As most of you know, funds have been approved to up-fit the public elevator in the courthouse. Realizing that the unavailability of the first and second floors of the courthouse will be a major issue for some of our citizens, I am asking for your cooperation to minimize the inconvenience.
Published: Sunday, June 30th, 2013 @ 11:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I'll tell you. Ms. Schumer's boy Charlie is involved in it and it is his staff doing the drafting.
Published: Sunday, June 30th, 2013 @ 10:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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House Bill 803, Healthy and High Performance Schools Act, is a lengthy bill filled with mind-numbing amounts of detail in an attempt to micro-manage the lives of schoolchildren.
Published: Sunday, June 30th, 2013 @ 7:55 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor McCrory announced a new member of the administration today, who will serve as the senior advisor for federal and state initiatives.
Published: Sunday, June 30th, 2013 @ 7:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If you want a better understanding of why politicians do what they do, you have to look underneath the surface. You can't just accept what...
Published: Sunday, June 30th, 2013 @ 6:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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At this upcoming Beaufort County Commissioners general meeting, Commissioner Stan Deatherage will ask them to be resolved to Support Comprehensive Immigration Reform with Securing the Borders First as its Essential Component.
Published: Sunday, June 30th, 2013 @ 6:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week, The US Supreme Court told Congress and the federal bureaucracy that it can finally stop punishing the South for The Civil War and The Jim Crow Era. The Left threw a fit.
Published: Sunday, June 30th, 2013 @ 6:36 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Originally a part of Bath County, Craven was annexed in 1712, and named after one of the Carolina Lord Proprietors, the Earl of Craven.
Published: Sunday, June 30th, 2013 @ 3:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mrs. Emma Windley Oden, 60, of 1032 Railroad St., Belhaven, died Friday, June 28, 2013.
Published: Sunday, June 30th, 2013 @ 12:47 pm
By: Announcements
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I think we would do better to take our time and look at all the options in greater detail before rushing head long into an option doomed to failure.
Published: Sunday, June 30th, 2013 @ 12:27 pm
By: John Murphy
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following direct appointments today.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2013 @ 2:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys has picked up the ball and started running with it. The group has shared its concerns in writing with Governor Pat McCrory.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2013 @ 12:59 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) the Washington B.C. Chamber of Commerce and Washington Harbor District Alliance declare the week of July 1-7 Independents Week.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2013 @ 11:52 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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For the first time since Republicans took over the North Carolina General Assembly in 2011, they are not finishing a budget plan before the start of...
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2013 @ 11:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Rooms To Go will be building a new warehouse, distribution center and retail showroom in Harnett County.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2013 @ 11:26 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On June 27, 2013, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit arrested Elijah Zechariah Scott in Chocowinity, Michelle Dawn Beavers in Chocowinity and Robert Wayne Smith in Chocowinity.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2013 @ 10:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Thomas Joseph Colleary, Jr., accomplished sales executive, lover of great golf courses, Cadillac's, crossword puzzles and ice cream sandwiches, passed away at 81 years of age on Wednesday, June 19, 2013.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2013 @ 10:36 am
By: Announcements
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Jeffrey Selingo, editor at large for the Chronicle of Higher Education, introduces Aiden late in his new book College (Un)Bound: The Future of Higher Education and What it Means for Students. Aiden does not attend a four-year college. Instead, he assembles his own degree, patching together...
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2013 @ 1:28 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Dr. Jermaine Joefield is now practicing with Vidant Medical Group at Vidant Multispecialty Clinic - Tarboro.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2013 @ 1:24 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Jack Christopher “Chris” Stilley, 51, a resident of 103 Whitehurst Road, Blounts Creek died Friday at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2013 @ 1:07 am
By: Announcements
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Pat “Annette” Garris, age 71, a resident of 559 Swan Point Road, Washington, NC entered into eternal peace on June 27, 2013.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2013 @ 12:58 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Hilda Pinkham Silverthorne, age 93, a resident of 244 Shady Banks Beach Road, Washington, NC died Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at her home.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2013 @ 12:13 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Asa Mack Harrison, Sr., age 75, a resident of Johnson Ridge Rd., Oak City, NC, passed away Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at Vidant Medical Center.
Published: Friday, June 28th, 2013 @ 11:56 pm
By: Announcements
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It is looking more and more like Charlotte pastor Mark Harris is about to join Cary physician Greg Brannon and state House Speaker Thom Tillis in the May 2014 GOP primary to pick an opponent for incumbent US Senator Kay Hagan (D).
Published: Friday, June 28th, 2013 @ 11:25 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Imagine that one of your loved ones had been murdered and your family had undergone the long ordeal of watching a trial.
Published: Friday, June 28th, 2013 @ 10:12 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Weather at a glance for today and Saturday through Sunday: Hot (80 to 90 degrees); Humid (70% to 90%); Precipitation (Often); Amount (Varying 2 -3 inches).
Published: Friday, June 28th, 2013 @ 10:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement today after signing a continuing budget resolution late Wednesday afternoon.
Published: Friday, June 28th, 2013 @ 9:37 pm
By: Chris Downey
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In the darkest days of the recent financial crisis, University of Chicago economist Luigi Zingales had a bad feeling. He had seen this story before, and the ending didn't turn out well. So Zingales wrote a book titled...
Published: Friday, June 28th, 2013 @ 9:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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East Carolina University professor Dr. Thom Skalko is extending the university mission of service to South Africa, where he's collaborating on a project that will create new jobs and enhance quality of life in the community.
Published: Friday, June 28th, 2013 @ 9:20 pm
By: ECU News Services
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This morning more than 30 trucks filled with 5-cent coins arrived at Apple's headquarters in California. Initially, the security company that protects the facility said the trucks were in the wrong place, but minutes later, Tim Cook (Apple CEO) received a call from...
Published: Friday, June 28th, 2013 @ 11:01 am
By: Chris Downey
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The Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners will meet to discuss a variety of issues in their General Meeting on Monday, June 3, 2013
Published: Thursday, June 27th, 2013 @ 11:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Pat McCrory's administration is repackaging the way it performs economic development efforts, moving the function from the Department of...
Published: Thursday, June 27th, 2013 @ 10:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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