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The Rocky Mount Telegram is a daily publication located in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

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Montana has a measles outbreak with its first cases in 35 years. Here's what you should know

4 days ago | rockymounttelegram.com | Devi Shastri

Montana is the ninth U.S. state to have an active measles outbreak. Other states with active outbreaks — defined as three or more cases — include Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Mexico. The U.S. has more than double the number of measles cases it saw in all of 2024. Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs.
Automakers may restrict gas, regular hybrid car sales if EV rule holds

1 week ago | rockymounttelegram.com | Kenneth Schrupp

Automakers in California and other states might soon have to restrict sales of gasoline and non-plug-in hybrid vehicles this year if California’s zero-emission vehicle requirement is not overturned, industry leaders say.
How to minimize costs associated with attending those approaching nuptials

1 week ago | rockymounttelegram.com | Erin El Issa

Attending a wedding down the street can be costly — purchasing gifts and formalwear, hiring a babysitter and taking off work can all add up. But when the wedding is out of town and requires a flight or hotel stay, it can be downright expensive to celebrate someone else’s nuptials. Nearly 1 in 10 Americans (9 percent) are going to a wedding this summer that requires at least one night away from home, according to a new NerdWallet survey, conducted online by The Harris Poll.
Iran confirms that the 2nd round of nuclear talks with the US will be in Rome

1 week ago | rockymounttelegram.com | Jon Gambrell |Nasser Karimi

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Protection or pain? Disparate views of Trump's immigration crackdowns, deportations

1 week ago | rockymounttelegram.com | Mike Sunnucks

President Donald Trump’s immigration raids and promises of mass deportations of undocumented migrants are very much in the eye of the beholder. For Trump and his populist supporters, the immigration crackdowns are about arresting and deporting dangerous gang members and migrants with criminal records. kAm%CF>A’D 92C5=:?6 :>>:8C2E:@? A@=:4:6D[ H9:49 9:D 324<6CD 9@A6 :?4=F56 4C24<5@H?D @? 9F>2?
Davis not optimistic about new farm bill becoming law soon

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.
Daniels promoted to city manager position

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:@?
DMV office still plagued by long lines

1 week ago | rockymounttelegram.com | William West

Jashanna Suggs was one in a long line of people having to wait outside. For Suggs, 17, it was a rite of passage. For others, it was a troubling and persistent inconvenience. kAm$F88D H2D D66<:?8 E@ 86E 96C 7:CDE\6G6C 5C:G6C’D =:46?D6] $96 42>6 E@ E96 #@4<J |@F?E }]r] s:G:D:@? @7 |@E@C '69:4=6D @77:46 =2E6 %9FCD52J >@C?:?8 7@C D6CG:46 2?5[ =:<6 >2?J[ 925 E@ H2:E — @FED:56]k^AmkAm$F88D :D 2? 9@?@CD DEF56?E 2E }2D9\#@4<J |@F?E t2C=J r@==686 w:89 $49@@=[ 2?5 D96 5:5?’E 9@=5 324< H96?
Davis plans tour to meet constituents where they are

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.
Last operational transmitter on US soil shut down in federal cost-cutting move

1 week ago | rockymounttelegram.com | Ginger Livingston

A little known but still strongly held point of pride for some in Pitt County is that the community had the honor of being home to the last Voice of America transmitting station on United States soil. That honor is no more now that the Voice of America and its parent agency, the United States Agency for Global Media, were shut down in mid-March as part of cost-cutting by the Trump administration. kAmt77@CED E@ @3E2:? >@C6 56E2:=D 7C@> E96 286?4J 23@FE E96 D9FE5@H?