The growth of teenage unemployment has ominous implications for the future -- but there is a solution, if we are willing to face economic reality.
Published: Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 @ 9:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Eastern Carolina Injury Prevention Program (ECIPP) at Vidant Medical Center has been working with the City of Greenville, the Greenville Police Department and the Pitt County Health Department's Communities Putting Prevention to Work Take Step Two.
Published: Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 @ 9:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The 2012 North Carolina legislative short session has come to a close, concluding the first biennium in over 100 years that both chambers of the General Assembly were controlled by Republicans.
Published: Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 @ 8:18 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Stilley's arrest stemmed from Investigators with the Sheriff's Office Drug Unit conducting controlled purchases of heroin and cocaine from Stilley.
Published: Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 @ 8:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Washington Police Detectives arrested Guy Wayne Sprouse age 22 of Washington and charged him with two counts of obtaining property by false pretense.
Published: Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 @ 7:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Churchill Allen “C.A.” Buck, 78, of Macon, GA, passed away at home with Hospice Care, Thursday, July 26.
Published: Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 @ 5:31 pm
By: Announcements
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On July 24, in the county seat of Greenville, NC, the Pitt County Board of Elections gave the green light to a revised plan for early voting which will include two Sundays.
Published: Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 @ 1:41 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Has the "Big Blue Blister of Debt" been placed with a professional Realtor? Has anything been done to price and market the building? What costs are now accruing form our continued ownership?
Published: Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 @ 11:44 am
By: Warren Smith
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The 2012 short session has come to a close, marking a dramatic shift from legislative bienniums of the past, both in length and accomplishments.
Published: Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 @ 8:28 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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If you're a North Carolina taxpayer, public school teacher, government employee, or anyone with a vested interest in the state's pension system, beware: State Treasurer Janet Cowell could be gambling with your money (and, potentially, your retirement) to satisfy a political agenda.
Published: Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 @ 8:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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With time and experience I have learned that the word button can have a deeper meaning than the definitions above. A button can also be an emotional trigger that we unknowingly allow others to push.
Published: Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 @ 7:44 am
By: John Inzerillo, M.D.
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The just-completed legislative short session closes out the first biennium in nearly 100 years that Republicans comprised majorities in both chambers of the General Assembly.
Published: Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 @ 7:25 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Burke County Republican who introduced a bill aimed at expanding Advanced Placement participation among low-income students says he plans to take up the measure again when the state legislature convenes in January.
Published: Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 @ 6:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On July 28, three Vidant Health hospitals "flipped the switch" to go live with Vidant's electronic health record (EHR).
Published: Monday, July 30th, 2012 @ 7:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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There was little hope when the 2012 short session opened that the State House would gain the Democratic votes needed to override Gov. Bev Perdue's veto of the voter photo ID bill - HB 351 - that originally passed both chambers in 2011.
Published: Monday, July 30th, 2012 @ 7:06 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Mr. Loyd Malcolm Bell, age 72, a resident of 818 Down Shore Road, Core Point, died Sunday July 29, 2012 at Vidant Medical Center of Greenville.
Published: Monday, July 30th, 2012 @ 4:49 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Gisela V. Eubanks, age 83, a resident of McNair St., Washington, NC, died Monday, July 30, 2012 at home with her family.
Published: Monday, July 30th, 2012 @ 4:45 pm
By: Announcements
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President Obama's statement -- "If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen" -- made at a July 13 speech in Roanoke, Va., did not sit well with business owners in North Carolina and across the country.
Published: Monday, July 30th, 2012 @ 3:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Division of Continuing Education at Beaufort County Community College this week announced a schedule of four upcoming classes that will help students obtain their high school equivalency and acquire new job skills or obtain a college degree faster than ever before.
Published: Monday, July 30th, 2012 @ 3:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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No matter what happens in the gubernatorial election this year, a political string will be broken - our governor will no longer hail from Eastern North Carolina.
Published: Monday, July 30th, 2012 @ 10:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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President Obama has been relentless with his attacks on Mitt Romney, and his association with Bain Capital. The major media outlets only print the propaganda that the White House feeds them. Let's hear the other side of the story.
Published: Sunday, July 29th, 2012 @ 3:51 pm
By: Marvin Sparks
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I learned, in a recent national conference for County Commissioners, that economic development can be "anything you want it to be".
Published: Sunday, July 29th, 2012 @ 8:59 am
By: Hood Richardson
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State Treasurer Janet Cowell is pushing to require Nike Inc. and other large corporations to make their political contributions more transparent, a move that has drawn skepticism.
Published: Sunday, July 29th, 2012 @ 2:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mrs. Laura B. Peele of 642 Lee St., Belhaven, died Wednesday, July 25, 2012, at Ridgewood Nursing Home, Washington.
Published: Sunday, July 29th, 2012 @ 1:32 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. George Robertson of Terra Ceia Road died Saturday, July 28, 2012, at Cross Creek Nursing Home in Swan Quarter.
Published: Sunday, July 29th, 2012 @ 1:29 am
By: Announcements
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Rachel Futrell Swindell, age 84 and a resident of 430 Craven Street, Bath, NC, passed away Saturday, July 28, 2012. A celebration service will be held on Sunday, July 29, 2012 at 3:00 PM at the Bath Christian Church where she was a member. The family will receive friends in the church fellowship hal
Published: Sunday, July 29th, 2012 @ 1:26 am
By: Announcements
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I recently had an eye-opening conversation with an activist who is arguably a mover-and-shaker / household name in Charlotte area Republican politics. This person has been following the drama in the state House District 6 runoff between Mattie Lawson and Arthur Williams.
Published: Sunday, July 29th, 2012 @ 1:05 am
By: Brant Clifton
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This show, by this ensemble of consummate musicians, is part of the Sunday in the Park Outdoor Concert Series, brought to the public by the Greenville Parks and Recreation. The price of admission to the public to hear The Barefoot Movement is no charge.
Published: Saturday, July 28th, 2012 @ 1:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Marvin Earl Peartree, a resident of 65 School St., the Terra Ceia community, Pantego, died Saturday, July 21, 2012, at Vidant Medical Center.
Published: Saturday, July 28th, 2012 @ 4:08 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Beatrice D. Foster, age 71, a resident of Riverside Apartments and formerly of Pamlico Beach, died Thursday, July 26, 2012.
Published: Saturday, July 28th, 2012 @ 4:05 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Sudie Moore Keys, a resident of 231 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Washington, died July 19, 2012, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital, Washington.
Published: Saturday, July 28th, 2012 @ 4:01 am
By: Announcements
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