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Mar 7, 2025

Engineer: Sunset Avenue improvement project 92 percent complete

Engineer: Sunset Avenue improvement project 92 percent complete

The project to upgrade and widen Sunset Avenue from the intersection with Eastern Avenue and Old Carriage Road to just west of Halifax Road is 92 percent complete, according to N.C. Department

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Feb 28, 2025

City's newest fire station set to be ready by Aug. 1

City's newest fire station set to be ready by Aug. 1

Work is about 50 percent to 60 percent complete on the future replacement Fire Station No. 2, with the project on schedule to be finished by Aug. 1, according to information provided Wednesday

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Jan 29, 2025

Regional United Way leader 'knows how to get things done'

Regional United Way leader 'knows how to get things done'

United Way Tar River Region Executive Director Ginny Mohrbutter said that she was shocked and speechless — but also honored and humbled — when she found out that she is the Rocky Mount Area Chamber

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Jan 24, 2025

Council OKs bringing in company to develop land off Betts Parkway

Council OKs bringing in company to develop land off Betts Parkway

Rocky Mount Mayor Sandy Roberson is upbeat about a recent unanimous City Council vote to transfer 55 acres of city-owned land to a developer. The company, GVW Ruddell Management, plans to develop the

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Jan 22, 2025

Florida developer OK'd for option to buy city-owned land near NCC

Florida developer OK'd for option to buy city-owned land near NCC

Could a Publix supermarket become part of the future landscape in the Rocky Mount area? That’s what some indications are pointing to after the City Council unanimously approved an option on city-owned

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Jan 21, 2025

City leaders find 'profound relevance' in words and actions of slain Civil Rights leader

City leaders find 'profound relevance' in words and actions of slain Civil Rights leader

Hundreds braved the windy, cold weather early Monday morning to venture out to the Rocky Mount Event Center to celebrate the life and accomplishments of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King,

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