Wind projects on the North Carolina coast are meeting resistance from three fronts: concerns over bird kills, worries about military training, and GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's opposition to favorable tax treatment for specific industries.
Published: Friday, August 31st, 2012 @ 6:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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For more than a year, historians and history buffs have been recognizing the 150th anniversary of various battles and other significant events in the Civil War.
Published: Friday, August 31st, 2012 @ 3:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Excitement about school choice is helping to remake North Carolina public and private schools. Enrollment in charter schools is exploding.
Published: Friday, August 31st, 2012 @ 1:23 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Mr. Gary Glenn Cutler, Sr., age 65, a resident of 616 St. Lewis Road, Macclesfield, NC, died Wednesday night, August 29, 2012, at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville.
Published: Friday, August 31st, 2012 @ 1:05 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Berry Slade, age 99, a resident of 326 E. 11th St., Washington, died Tuesday, August 28, 2012, at her home.
Published: Friday, August 31st, 2012 @ 12:57 pm
By: Announcements
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Ricky Carl Wiggins Jr., a resident of Herndon Court, Clayton, died Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, at Johnston County Healthcare.
Published: Friday, August 31st, 2012 @ 12:52 pm
By: Announcements
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Republicans have completed their three-day infomercial with a solid performance by Mitt Romney on Thursday, which followed even-stronger performances by Paul Ryan on Wednesday and Ann Romney on Tuesday.
Published: Friday, August 31st, 2012 @ 12:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The stenography pool in The N&O newsroom trumpeted recently an announcement of an ethics reform package by Democrat gubernatorial candidate Walter Dalton. Apparently, Dalton wants to clean up the legislature -- where he has been serving since 1996.
Published: Friday, August 31st, 2012 @ 12:16 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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When you promise to pay someone in the future, you have a debt with him. However, were you to use cash accounting, as North Carolina's government does, you would not record it as such, because no cash changed hands.
Published: Friday, August 31st, 2012 @ 11:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Popular Majority Leader of the North Carolina House of Representatives, Paul "Skip" Stam, will be making an early morning appearance at the Plantation House Restaurant in Washington, NC, Friday September 7th, 2012.
Published: Friday, August 31st, 2012 @ 10:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As North Carolina prepares to host its first major party presidential nominating convention, beginning Monday, staff members of Carolina Journal will be in Charlotte covering the proceedings.
Published: Friday, August 31st, 2012 @ 2:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo expressed the frustration of many public officials when discussing transportation needs for the Port City. How can you build and maintain roads, Saffo asked, when nobody wants to pay for them?
Published: Thursday, August 30th, 2012 @ 9:42 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Actor / Director / Producer / Musician and Republican Clint Eastwood will speak to the Republicans, and all of America, tonight at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida.
Published: Thursday, August 30th, 2012 @ 3:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A memorial service for George "Sonny" Robertson, formerly of 918 Pamlico St., Belhaven, will be held at noon Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012, in the Leon Randolph Memorial Chapel
Published: Thursday, August 30th, 2012 @ 3:56 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Berry Slade, 99, a resident of 326 E. 11th St., Washington, died Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012, at her home.
Published: Thursday, August 30th, 2012 @ 3:53 pm
By: Announcements
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In early August, North Carolina education officials announced that the state's graduation rate exceeded 80 percent for the first time. The game of political one-upmanship that followed was legendary.
Published: Thursday, August 30th, 2012 @ 3:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Congresswoman Renee Ellmers is having quite a rocky relationship with folks in her new majority Republican district. A recent survey by Public Policy Polling found that she was leading her Democrat opponent Steve Wilkins by only 44-28 in this VERY Republican district.
Published: Thursday, August 30th, 2012 @ 3:31 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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During this political silly season, politicians want to drag us into issues that most of us do not understand or are not related to the big picture.
Published: Thursday, August 30th, 2012 @ 3:04 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson is traveling across the Tar Heel State to educate voters about the relationship between smaller class sizes and improved student performance.
Published: Thursday, August 30th, 2012 @ 2:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two area students - Hunter L. Brickhouse and Myriah Jade Mason - were recently chosen to receive the State Employees' Credit Union Scholarship to attend Beaufort County Community College this year.
Published: Thursday, August 30th, 2012 @ 1:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This poll of 600 registered 2012 general election voters in North Carolina was conducted July 16-18, 2012 by National Research, Inc. of Holmdel, NJ.
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 @ 11:36 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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In North Carolina, public education is a core fiscal responsibility of state and local government. The state constitution, in the words of the N.C. Supreme Court, recognizes the right to a "sound, basic education" for every child in the state.
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 @ 10:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sarah Louise Roper ("Sally" Burnett - Simmons), 67, of Bath, NC, went to heaven on Saturday August 25, 2012
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 @ 4:43 pm
By: Announcements
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Ricky Carl Wiggins Jr. of 59 Herndon Court, Clayton, died Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, at Johnson County Health Care
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 @ 4:38 pm
By: Announcements
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We have announced our 2013 season!! CLICK HERE to see the shows we have planned for next year.
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 @ 4:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As North Carolina continues to shift most of its Medicaid recipients into its showcase Community Care of North Carolina program, some say the centralized system needs free-market reforms to avoid chronic and costly budget overruns.
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 @ 3:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Summer is almost over and BCAC is gearing up for a busy Fall.
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 @ 2:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If you turn on the TV news, you will likely hear about the anarchists who are planning to disrupt both the Rep and Dem conventions. Lovely people, all.
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 @ 9:46 am
By: Jim Bispo
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Spending tax dollars on preschool intervention for at-risk North Carolina children may be a worthwhile idea.
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 @ 4:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Dan Forest, Republican nominee for Lt. Governor today announced that former Arkansas Governor and host of Fox News Channel's "Huckabee Show", Governor Mike Huckabee will travel to North Carolina to stump Forest's election campaign.
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 @ 4:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Headlines across the nation have been sounding the alarm about state government pensions. Even very conservative estimates place the total amount of unfunded state pension liabilities to be approaching a trillion dollars nationally.
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 @ 4:20 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Three GOP congressional challengers gave a preview of their speeches before the Republican National Convention during a morning press teleconference.
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 @ 3:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Media reports indicate that a Lexington, NC -based corporation may have defrauded as many as TWO MILLION PEOPLE with an alleged Ponzi scheme.
Published: Tuesday, August 28th, 2012 @ 9:25 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Please join us for dinner and silent auction to support my husband, Donald Dixon, for Beaufort Co. Commissioner.
Published: Tuesday, August 28th, 2012 @ 4:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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