An interim county manager starts in Yadkin County today.
Jim Haynes is a former county manager who worked for Richmond County for 13 years.
He retired from that position this summer.
Haynes managed Yadkin County, too, from 1975 to 1982, county commissioner chairman Chad Wagoner said.
Wagoner said that the commissioners hope to have a new manager in place by February.
Stan Kiser, the most recent Yadkin County manager, left the position in August after one year, resigning to take the county manager job in Caldwell County and be closer to family.
Storm damage may keep WSNC quiet until Tuesday
Radio station WSNC 90.5-FM, which broadcasts from Winston-Salem State University, may be off the air until early next week following damage caused by Monday's thunderstorms.
The storm damaged part of the station's transmitter, said Elvin Jenkins, the general manager of WSNC.
Engineers at the station are tracking down the part needed to fix it. Since it is an older transmitter, Jenkins said, it is taking longer to find the right part.
"We're thinking it will be no later than Tuesday," he said.
Alamance DA appointed as Superior Court judge
RALEIGH -- A North Carolina district attorney will become a Superior Court judge once he completes a capital murder case he'll prosecute in October.
Gov. Bev Perdue yesterday announced the appointment of Alamance County District Attorney Rob Johnson to the bench.
He will fill the unexpired term created by the resignation of Judge James Spencer in August. Johnson could run for a full eight-year term next year.
Johnson has been Alamance County's top prosecutor since 1997.
He previously was an assistant DA in Alamance and a prosecutor in five coastal counties.
As Alamance County district attorney, Johnson prosecuted the cases of three teenagers accused of raping and bludgeoning 10-year-old Tiffany Long in Burlington in 1998. Each of the youths received prison time.
950 prisoners to move as 7 prisons are shut down
McLEANSVILLE -- The N.C. Department of Correction is moving about 950 prisoners as North Carolina's budget problems force it to close seven minimum-security prisons.
Wilmington Residential Facility for Women closed this month. The Guilford Correctional Center, Gates Correctional Center and Union Correctional Center will close today.
Umstead Correctional Center is scheduled to close by Nov. 1, with the Cleveland Correctional Center closing by Dec. 1 and McCain Correctional Hospital closing by April.
The moves will save about $22 million. They're part of the department's plan to eliminate 1,000 jobs because of statewide budget cuts.
Department spokesman Keith Acree says that the state will focus on expanding larger prisons, which are less expensive to operate than smaller ones.
Boone biography author to speak at Wilkes college
WILKESBORO -- Author Robert Morgan will speak at Wilkes Community College from 11 a.m. to noon Monday in the Mayes Pit-Cohn Auditorium.
Morgan is the author of a biography of Daniel Boone, who once lived in Wilkes County before heading further west.
Boone: A Biography was published in 2007 to good reviews.
Copies will be available for purchase and signing from noon to 12:30 p.m.
Morgan's works also include the novel Gap Creek, as well as other novels, short stories and poetry.
The free event, part of Wilkes Community College's Lecture series, is open to the public.
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