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Tyrrell politicians make statements as voting begins

Six Democrats are running in the Mar. 3 primary election for three seats on the Tyrrell County Board of Commissioners. The three candidates that Tyrrell ... Read more

by Ray McClees, Tuesday, February 18, 2020 12:02 pm

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Columbia man sentenced for defrauding church

Tracy Shoffner, 56, of Columbia recently entered a guilty plea in Carteret County Superior Court to a charge arising out of fraud upon a church, ... Read more

by Ray McClees, Tuesday, February 18, 2020 11:47 am

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Tyrrell County gets clean audit report

April Adams, certified public accountant and partner with Cherry Bekaert in Raleigh, presented the 2019 audit of county financial records to Tyrrell commissioners Feb. 4. ... Read more

by Ray McClees, Tuesday, February 18, 2020 11:46 am

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BOC authorizes cement fiber panel skirting

Sonja Benevistas batted .500 in the Tyrrell commissioners meeting on Jan. 14. She succeeded in persuading the governing board to add fiber cement panels to ... Read more

by Ray McClees, Thursday, February 6, 2020 10:36 pm

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Commissioners reject request to rename Ludford Road

The Tyrrell County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 14 denied a request that Ludford Road be changed to Sykes Road. Joyce Sykes Fitch, a Ludford ... Read more

by Ray McClees, Thursday, February 6, 2020 10:34 pm

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What limits Tyrrell voters in commissioner and school board elections

In June of 1993 twenty-four black Tyrrell residents complained in United States District Court that the Tyrrell County Board of Commissioners, Board of Education, and ... Read more

by Ray McClees, Thursday, February 6, 2020 10:30 pm

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Columbia tax collections behind past years

Property tax charges mailed out last summer began accruing penalties and interest on Jan. 6. As of that date, Columbia property owners had paid $198,471 ... Read more

by Ray McClees, Thursday, February 6, 2020 10:29 pm

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Employee of the Year

Terry Somers was named Tyrrell County’s Employee of the Year by her fellow workers and recognized on Jan. 14 by the county manager and board ... Read more

by Ray McClees, Thursday, February 6, 2020 10:23 pm

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Columbia spending under budget at half-year mark

At the halfway mark in Columbia’s fiscal year (Dec. 31), spending stood at 51% of the annual budgeted total, and revenues were at 45% of ... Read more

by Ray McClees, Friday, January 31, 2020 12:57 pm

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Columbia election cost taxpayers $139.78 per vote

The Columbia Board of Aldermen on Jan. 6 decided to ask Sen. Bob Steinburg and Rep. Ed Goodwin to introduce a bill in the state’s ... Read more

by Ray McClees, Friday, January 31, 2020 12:56 pm

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