HENDERSON â Like their counterparts in much of the country, rural counties in North Carolina were slower than urban ones in the winter and spring to get COVID-19 vaccinations into the arms of their residents, a new report published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control says.
That trend was and remains evident in the Tri-County, where 39.0% of residents in Vance County, 40.8% in Granville County and 41.8% in Warren County had received first-dose vaccinations as of Tuesday.
In the urban communities just to the regionâs south, first-dose shots have reached 53.1% of residents in Wake County, 52.1% in Durham County and a state-leading 60.7% of residents in Orange County.
OXFORD â Granville County School board members voted Tuesday to expand their discussion of potential school mergers to include the possibility of converting Tar River Elementary School into a replacement for G.C. Hawley Middle School.
The decision came after Superintendent Alisa McLeanâs staff briefed the board on merger scenarios that consolidate Granville Central and South Granville high schools, using whichever of those campuses becomes surplus as the new home of Hawley Middle School.
The possibility of consolidating high schools answers pressure in favor of the idea from the Granville County Commissioners, but Tuesdayâs school board debate indicated that three and perhaps a majority of its members are reluctant or outright opposed.
HENDERSON â The city managers in Henderson and Oxford have each submitted fiscal 2021-22 budget requests that would keep property tax rates in their cities right where they are now.
In Henderson, City Manager Terrell Blackmonâs budget request, if adopted by the City Council, would keep the tax rate at 71.2 cents per $100,000 of assessed value. He likewise proposed holding the line on water rates.
All told, heâs asking the council to approve $41.1 million in spending. While ânot all needs are met,â the budget offers âfurther positive steps in areas not funded previously [that] will help the city continue to grow and reach its full potential,â Blackmon said.
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HENDERSON The city managers in Henderson and Oxford have each submitted fiscal 2021-22 budget requests that would keep property tax rates in their cities right where they are now.
In Henderson, City Manager Terrell Blackmon’s budget request, if adopted by the City Council, would keep the tax rate at 71.2 cents per $100,000 of assessed value. He likewise proposed holding the line on water rates.
All told, he’s asking the council to approve $41.1 million in spending. While “not all needs are met,” the budget offers “further positive steps in areas not funded previously [that] will help the city continue to grow and reach its full potential,” Blackmon said.
HENDERSON â A Bertie County man is facing criminal charges in connection with two break-ins this year that targeted the N.C. Department of Transportationâs maintenance yard on Gillburg Road in Vance County.
Wesley Edward White, of Windsor, North Carolina, faces 40 counts of breaking and entering, felonious larceny of motor vehicle parts and larceny of non-ferrous precious metals, Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame said.
White is being held in the Bertie County Jail on a secured bond of almost $1.3 million, and authorities expect to lodge more charges against him in the coming weeks, Brame said.
The Gillburg DOT yard wasnât the only one targeted, as there were similar crimes in a number of other counties, the sheriff said.