The city's Public Works Department will investigate complaints of erosion in the Marshall and Carolina streets area lodged by a citizen at this evening's council meeting.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals this week overturned a lower court ruling upholding a 2012 decision by Roanoke Rapids City Council to not issue a special use permit to place a cell tower at the former Roanoke 2 mill off Jackson Street.
Planning and Development Director Kelly Lasky this evening gave council an update on several projects, including a new Little Caesar’s store.
Emma Blackwell, a Roanoke Rapids High School graduate who has just completed her first semester at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, was honored by city council with a proclamation this evening, marking her milestone of receiving a prestigious scholarship earlier this year.
Options for refinancing theater debt through non-traditional lenders have been exhausted, Finance Director MeLinda told city council at its meeting this evening.
A lawsuit filed on behalf of 17 residents in the Brandy Creek community of Roanoke Rapids has been settled through a mediator for $42,000, a document shows.
Roanoke Rapids will usher in the Christmas season beginning Thursday night with a tree-lighting ceremony at the Lloyd Andrews Building and Veterans Park.
The city pulled $311,000 from its undesignated fund balance this evening to cover several critical needs, especially its storm water project and radios for the police department.
City council this evening recognized a hometown hero — a four-legged hero named Elle.
A new city council member was sworn in and an old one was bid farewell this evening.
