Butner, North Carolina

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Butner

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• Bio-Defense Lab Wona t Be Coming To Butner
  

  The federal government has recommended a site in Kansas for a new $450 million laboratory to study biological threats like anthrax and foot-and-mouth disease, congressional lawmakers and staff said Wednesday.

• Butner-Payonk
  

  Published: Sunday, November 23, 2008 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 21, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. Stephanie Camille Butner and Andrew Louis Payonk were married at St.

• Hospital workers say they lacked training
  

  BUTNER Five workers who violated rules at a state mental hospital by strapping a patient face-down to a bed said Monday they are being treated as scapegoats for administrative failures.

• Safety chief fears Mo. could be wrongly targeted
  

  Missouri's public safety chief said Tuesday that he is concerned the state could be wrongly targeted because of confusion over where a prominent terrorism leader is being held.

• Mental patient was put at risk
  

  Internal records show workers at a state mental hospital in Butner strapped a patient to a bed face-down for more than an hour this week, violating proper procedures and endangering the patient.

• Former NC sheriff begins serving federal time
  

  Nov 19, 2008 A former North Carolina sheriff convicted of obstructing justice has begun serving a federal prison sentence.

• Former NC Sheriff Begins Federal Prison Sentence
  

  Hey, read the rules! A former North Carolina sheriff convicted of obstructing justice has begun serving a federal prison sentence.

• Local News, Weather and Sports for Wilmington, NC and the Cape Fear Region
  

  Submitted by WWAY on 18 November 2008 - 7:21pm. The changing roles of women in the workforce From fighting for the right to vote, to going to work in the factories during World War II, to the feminist ...

• Thefts plague Oxford, Granville police
  

  Sheriff Smith: 'Now we're just about like Wake, Durham and all the other counties' BY WILLIAM F. WEST DAILY DISPATCH WRITER OXFORD - Law enforcement officials in Granville County are dealing with a recent rash ...

• Mental health facility, dialysis center to open
  

  BY AL WHELESS DAILY DISPATCH WRITER Recovery Innovations, a free mental health crisis facility, and Davita, a dialysis center, are planning to open their doors next year in Parkview, a new 20-acre professional ...

• Bones Found In Missing Stem Woman Search, Father Pleas For More Volunteers
  

  At a Wednesday afternoon press conference Pat Currin, the father of missing Kelly Currin Morris, revealed his team found what could be human bones Thursday.

• Green Awards: Moseley Architects talked green design early on
  

  Moseley Architects was green before green was cool. In 2000, Moseley's environmental mission statement was: "In our efforts to be responsible stewards of our Earth, Moseley Architects is committed to helping ...

• Old Oxford water plant remains ugly sight
  

  The city management is going to take a look at what could be done with the former water treatment plant.

• Commissioners reject motion to oppose biolab at Butner
  

  The third time was not the charm for the Person Board of County Commissioners to register formal opposition to the National Bio-and Agro-Defense Facility proposed near Butner in Granville County.

• Creedmoor woman pleads guilty to embezzling from prison
  

  A Creedmoor woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to embezzling about $15,000 from the Butner Federal Correctional Institute, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina said.

• Granville to spend $21,000 on study to determine office space needs
  

  BY AL WHELESS DAILY DISPATCH WRITER Granville Commission ers voted Monday to accept an architectural firm's offer to conduct Phase I of a county space needs study for $21,000. The proposal was made to Scott ...

• Breakdown: Is our best enough?
  

  XDS Inc. in Chapel Hill is a rare mental health care success story, an organization that has managed to navigate North Carolina's post-reform mental health care morass.

• New businesses
  

  Send news of new businesses or business expansions, relocations or sales to Mark Barrett at mbarrett@CITIZEN- TIMES.com. Photos are accepted as well.

• Question of the Week- How did you learn about local schools closing for segregation 50 years ago?
  

  "I'm from Ireland, and I didn't know it happened here specifically, but I heard it had happened in the South." Mason McGruder: "I was born in '52, so I can't remember.

City Description

Butner is a town in Granville County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 5,792 at the 2000 census. Butner was managed by the state of North Carolina from 1947 through 2007. A bill passed by the North Carolina General Assembly incorporating the town was signed by Gov. Mike Easley on July 27, 2007. It is the former site of the U.S. Army's Camp Butner, which was named for Major General Henry W. Butner (1875-1937), a North Carolina native. Butner is the home of the Butner Federal Correctional Institution. Butner is located at 36°8′18″N 78°45′32″W / 36.13833, -78.75889 (36.138298, -78.758828). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.6 square miles (17.2 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 5,792 people, 1,438 households, and 1,009 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 873.4 people per square mile (337.3/km²). There were 1,489 housing units at an average density of 224.5/sq mi (86.7/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 48.58% White, 45.27% African American, 0.69% Native American, 0.64% Asian, 3.35% from other races, and 1.47% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.56%

City Contained By:

• Granville County
• North Carolina

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 17.0939215282 km squared

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