Wednesday, May 28, 2025
SMITHFIELD — Johnston commissioners on May 19 made clear that the county manager’s proposed tax rate wouldn’t be the final number. “This is the manager’s proposal,” Commissioner Patrick Harris said. And like the public, commissioners were seeing the budget draft for the first time, he said. “I just got my...
SMITHFIELD — At 64 cents, the county manager’s proposed property tax rate would guarantee higher tax bills for Johnstonians. That left County Commissioner Ted Godwin scratching his head. “For the last six years, we’ve lowered taxes,” he told his fellow commissioners on May 19. “And I’m wondering how that trajectory...
SMITHFIELD — Johnston Community College has set another enrollment record, marking its fifth straight semester of growth. The first day of the summer term opened with a 27% increase in degree-seeking students. JCC reported that 2,755 students enrolled, the highest summer figure in the college’s history. “We are thrilled to...
CLAYTON — The Clayton Fire Department spent a recent week focusing on one of the most important skills in firefighting: search and rescue. Crews took part in hands-on training at Johnston Community College in Smithfield, learning how to find and save people who might be trapped in burning buildings. Led...
SMITHFIELD — The Parks and Recreation Department will offer summer camp weekly from June 2 through Aug. 1. From 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, children will swim, hike, play on the playground, play games, and make art and crafts. Campers should bring the following daily: a swimsuit,...
SMITHFIELD — Corinth Holders High School senior Briggs McKenzie has received the 2025 Sam Narron Baseball Award. The honor goes annually to a Johnston County high school senior who has...
KENLY — North Johnston High School senior Ben Cuddington has signed to play tennis at William Peace University, where he plans to major in video game and interactive media design....
CLAYTON — Play It Again Sports was born to serve people who didn’t want to spend big bucks on sports equipment. But amid recent Earth Day observances, the used sporting...
I wrote my first book — about what’s now called corporate ESG (for environmental, social and governance criteria) — in 1996. After six subsequent works of serious nonfiction, I redirected...
In early May, Reuters reports, the U.S. government revoked “virtually all” of Harvard University’s federal research grants — nearly $3 billion worth — because they “no longer effectuate agency priorities.”...
No one likes to have the rug pulled out from under them. No matter who you are or what you do, certainty in today’s business world isn’t just nice...
