DUPLIN COUNTY – A vehicle crash resulted in fatality when Raylee Greico,19, hit Mildo Velasquez’s utility trailer on I-40 near the Wallace exit on Sunday, Feb 18. According to the NC Highway Patrol he died at the scene. Velasquez had stopped to fix his utility trailer, which had come off the hitch when he was […]
By Ena Sellers, Duplin Journal KENANSVILLE — Duplin County officials, leadership, and the public recently shared thoughts about the existing and planned all-way stops for several areas in Duplin County during the Board of County Commissioners meeting. Currently there are 12 intersections scheduled to have all-way stops. Commissioner Wayne Branch brought the topic to the board’s […]
Duplin and Lenoir counties are among those with the two highest proposed increases By Ena Sellers, Duplin Journal Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey announced in a recent press release that the North Carolina Rate Bureau is asking for an average statewide increase in homeowners’ insurance rates of 42.2%. For Duplin County the proposed rate increase […]
County management shares a glimpse into what’s coming up this year By Ena Sellers, Duplin Journal KENANSVILLE – As 2024 rolls in, Duplin County is setting gears in motion preparing for growth. Carrie Shields, County assistant manager shared that a key focus for the county in 2024 will be infrastructure. “We really need to look […]
Duplin County will remain as a tier one designation for 2024, according to a North Carolina Department of Commerce press release. A tier one designation is given to the most economically distressed counties in North Carolina. Each county is ranked based on factors such as average unemployment rate for the last 12 months, median household […]
Another Thanksgiving now resides in the past. Dare we hope to practice permanent thankfulness in the temporary present? Seventy-two years ago, I heard an old farmer tell one of my uncles, “You and me won’t live long enough to see the day when a man will be willing to trade one potato for one diamond; […]
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