Author: Kenneth Fine

Kenneth Fine is an award-winning journalist who resides in Eastern North Carolina. His early work covering the military saw him travel to New York on the tenth anniversary of 9/11 and Afghanistan in 2009 to cover the Global War on Terror. More recently, he co-authored an investigative series that earned national acclaim and was republished in The Guardian and Saveur Magazine. Fine has received dozens of honors from the North Carolina Press Association since 2005, but his most prestigious awards include the 2018 Phil D. Reed Environmental Writing Award, a 2018 Society of Environmental Journalists award, a 2018 Society for Professional Journalists Green Eyeshade Award, and a 2018 Society for Features Journalism award. You can reach him at kfine@newoldnorth.com

November 12, 2023 No Responses

A link to the past

She only glances down at them for a moment — the used white syringes scattered outside the front of a Goldsboro landmark that has been standing for more than 100 years. But when Julie Metz approaches a sinkhole in between...

November 11, 2023 No Responses

Salute

The annual Wayne County Veterans Day Parade saw hundreds converge on downtown Goldsboro Saturday to honor those who have served — and those currently wearing their nation’s uniforms. The following photographs were taken by Ken Fine.

November 5, 2023 No Responses

Golden Falcons have already won

It was a particularly cold fall evening in 2019, but I was riding back to Wayne County with the windows down. Truth be told, I needed the fresh air. Two local football teams had just been eliminated from the state...

October 29, 2023 No Responses

Teachers, others question WCPS spending priorities

One wants to purchase a storage tray for her classroom. Another needs money to fill her color printer with ink. A kindergarten teacher is trying to buy carpets to keep her students “off the hard floors.” Others asked for items...

October 29, 2023 No Responses

Building families’ futures

Sherry Heitmeyer wipes sweat off her sun-kissed forehead. It is just before noon on a late October day, but clear skies have brought the temperatures into the mid-70s. The weather, she says, is perfect for the task at hand. And...

October 29, 2023 No Responses

Running on fumes

Editor’s Note: On Monday, Oct. 23, Editor Ken Fine and Photography Director Casey Mozingo rode along with two members of the Goldsboro Police Department. Portions of this story reflect what they heard and witnessed during the ride-along. It’s 3:02 p.m....

October 22, 2023 No Responses

The claim game

A police officer peers through a window when shouting is heard coming from behind the doors guarding the Goldsboro City Council from the public during a pre-board meeting closed session. It is June 3, 2019, and the elevated voice is...

October 15, 2023 No Responses

Raking in the green

Some Wayne County Public School campuses, like Spring Creek Elementary, still do not have functioning air-conditioning units in every classroom. Parents of students who attend others get robocalls or text messages regularly about broken down school buses — n...

October 8, 2023 No Responses

Judge: Cox too dangerous to release ahead of trial

WILMINGTON — A law enforcement officer tips off a known drug trafficker via text that he is being investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — information that compromises the agents’ staging location and forces them to...

October 2, 2023 No Responses

Wayne Country Day sued by neighbor over home run balls

Editor’s note: The following story appeared in the Oct. 1 edition of Wayne Week. Because of the demand for this week’s paper, we have decided to release this piece online, but in the future, while a limited number of copies...

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