With North Carolina’s spring wildfire season arriving at a time when most of the state is experiencing moderate to severe drought, the North Carolina Forest Service is encouraging the public to apply best practices and common sense with all outdoor fires, especially yard debris burns.
The Weldon Police Department will hold a ribbon-cutting Friday to celebrate its new location at 11 West Third Street.
United States District Judge Louise Wood Flanagan Friday approved a motion that will delay a former Roanoke Rapids police officer’s arraignment on two distribution of child pornography charges until May.
Sunday afternoon, The Weldon Mills Theatre was taken over by Jurassic Bark.
Damage from a fire at a church at the corner of Eighth and Vance streets Saturday should be repairable, the Roanoke Rapids Fire Department said.
