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  Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the Carolina Journal. The author of this post is Johnny Kampis.     As state lawmakers try to sort out when students can go back to school full time, members of the House are sponsoring a bill that would offer a voluntary summer school program for North Carolina students.     House Republicans held a news conference Tuesday, Feb. 16, to discuss their bill, which allows local school districts to develop their own plans but holds certain requirements — students must be offered instruction at least five hours a day for five days a w...

The Gaston Gazette Gaston County school board members spent their Monday morning coordinating with lawmakers on hopes and goals for the future of Gaston County Schools. House Reps. John Torbett, Dana Bumgardner, and Kelly Hastings, along with N.C Sens. Kathy Harrington and N.C. Sen. Ted Alexander, attended the board’s 2021 legislative meeting, which the board holds annually to communicate with state legislative leaders. The all-Republican legislative delegation kicked off the meeting by summarizing a variety of ongoing issues, including inconsistent vaccine roll out across the state, curri...

Kinston’s Mother Earth Brewing receives statewide recognition By Free Press staff Mother Earth Brewing was one of several businesses to receive statewide recognition for their outstanding leadership in advancing clean energy opportunities in North Carolina during the 6th annual “North Carolina Clean Energy Champion” awards event. The Dec. 1 event, co-hosted by Conservatives for Clean Energy-NC (CCE) and Chambers for Innovation & Clean Energy (CICE) streamed online to over 200 participants.  Kinston-Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Craig Hill offered his congratulat...