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Newly Hired Correctional Officers to Get Training More Quickly
Department Implements New Approach to Correctional Officer Training RALEIGH – In an effort to improve safety at state prisons, the Department of Public Safety is launching a new approach to train newly hired correctional officers more quickly. New officers will begin basic correctional officer training at the start of their second week on the job...
ICYMI: N.C. SBI and Virginia State Police Coordinate Marijuana Eradication Operation
RALEIGH – A joint North Carolina-Virginia marijuana eradication operation July 25-26 yielded more than 800 plants seized in Granville, Vance and Warren counties. Two stolen vehicles were recovered as well. On the north side of the state line, the Virginia State Police seized 25 plants and 20 guns. Charges are pending on one individual. North Carolina’s...
McGregor Hall Announces Acts, Introduces Series Packages for 2017-2018
McGregor Hall Performing Arts Center is introducing discounted series packages with more than a dozen shows scheduled for the 2017-2018 season. Series tickets go on sale Monday, July 31, with Grammy-winning Country Artist Lorrie Morgan, a Motown revue, a new stage play by a renown African-American playwright, four Christian acts, a Christmas “spectacular” and a...
N.C. Main Street & Rural Planning Center Selects Three Communities for Downtown Revitalization
Raleigh, N.C. – The N.C. Main Street & Rural Planning Center selected Asheboro, Dunn and Henderson for the Center’s Downtown Associate Community program, Secretary Anthony M. Copeland announced today. The towns will receive up to three years of downtown technical assistance services from the Center, beginning in September. These communities may have the opportunity to...
VGCC Culinary program moves to new scheduling format
The Vance-Granville Community College Culinary Arts program is changing the way it schedules core courses when the fall semester begins on Aug. 14. Culinary courses will now be taught in eight-week sessions rather than in the traditional 16-week semester format. “One benefit of the eight-week format is that our students will have more concentrated time...
