Gates News

May 25, 2012 - Carolina Beach, NC - Do you love beach music, shag-dancing, and good old-fashioned summer fun? Are you in the mood for an original beach experience? Then boogie on down to Carolina Beach on Saturday June 2nd for the 27th Annual Carolina Beach Music Festival.

The North Carolina Symphony presents its highly anticipated annual free concert on the South Lawn of Tryon Palace on Saturday, June 2nd.

On Wednesday, legislation was introduced in the North Carolina House of Representatives to officially compensate victims of the former N.C. Eugenics Board program.

Carolina Beach, N.C. - Do you love beach music, shag-dancing, and good old-fashioned summer fun? Are you in the mood for an original beach experience? Then boogie on down to Carolina Beach on Saturday June 2nd for the 27th Annual Carolina Beach Music Festival.

The Employment Security Commission of North Carolina , released unemployment figures for November last week, showing an unemployment rate increase in 60 of the 100 counties in the state.

One incumbent on each the Gates County Board of Commissioners and the Board of Education lost their bid on Tuesday to continue serving county citizens for their respective next four-year terms.

After claiming the dubious distinction of North Carolina's sixth highest unemployment rate in the month of February, Ashe County bounced back in March with a three point decline in the county's unemployment rate, falling to 12.2 percent, according to data released by the N.C. Department of Commerce last week.

Apex Herald Learn the science behind steam locomotives as part of the North Carolina Science Festival programs being held at New Hope Valley Railway.

A line of severe thunderstorms rapidly moved through the Roanoke-Chowan area early Tuesday evening, apparently causing one death in Gates County and damaging a church in Northampton County.