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State recommends four-foot freeboard in Tyrrell

A new floodplain map of Tyrrell County shows several changes, good and bad as far as requiring flood insurance. A major change is that properties ... Read more

by Ray McClees, Tuesday, March 17, 2020 1:57 pm

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Columbia High graduates get first preference in Sutton scholarship

First preference in awarding The Janie Bowling Sutton Memorial Scholarship at Barton College in Wilson is given to a graduate of Columbia High School. The ... Read more

by Ray McClees, Tuesday, March 17, 2020 1:56 pm

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K9 fore adds Javi to the team

Javi recently joined Sheriff Kevin Sawyer’s K9 force as a drug dog. Lt. Raymond Allen, his handler, introduced the male Springer Spaniel to the Tyrrell ... Read more

by Ray McClees, Tuesday, March 17, 2020 1:27 pm

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K9 force adds Argo to the team

Argo recently joined the K9 force in the Tyrrell County Sheriff’s Office. He has sniffed out drugs “nine or ten times already,” said Sheriff Kevin ... Read more

by Ray McClees, Tuesday, March 17, 2020 1:25 pm

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Columbia officials discuss debt dilemma

Two storm clouds loomed up over the Columbia Board of Aldermen on Mar. 2: the certainty of the town’s inability to pay the utilities bond ... Read more

by Ray McClees, Thursday, March 12, 2020 5:57 pm

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Tyrrell voter turnout was 37% in recent election

Dorothy Spencer, Darryl Liverman, and Tommy Everett won the Democratic nomination for Tyrrell County commissioner in the Mar. 3 primary election, unofficial results released by ... Read more

by Ray McClees, Thursday, March 12, 2020 5:57 pm

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Fiber optic cable planned along U.S. 64 to Nags Head

Plans for constructing Interstate 87 between Zebulon and Tidewater Virginia also include laying fiber optic cable alongside U.S. 64 between Williamston and Nags Head, it ... Read more

by Ray McClees, Wednesday, March 4, 2020 1:45 pm

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Regional transportation group adopts priorities

The Rural Transportation Advisory Committee (RTAC) for the 10 northeasternmost counties on Feb. 19 adopted seven key legislative initiatives, reported Angela Welsh, director of the ... Read more

by Ray McClees, Wednesday, March 4, 2020 1:43 pm

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Survey ranks Tyrrell poorly in economic indicators

This report is the third in a series on demographic, economic, health, and educational information from Tyrrell County as compared with other North Carolina counties. ... Read more

by Ray McClees, Wednesday, March 4, 2020 1:42 pm

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Candidates stated goals and answered questions Feb. 18

Seventy-nine people attended Candidates’ Night at VanHorne Auditorium in Columbia on Feb. 18. On stage were nine candidates for county commissioner and two for board ... Read more

by Ray McClees, Wednesday, February 26, 2020 1:25 pm

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