/tags/wayne-county Wayne County en-US Copyright Mon, 29 Jul 2024 17:38:17 GMT /race-class-communities/2024-07-29/migrant-mexican-farmworker-death-north-carolina-department-labor The North Carolina Department of Labor is investigating a possible heat-related death of a migrant Mexican farmworker. Mon, 29 Jul 2024 17:38:17 GMT /race-class-communities/2024-07-29/migrant-mexican-farmworker-death-north-carolina-department-labor Aaron Sánchez-Guerra /politics/2023-12-28/north-carolina-elections-board-photo-id-rules-24 The board is taking public comment on proposed rules for how poll officials will apply the photo ID requirement in NC elections. Thu, 28 Dec 2023 16:26:51 GMT /politics/2023-12-28/north-carolina-elections-board-photo-id-rules-24 Rusty Jacobs /politics/2023-07-21/nc-house-majority-leader-john-bell-run-speaker North Carolina House Majority Leader John Bell and Rules Chairman Destin Hall say they'll run for House speaker after Tim Moore steps down at the end of next year. Fri, 21 Jul 2023 17:14:24 GMT /politics/2023-07-21/nc-house-majority-leader-john-bell-run-speaker Colin Campbell /politics/2022-11-22/certifying-election-results-process-north-carolina-wayne-2022 ¹ÏÉñapp's Rusty Jacobs observes the county canvass, the painstaking process that results in the final tally of votes Tue, 22 Nov 2022 11:00:00 GMT /politics/2022-11-22/certifying-election-results-process-north-carolina-wayne-2022 Rusty Jacobs /politics/2022-10-25/north-carolina-unaffiliated-voters-2022-congress-legislature Conversations with voters on the first two days of early, in-person voting shows Democrats and Republicans sharply differ on which issues are most important, but unaffiliated voters hold the key to victory in some pivotal races Tue, 25 Oct 2022 15:20:09 GMT /politics/2022-10-25/north-carolina-unaffiliated-voters-2022-congress-legislature Rusty Jacobs /politics/2022-09-20/dubious-records-requests-2020-deniers-swamping-north-carolina-election-2022 State and local election officials consumed with preparing for a midterm just seven weeks away must contend with persistent — yet baseless — claims from 2020. Tue, 20 Sep 2022 19:00:51 GMT /politics/2022-09-20/dubious-records-requests-2020-deniers-swamping-north-carolina-election-2022 Rusty Jacobs /education/2020-12-14/remote-or-in-person-as-school-boards-weigh-options-this-epidemiologist-says-neither-is-wrong Southeast of Raleigh, two neighboring counties – Wayne and Johnston – both saw recent rises in COVID-19 cases. Both school districts had been operating in… Mon, 14 Dec 2020 12:42:11 GMT /education/2020-12-14/remote-or-in-person-as-school-boards-weigh-options-this-epidemiologist-says-neither-is-wrong Liz Schlemmer /politics/2020-11-13/lottery-selected-politicians-start-thinking-outside-the-ballot-box If there is one thing a majority of Americans can agree on, it is that we do not have much trust in our federal government. Congress currently boasts an… Fri, 13 Nov 2020 16:32:04 GMT /politics/2020-11-13/lottery-selected-politicians-start-thinking-outside-the-ballot-box Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /health/2020-08-13/as-covid-19-spikes-in-some-zip-codes-causes-arent-always-clear A few miles south of Goldsboro, in a county with thousands of acres of sweet potato and tobacco fields and speckled with hog farms, lies a ZIP code with… Thu, 13 Aug 2020 15:25:56 GMT /health/2020-08-13/as-covid-19-spikes-in-some-zip-codes-causes-arent-always-clear NC Watchdog Reporting Network /health/2020-04-17/covid-19-outbreak-at-north-carolina-prison-grows-to-150 A COVID-19 outbreak at a North Carolina state prison has spread to approximately 150 inmates, health officials said Friday.The Wayne County Health… Fri, 17 Apr 2020 17:04:32 GMT /health/2020-04-17/covid-19-outbreak-at-north-carolina-prison-grows-to-150 Associated Press