It's time to weep for the children who lost their lives and the adults who gave theirs trying to save the children in Connecticut.
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2012 @ 11:46 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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Politicians in Raleigh and DC, aided and abetted by our oft-clueless media, are railing about how the only way to fix our economic mess is to get the 'guv-mint' MO' revenue.
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2012 @ 11:35 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Another Paint the Town Pink breast cancer awareness event and fundraiser is in the records books. This event, which is in its 4th year, raised over $8,000 for the Shepard Cancer Foundation which supports the Marion L. Shepard Cancer Center.
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2012 @ 11:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On December 13, 2012 at approximately 11:52 a.m., the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a bomb threat at Southside High School in Chocowinity, NC.
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2012 @ 10:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last week brought North Carolinians the intriguing news that, in the Associated Press' headline, "N.C. lawmakers to consider tougher laws on meth." That's intriguing because this year ushered in new, tougher laws on meth, and they were supposedly having great effect.
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2012 @ 6:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Further announcements regarding additional appointments in the McCrory Administration will continue to be made in the weeks ahead leading up to the January 5th swearing-in ceremony.
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2012 @ 6:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As we begin 2013, we are in many respects returning to the political past in North Carolina. Not since Reconstruction has the Republican Party held control of our executive, legislative, top court and most of our counties. There are big changes and new faces ahead.
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2012 @ 6:11 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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For decades, rising college tuition rates have been almost as reliable a feature of American life as death and taxes. A substantial part of the increase has underwritten student aid, often in the form of merit scholarships.
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2012 @ 3:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lt. Governor-elect Dan Forest will take the oath of office in a private ceremony in the Old Senate Chambers of the North Carolina Capitol Building at noon on January 7, 2013. He will be joined by his immediate family in the ceremony. The oath will be administered by NC Supreme Court Justice Paul New
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2012 @ 3:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Druie Daniel "Pat" Winstead, Jr., age 78, a resident of 1101 Pinecrest Road, Bath died Tuesday evening Dec. 18, 2012, at his home.
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2012 @ 10:38 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Ethel Martha Thornton a former resident of Washington died Wednesday in Cary
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2012 @ 10:27 am
By: Announcements
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Almeda Mercer Mozingo, 88, died Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2012 @ 10:14 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Rapha Ray Felts, age 47, a resident of 103 Hamilton Street, Washington, died Tuesday Dec. 18, 2012 in Augusta, Ga.
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2012 @ 10:01 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Walter Sherman Cahoon, Sr., age 70, a resident of 34417 Highway 264 East, Belhaven, died Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, at Cross Creek Healthcare Center.
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2012 @ 9:52 am
By: Announcements
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Many modern-day Americans consider dueling to be a senseless act of violence, but for many Southerners and North Carolinian gentlemen, the act was many times a defense of honor.
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2012 @ 12:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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