Tuesday city council showed the confidence they have in the Roanoke Rapids Main Street program by approving a special use permit which could pave the way for apartments to be built in the former police and fire station in the 600 block of the avenue.
After reviewing completed questionnaires and interviewing candidates, members of the Eastern Piedmont Central Labor Council, a federation of NC AFL-CIO area local unions, have voted to endorse Vershenia Ballance Moody for District 6 district court judge in the March 3 primary election.
It might not have made the headlines, but a recently passed piece of legislation could affect the IRAs and 401(k)s of millions of Americans beginning in 2020.
In 2017, nearly 50,000 Americans died from opioid overdose.
Happy New Year to the citizens of Halifax County.
