Scholarship foundation to award another $15,000 as D. Cole Phelps takes the district court bench

Oct 28, 2026 at 07:00 am

District Court Judge D. Cole Phelps addresses a packed courtroom after being sworn in July 31 at the Washington County Courthouse in Plymouth. Phelps, appointed by Gov. Josh Stein, succeeds Judge Regina Parker on the bench. (Beacon file photo)

One year after opening his law practice in Plymouth, D. Cole Phelps set out to help the students who would come after him. In 2014, he established the D. Cole Phelps Scholarship Foundation, Inc., to help young people in rural Eastern North Carolina continue their education.

For more information, read the Oct. 28, 2026, edition of the Roanoke Beacon.

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