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Stay in the loop with the latest news, events, and happenings in our beloved Greene County. From town hall meetings to local business openings, this newsletter is your one-stop shop for all the juicy details.

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The Curious Case of Jason Brown: The NFL Star Who Walked Away to Plant Something That Would Outlive Him

Your greatest legacy, is never the office you occupied. It is the people you impacted, the relationships you cultivated, and the community that kept thriving because you chose to serve.

Greene County Commissioners Approve Land Sale for New Subdivision, School Financing Deal; Residents Press Board on Proposed Data Center

“I want to know why everything is so hush-hush. I want to know why everything’s so rushed. There are surveyors out there. We don’t have any idea what’s going on out there.”

The Life and Legacy of Jasper Barfield Jr.

“Anything I have ever done, I didn’t do it for praise or recognition. I just did it because that’s the way I was.”

Greene Central High School Opens Its Doors: Ribbon Cutting Marks New Chapter for the Rams

Buildings can change, but you can’t change heart, grit, resilience, and who we are.”

From First in Flight to the F-35: North Carolina Leaders Climb Aboard Lightning II Cockpit at the Jim Perry Aviation Center

"The most advanced, the most lethal, the most capable fighter aircraft ever fielded today,” designed to ensure American freedoms and bring service members home safely.

Former Clerk Accuses Snow Hill of Illegal Water Billing as Board Approves Day Treatment Zoning Ordinance

According to the adopted budget, the increases were restricted from taking effect until July 1.

Hookerton Board of Commissioners Gathers for First Meeting After Mayor’s Death

For the town to have to come in here and cut this loose and do this ourselves, we’d have to pretty much buy this property from him, and then pay the lawyer to do the easement, and then we’d have....

Rep. Greg Murphy Faces a Community’s Reckoning with Data Centers, Rising Costs and Medicaid Changes in Snow Hill

"This is an arms race. We cannot lose."

Greene County Commissioners Approved School Budget Ordinance, Nominated Jones to NCGTP Economic Development Region Board

Jones didn’t wait for someone else to second the motion—he handled that part himself before the unanimous vote.

Greene County Commissioners Approve $790,000 Sale of Walstonburg Site for Housing Project

The county voted to sell county-owned property in Walstonburg to a residential developer for $790,000, up from the developer's original $690,000 bid.

Memories of Walstonburg

Family, friends and neighbors gathered to remember a railroad town