This year, a plan for a "gender-neutral" housing complex at UNC-Chapel Hill drew lots of attention, first from the state legislature, and then from the university system's governing body, the UNC Board of Governors. The plan was intended to permit gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, or transgendered...
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013 @ 7:43 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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It is expected to take a little more than two years to implement the new voter photo ID law, but it will take a lot longer to change the dysfunctional culture that is entrenched in the state and local boards of elections and their staffs.
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013 @ 6:50 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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While the many are trying desperately to convince North Carolinians otherwise, the passage of House Bill 589 is unlikely to have a big effect on voter participation in 2014, 2016, and beyond.
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013 @ 6:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mary Ziemba Ward, age 98, went home with our Lord on Saturday August 17, 2013.
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013 @ 4:32 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Lori Briley Gaskins, age 50, a resident of 15 Farmville Ave., Washington, NC died Sunday August 18, 2013 at Vidant Medical Center of Greenville.
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013 @ 4:22 pm
By: Announcements
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Lynn Watson Moore, age 56, a resident of 827-A Daniels Street, Raleigh and former resident of Washington died Tuesday morning August 20, 2013 at Rex Hospital in Raleigh after a courageous two year battle with ALS.
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013 @ 4:17 pm
By: Announcements
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Hospital mental health services across the state will get a boost thanks to the expansion of an East Carolina University program that delivers expertise through a telemedicine network.
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013 @ 3:55 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Apparently, Bob Pittenger wants a do-over. The Charlotte area congressman didn't handle his last attempt at a town hall meeting very well. He ended up putting himself in the crosshairs of the Tea Party - and most North Carolinians - on the issue of ObamaCare.
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013 @ 3:53 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Former Mecklenburg District Judge Bill Belk, 64, who in 2010 received a lifetime ban from serving as a judge by the N.C. Supreme Court, may face additional disciplinary action - including the loss of his law license - pending the outcome of an Aug. 23 disciplinary hearing stemming from...
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013 @ 3:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Straight ticket voting is the poster child for voter laziness and apathy.
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013 @ 3:08 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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A meeting of the Washington City Council will meet, Monday, August 26, 2013, at 5:30 pm, to discuss a number of actions listed here within.
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013 @ 3:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory signed a major consumer protection bill into law today. House Bill 834 requires hospitals to provide public pricing information on 140 medical procedures and services. The new law also prevents hospitals, in certain situations, from putting
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013 @ 2:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County commissioners voted have the jail open one day each week while prisoners are out of town and providing it did not interfere with repairs so the public could see what their jail looks like.
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013 @ 1:51 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Ms. Sonya Spruell, of 3516 N. 22nd St., Philadelphia, Pa.. died Monday, Aug. 19, 2013.
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013 @ 8:17 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Ronald Conway Fonville, 64, of 125 Bakers Drive, Washington, and formerly of Belhaven, died Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013.
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013 @ 8:11 am
By: Announcements
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