AHEAD OF THE FED’S NEXT MEETING IN SEPTEMBER. NEW AT FOUR IOWA WORKFORCE IS HELPING FOLKS IN ALTOONA FIND JOBS. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WILL SOON BE WITHOUT A JOB WHEN THE SMITHFIELD PLANT CLOSES. LAST ...

For the fifth year in a row, Smithfield Foods Hunger Relief Day at the N.C. State Fair generated an outpouring of support for ...

Friday is the last day of production at the Smithfield meat processing facility in Altoona. The company announced this summer that the ham boning facility at 612 Adventureland Drive NE, would close ...

The Smithfield Senior Center, located at 1 William J. Hawkins Jr. Trail, is hosting its annual Santa Sale-a-Bration on Saturday, Nov. 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

In a recent op-ed (“Monopolies Are Killing Our Farms,” The Daily Progress, April 18), Timothy Wise called on the U.S. Department of Justice to be a “new sheriff in town” and get tough with large ...

If you crave the kind of food you can get at the State Fair, you don't have to wait for October. Just cruise through downtown Smithfield in Johnston County. The usual fast food franchises do business ...