There was finger tapping. There were heavy sighs. There was inaudible mumbling. There were eyerolls and winks. And officials from both sides of the table, out loud, seemed to relish in what they perceived as “gotcha” moments. But beyond the…

It’s a late February evening in 2007 and an urban designer is addressing the Goldsboro City Council as a crowd of more than 100 local residents listens in. And as she shows off a series of drawings — sketches of…

Victoria Ruffin Atkins turns and faces the several dozen teenagers standing in parallel lines on the Goldsboro High School auditorium stage. Moments earlier, they were all smiles — joking with their choral director backstage as they prepared to perform for…

Deann Poirier turns to face both the chairman of the Wayne County Board of Education and its longest tenured member. Her voice is trembling. “Honestly, you cannot look me in the eye and say if you had a kid that…

Members of the Goldsboro City Council delivered on what was, for many of them, a cornerstone of their 2023 campaigns, by voting to increase the salaries of the men and women serving in the city’s Police Department. The move officially…

Goldsboro parted ways with City Manager Tim Salmon Monday evening in what was characterized by Mayor Charles Gaylor as a “mutual” agreement that was discussed and signed off on during a marathon closed session held at the tail end of…

They have known it was possible since then-Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Brown Jr. delivered a two-hour testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee July 11, 2023 — when he talked about “modernization efforts” outlined in the Department…