Pat Gruner

Greenville

Reporter at Daily Reflector

Daily Reflector Reporter. ENC native. It's all good.

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Articles

Program provides pregnant women a healthy villiage, and shoes

5 days ago | reflector.com | Pat Gruner

A group of expectant moms sized up some new walking shoes ahead of the holiday this week as part of an ECU initiative to improve maternal and child health in the region. The shopping trip to Fleet Feet capped off a 10-week session of the Birth and Bloom Pitt County Pregnancy Support Village cohort, which works with community partners to provide moms with educational and physical activity opportunities. Pat Gruner can be contacted at [email protected] or 252-329-9566.
EastCare flight crews, patient, reflect on 40 years of service

1 week ago | reflector.com | Pat Gruner

A critical care transport service that lifted off from Greenville in 1985 with one helicopter and a small fleet of ambulances is celebrating 40 years of providing a lifeline to the region's critically ill and injured patients. Crew members past and present with EastCare, the ground and air ambulance service for ECU Health, gathered at ECU Health Medical Center's helipad on Wednesday to reminisce and look ahead to what trauma care looks like in eastern North Carolina.
New NC bathroom bill punishes people for differences

1 week ago | reflector.com | Pat Gruner

A Winterville woman said a state Senate bill that aims to define gender as biological sex at birth and require people use public restrooms that match that sex is punishing people like her for being different. "The Women's Safety and Protection Act" was introduced March 25 by Republican state Sens. Vickie Sawyer of Iredell County and Brad Overcash of Gaston County.
'Jesse's Law,' named for slain Grifton 3-year-old, filed in N.C. House

1 week ago | reflector.com | Pat Gruner

A bipartisan law to ensure training for judges on matters of domestic violence named for a Grifton boy killed by his father in 2012 has been introduced in the state's House of Representatives. "Jesse's Law" would mandate that any judge, magistrate or judicial officer who hears child custody proceedings go through 20 hours of initial professional, evidence-based training with 15 hours of ongoing training every five years. Pat Gruner can be contacted at [email protected] or 252-329-9566.
Online courthouse payments to pause ahead of eCourts launch

1 week ago | reflector.com | Pat Gruner

By Pat Gruner Staff Writer Pitt County courts will be unable to accept credit card or online payments beginning 5 p.m. Wednesday as administrators gear up to join the state's online eCourts system. Pitt County Clerk of Court Sara Beth Fulford Rhodes said that the county must convert to a different credit card provider just ahead of the switch to eCourts. Services will resume April 28. Pat Gruner can be contacted at [email protected] or 252-329-9566.
Greenville police crack down on illegal mufflers

1 week ago | reflector.com | Pat Gruner

Greenville police have cited more than 300 people in a year for driving with exhaust systems that make excessive or unusual noise or smoke, a violation the interim chief said is one of the most complained about in the city. From March 2024 to March 2025, the department issued 320 citations across the city for improper or modified mufflers, Richard Tyndall said in a memo distributed to members of the City Council. Pat Gruner can be contacted at [email protected] or 252-329-9566.
'Jesse's Law,' named for slain Grifton 3-year-old, filed in N.C. House

2 weeks ago | reflector.com | Pat Gruner

A bipartisan law to ensure training for judges on matters of domestic violence named for a Grifton boy killed by his father in 2012 has been introduced in the state's House of Representatives. "Jesse's Law" would mandate that any judge, magistrate or judicial officer who hears child custody proceedings go through 20 hours of initial professional, evidence-based training with 15 hours of ongoing training every five years. Pat Gruner can be contacted at [email protected] or 252-329-9566.
ECU Health, city work to bring primary care clinic to north Greenville

2 weeks ago | reflector.com | Pat Gruner

Greenville officials agreed to commit up to $1.5 million to build a new primary care clinic in partnership with ECU Health and ECU's Brody School of Medicine to reach underserved residents in the northern part of the city. The proposed 7,415-square-foot facility will have 13 exam rooms to offer primary care, behavioral health, social work, nutrition, X-ray, vaccination and other services. Plans also include an on-site pharmacy. It would operate from 8-5 p.m. on weekdays.
New bill from Rep. Reeder would regulate cannabis sales

2 weeks ago | reflector.com | Pat Gruner

A bill introduced by a Pitt County legislator this week would bar the sale of hemp-derived products to people younger than 21 and grant authority to the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission to oversee their sale to people of age. Rep. Tim Reeder, a Pitt County Republican and emergency physician at ECU Health Medical Center, formally announced House Bill 680, the Protect Children from Cannabis Act, at a news conference in Raleigh on Wednesday.
NC House bill would regulate cannabis sales

2 weeks ago | rockymounttelegram.com | Pat Gruner

A bill introduced by an eastern North Carolina legislator this week would bar the sale of hemp-derived products to people younger than 21 and grant authority to the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission to oversee their sale to people of age. N.C. Rep. Tim Reeder, a Pitt County Republican and emergency physician at ECU Health Medical Center, formally announced N.C. House Bill 680, the Protect Children from Cannabis Act, at a news conference Wednesday in Raleigh.