/tags/oxford Oxford en-US Copyright Fri, 04 Apr 2025 18:13:41 GMT /politics/2025-04-04/first-year-guillermo-nurse-unity-oxford-nc When Guillermo Nurse was elected mayor of Oxford, N.C, a city he’s called home for 15 years, he said unifying his fellow residents was his driving force. He’s been the mayor for a little more than a year, so we called him up to see how it's going. Fri, 04 Apr 2025 18:13:41 GMT /politics/2025-04-04/first-year-guillermo-nurse-unity-oxford-nc Will Michaels /politics/2024-08-18/granville-county-nc-voters-abortion-rights-inflation-issues-voices While campaign ads and media coverage help drive the narrative in political races, voters determine outcome. ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾'s Rusty Jacobs sets out to hear what some North Carolina voters are thinking and saying about this year's election, stopping first in Granville County. Sun, 18 Aug 2024 19:15:00 GMT /politics/2024-08-18/granville-county-nc-voters-abortion-rights-inflation-issues-voices Rusty Jacobs /politics/2024-02-13/latino-mayor-oxford-nc-first-black-mayor-guillermo-nurse When Guillermo Nurse was elected mayor of Oxford, North Carolina in November, he became the first Latino mayor in the state. He's also the first Black mayor of Oxford. Nurse ran on a platform of unity in a town that he says has struggled with racial and economic division for decades. Tue, 13 Feb 2024 13:05:09 GMT /politics/2024-02-13/latino-mayor-oxford-nc-first-black-mayor-guillermo-nurse Will Michaels /race-demographics/2023-09-01/king-practiced-famous-i-have-a-dream-speech-rocky-mount One of the most famous speeches in world was given by Martin Luther King Jr. 60 years ago at the Civil Rights March on Washington. But did you know King first gave part of his "I Have a Dream" speech months earlier, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina? Fri, 01 Sep 2023 23:03:15 GMT /race-demographics/2023-09-01/king-practiced-famous-i-have-a-dream-speech-rocky-mount Leoneda Inge /environment/2012-05-04/us-ag-secretary-talks-biofuel-in-north-carolina The U.S. Secretary of agriculture came to North Carolina to push a plan that may further decrease America's dependence on foreign oil.Gurnal Scott: USDA… Fri, 04 May 2012 13:10:00 GMT /environment/2012-05-04/us-ag-secretary-talks-biofuel-in-north-carolina Gurnal Scott