Jones County

Local Government Commission unanimously approves independent audit for WSFCS

September 20, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The North Carolina Local Government Commission unanimously approved an independent audit to be conducted for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools related to the district’s $46 million budget deficit and financial mismanagement at its September meeting. […]

Local Government Commission approves $868.4M in projects

August 22, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The Local Government Commission approved more than $868.4 million in financing requests at its Aug. 5 meeting to support various public projects across North Carolina. The largest approval was for Wake County, which […]

Substation attack second in last month

December 5, 2022 Matt Mercer

RALEIGH — The massive Dec. 3 criminal attack on the electric grid in Moore County isn’t the only recent act of vandalism resulting in a loss of power for thousands of customers. On Friday, Nov. 11, […]

100 in 100: Jones County’s Dexter Cannon, spark at ‘The Matchbox’

May 28, 2020 Brett Friedlander

North State Journal’s 100 in 100 series will showcase the best athlete from each of North Carolina’s 100 counties. From Alamance to Yancey, each county will feature one athlete who stands above the rest. Some […]

Jones County Public Schools to open a new K-12 school

September 6, 2017 Laura Ashley Lamm

KINSTON — Down in Eastern North Carolina, rural counties struggle with economic disparities ranging from poverty to single-family homes to lack of financial resources for infrastructure needs. Children in the educational system are managing challenges […]