We've got all kinds of folks at the federal and state level opining on this issue. (Never mind the anemic economic growth, the smothering bureaucracy, and the record unemployment.)
Published: Thursday, January 31st, 2013 @ 8:20 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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When customers encounter a businessowner's staff, the quality of service and atmosphere influence those customers' attitudes and likelihood of future purchases.
Published: Thursday, January 31st, 2013 @ 2:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If your tenure in our state stretches back no further than the early 1980s, you may not be aware of the fact North Carolina's license plates used to say "First in Freedom" rather than "First in Flight."
Published: Thursday, January 31st, 2013 @ 1:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On January 22, 2013, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit arrested Robert Alan Koonce, 35 years of age, of 185 Wren Drive in Washington.
Published: Thursday, January 31st, 2013 @ 1:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Students are often exasperated by professors who waste their time with boring, rambling, irrelevant lectures. The problem is that tenured faculty members often just don't care any longer.
Published: Thursday, January 31st, 2013 @ 12:57 pm
By: Robert Weissberg
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Charlie Jackson Keech, Jr., age 77, a resident 6290 Free Union Church Road, Pinetown, NC died at his home Sunday, January 27, 2013.
Published: Thursday, January 31st, 2013 @ 1:06 am
By: Announcements
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Terry Kent Mitchell, 74, of Summerville, S.C., and formerly of Aurora, died Wednesday, January 9, 2013, at his home.
Published: Thursday, January 31st, 2013 @ 12:56 am
By: Announcements
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Joyce Smith Woolard, 78, of Morganton, and a former resident of Washington, died Tuesday, January 29, 2013, in Morganton.
Published: Thursday, January 31st, 2013 @ 12:50 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Marian Aldred Ferris Joyner, age 93, died Friday, January 25, 2013, at Autumnfield Assisted Living Care in Belhaven, N.C.
Published: Thursday, January 31st, 2013 @ 12:30 am
By: Announcements
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Thelma Selby, formerly of 147 School Street, Terra Ceia community, Pantego, died Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at Ridgewood Manor, Washington.
Published: Wednesday, January 30th, 2013 @ 8:35 pm
By: Announcements
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The beauty of living in Eastern North Carolina is that we can go from Winter Weather Advisory to Possible Severe Storm spring like weather in less than six days.
Published: Wednesday, January 30th, 2013 @ 10:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Harry W. Meredith, Jr., retired Chief Deputy of the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office, today announced his candidacy for Sheriff of Beaufort County. Meredith hopes to be elected to replace retiring Sheriff R. Alan Jordan, with whom he served for 13 years.
Published: Wednesday, January 30th, 2013 @ 9:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina's aggressive approach to occupational licensing raises prices and protects current members of a profession more than it protects consumers.
Published: Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 @ 10:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Reporters, legislators, analysts and the public should all be advised to be leery of the statistics in a new report criticizing tax modernization proposals.
Published: Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 @ 10:10 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Vidant Health is taking the lead in helping businesses build healthier workplaces and reduce health care costs from preventable diseases.
Published: Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 @ 9:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Affordable Care Act likely presents many questions for business owners throughout the region.
Published: Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 @ 1:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Two graduate programs at East Carolina University rank among the best nationally in online education in a listing released today by U.S. News & World Report.
Published: Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 @ 1:12 am
By: ECU News Services
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I noted a couple of days ago that North Carolina native Richard Weaver helped spark the modern conservative movement with his 1948 book Ideas Have Consequences.
Published: Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 @ 12:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor McCrory appointed Kimberly S. Robb as District Attorney for Prosecutorial District 3-A in Pitt County. Robb has served as an Assistant District Attorney since 1991 and is currently responsible for major crime prosecution in Pitt County.
Published: Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 @ 12:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Investigator Jim Adams applied for and obtained a warrant charging Leander Lee Bonner, age 50, of Swamp Road in Pantego with Breaking and Entering, Larceny after Breaking and Entering and Obtaining Property by False Pretense.
Published: Monday, January 28th, 2013 @ 11:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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During the early 1700s, the Pirate Blackbeard terrorized the seas off the coast of North Carolina and became a notorious villain. His vessel, The Queen Anne's Revenge, was as equally infamous.
Published: Monday, January 28th, 2013 @ 11:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As a growing number of skeptics question the fiscal soundness of North Carolina's centerpiece Medicaid program, there is a push for a legislative review of the system.
Published: Monday, January 28th, 2013 @ 1:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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With so many variables to consider when starting and operating a restaurant, statistics show that they are the type of small business that is most likely to fail in the first year.
Published: Monday, January 28th, 2013 @ 12:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As you may know, the John Locke Foundation has just published a new book - First in Freedom: Transforming Ideas into Consequences for North Carolina - that proposes a new tax system for our state.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2013 @ 5:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On September 13, 2011, Roger Clegg, president of the Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO), was in Madison to reveal the findings of his organization's study of racial preferences in admissions at the University of Wisconsin.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2013 @ 3:22 pm
By: George Leef
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The Beaufort County Committee for Constitutional Studies presents the Miracle of America, beginning February 4, 2013, and continuing for eight consecutive Mondays.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2013 @ 1:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The District Attorney, Seth Edwards, wrote an editorial responding to criticisms I made about the failure of his office to try criminal cases promptly after arrests have been made.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2013 @ 1:15 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Whether they're taking a road less traveled or simply running late for class, students at East Carolina University now have an easier way to answer an important question: "When is the next bus coming?"
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2013 @ 12:31 pm
By: ECU News Services
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It's becoming increasingly clear that the state House leadership and the governor's office are working in tandem.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2013 @ 11:16 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Mrs. Geneva O’Merry Holland, age 59, a resident of 327 Windley Rd., Washington, NC died with family and friends by her side Saturday January 26, 2013 at her home.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2013 @ 10:51 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Marian Aldred Joyner, age 93, a former resident of East Main Street, Belhaven, died Friday, January 25, 2013 at Autumnfield of Belhaven.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2013 @ 10:49 am
By: Announcements
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A funeral service will be held 4:00 PM Sunday January 27, 2013 at the Chapel of Paul Funeral Home & Crematory in Washington officiated by Rev. Henry Horne.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2013 @ 10:32 am
By: Announcements
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Gov. Pat McCrory will make three immediate appointments to the State Board of Education.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2013 @ 2:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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