City Council to consider stop signs and water plan

During its meeting today, Washington’s City Council will consider changing the city’s traffic regulations regarding stop signs at two intersections on Water Street. The proposed ... Read more

by Mike Voss, Sunday, August 12, 2018 10:22 pm

News

Beaufort County, state see unemployment increase

Beaufort County’s unemployment rate increased from 4.2 percent in May to 4.8 percent in June, according to information compiled by the Labor & Economics Analysis ... Read more

by Mike Voss, Thursday, August 9, 2018 3:29 pm

Top Home

Historic commission to reschedule meeting after no quorum

Unable to produce a quorum of its members Tuesday evening, Washington’s Historic Preservation Commission did not consider and/or act on several items on its agenda. ... Read more

by Mike Voss, Wednesday, August 8, 2018 5:15 pm

Washington

Commission to consider request for bistro tables in front of The Meeting Place

Washington’s Historic Preservation Commission, during its meeting today, will consider Charlotte Cutler’s request for a certificate of appropriateness to place two sets of bistro tables ... Read more

by Mike Voss, Monday, August 6, 2018 5:55 pm

Washington

State money will be used to improve city recreation center

The City of Washington will use a $50,000 from the state of North Carolina to replace the gym flooring at the Bobby Andrews Recreation Center ... Read more

by Mike Voss, Monday, August 6, 2018 5:50 pm

Home & Real Estate

Developer wants permission to change windows

During its meeting Tuesday, the Washington Historic Preservation Commission will consider a request by 183 West Main LLC to alter the window configuration for the ... Read more

by Mike Voss, Monday, August 6, 2018 1:31 am

News

Commission to consider request to demolish house, replace it with new dwelling

A Washington property owner wants to demolish the rundown two-story-house at 325 N. Harvey St. so a potential buyer can build a story-and-half house on ... Read more

by Mike Voss, Friday, August 3, 2018 6:39 pm

News

Applicant’s absence delays action on rezoning request

The failure of an applicant who submitted a rezoning request to appear at a Washington Planning Board meeting resulted in the board postponing possible action ... Read more

by Mike Voss, Tuesday, July 31, 2018 5:02 pm

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