An expert panel will be available Thursday, July 29 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. to present and discuss the Halifax County Health Rankings published at www.countyhealthrankings.org. No location has yet been given.

Read more …

Mediation sessions between the Weldon school system and Halifax County commissioners are expected to begin the first week of August, County Manager Tony Brown said Friday.

Read more …

The county says it can’t give Weldon City Schools $1.3 million to pay an architect to design a new high school so now both boards will head to mediation.

Read more …

A 20-foot pontoon boat with 12 persons on board struck the steel floodgate structure of the Lake Gaston Dam at approximately 1:30 a.m., July 4. The pontoon boat was moving fast enough to force its way up onto the floodgate. It became wedged between the top of the floodgate and the steel structure supporting it.

Read more …

Halifax County Board of Commissioners Chairman James Pierce says he believes it is a bad idea to reopen two schools.

Read more …