Tarheel jobless total at all-time high

The state’s unemployment rate has doubled in the last year to 10.7 percent, according to published reports.

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http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/4826610/

WCPSS leaders consider cutting support program at schools including Garner High

Because of proposed state budget cuts, Wake County Public School System is looking to reduce expenses. One possibility they are considering is cutting a program that helps students prepare  to enter the job market.

Garner Magnet High School is one of ten Wake schools that have the program in place, according to published reports.

At least one Garner Town Council member has voiced interest in providing some town funds to keep the program afloat if it is cut.

http://www.garnerclayton.com/news/story/472.html

N.C. transportation stimulus lags behind other states

Despite its rapid growth and high unemployment rate, North Carolina lags behind most states nationwide in the stimulus money it is receiving per person for transportation, reports the News and Observer.

The town of Garner hopes some of the more than $800 million going to the state for roads and transit will help keep projects like the Timber Drive East extension on schedule.

Before the downturn, the roadway was scheduled to be let in September 2009 and to open by 2011.

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N.C. governor considers 10 percent budget cut

Garner Town Council members are hardly alone in facing the prospect of budget cuts. North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue is scheduled to release more details this week on the casualties of cutting up to $2 billion from the state’s $21 billion budget.

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http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/story/1444850.html

Local homeless advocates knew deceased man

Below is more details on the homeless man police discovered dead Saturday inside a truck at a local car lot.

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http://http://www.newsobserver.com/news/wake/story/1433397.html

Garner police set to get $40k in stimulus funds

The Garner Police Department is in line to receive $46,626 in federal stimulus money, according to published reports. The funds are included in a $56.3 million allocation  to North Carolina for law enforcement. More than half of the money will go to the state, the rest will be distributed directly to local agencies like the GPD.

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http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/story/1431637.html

WCPSS proposes stark cuts to avoid layoffs

Earlier this week Wake County Public School System Superintendent Del Burns presented county school board members with a budget proposal that includes some cost cutting measures that may make local school employees wince.

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http://www.newsobserver.com/news/education/wake/story/1430933.html

The actual proposed budget:

http://www.wcpss.net/budget/2009-10-spb/

Valdez-Masias heading to court Monday

Jose Manuel Valdez-Masias will appear Monday in a Wake County Court room on charges of murdering his ex-girlfriend and boss June P. Carlyle.

Jose Manuel Valdez-Masias will make his first court appearance Monday, according to published reports.

The Wake County Sheriff’s Office has charged the 44-year-old Garner resident with murdering June P. Carlyle outside her Creech Road residence early Tuesday. Valdez-Masias worked for Carlyle’s cleaning business. The two had dated until a few months ago.

Last Tuesday morning, Valdez-Masias showed up at Carlyle’s home and allegedly shot her in the head, according to authorities. 

Note: Official reports and those from various media have differed in describing where Valdez-Masias shot himself.

He was released from WakeMed on Friday.

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Ex-Boyfriend charged with murder in Creech Road slaying

The Wake County Sheriff describes the shooting that occurred last Tuesday morning in North Garner as a domestic dispute, according to published reports.

The incident resulted in the death of 49-year-old Garner woman June P. Carlyle. Authorities allege that Jose Manuel Valdez-Masias, 44, also of Garner, shot Carlyle in the face and then shot himself. He remains alive and has been charged with murder.

The incident happened outside of Carlyle’s home at 800 Creech Road.

In response, authorities placed nearby Creech Road Elementary School under a brief lockdown before most students arrived.

Services for Carlyle are scheduled for Sunday afternoon.

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Man and woman shot near Creech Road, woman dies.

A school system spokesperson says this morning’s lockdown was over by8:30 a.m., before most students were on campus.

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1416978.html