William West

1 week ago | rockymounttelegram.com | William West

U.S. Rep. Don Davis, D-1st District, said in Rocky Mount earlier this week that while he would love to see a new federal farm bill become a reality, "I'm not hopeful right now."Davis, who is in his second two-year term, was commenting Monday during a 45-minute news conference about the first 100 days of the current Congress. "We are kicking the can down the road — and we have to stop kicking the can down the road with the farm bill," Davis said at his new local office in the Rocky Mount Mills.

1 week ago | rockymounttelegram.com | William West

The Rocky Mount City Council voted unanimously near the end of Monday night’s meeting to promote from within in hiring a new top day-to-day city executive. Elton Daniels, formerly an assistant city manager, was sworn in as city manager by Mayor Sandy Roberson after Councilman Reuben Blackwell led a vote to elevate Daniels. kAm%96 G@E6 H2D 7@==@H65 3J 2AA=2FD6[ 4966CD 2?5 2 DE2?5:?8 @G2E:@?

1 week ago | rockymounttelegram.com | William West

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1 week ago | rockymounttelegram.com | William West

Tarboro resident Joan Sugg got to meet her current congressman for the first time last month, moments before he opened his new Rocky Mount office. More constituents represented by U.S. Rep. Don Davis, D-1st District, might get the same opportunity over the next few weeks as the congressman has kicked off a “Meeting Residents Where They Are” tour, which his office announced Friday morning.

1 week ago | rockymounttelegram.com | William West

Area residents are being invited to register online to spend a day helping remove litter from alongside Rocky Mount’s city-maintained streets. The city’s first Spring Litter Sweep event begins April 12 and will continue through April 26. kAm“p?5 :E’D 2 8@@5 H2J E@ 3C:?8 A6@A=6 E@86E96C 7@C E96 4@>>F?:EJ 2?5 96=A 4=62? :E FA[” D2:5 $E6A92?:6 r@==:?D[ H9@ :D E96 4@@C5:?2E@C 7@C z66A p>6C:42 q62FE:7F= @7 }2D9 2?5 t5864@>36 r@F?E:6D]k^AmkAmr@==:?D[ :?