Award-winning actor, author and philanthropist Hill Harper will speak at East Carolina University's annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at 7 p.m. Jan. 21 in Wright Auditorium.
Published: Saturday, January 18th, 2014 @ 11:59 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The average North Carolina household in every income category received a tax cut from the 2013 tax reform.
Published: Saturday, January 18th, 2014 @ 8:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today.
Published: Saturday, January 18th, 2014 @ 4:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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"You get what you pay for" goes one popular old adage. And in North Carolina, it appears that we had for some time been paying to secure one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation. But lo and behold, when you stop paying people not to work, more people actually go back to work.
Published: Saturday, January 18th, 2014 @ 3:59 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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We told you the other day about the outrageous behavior of the Rocky Mount City Council.
Published: Saturday, January 18th, 2014 @ 3:53 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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East Carolina University and Vidant Medical Center have teamed up to help pregnant women and new mothers with a history of substance abuse across eastern North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, January 18th, 2014 @ 11:48 am
By: ECU News Services
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McCrory previewed his legislative agenda in a speech at the Hunt Institute's Holshouserhmc Legislators Retreat on Monday night, though he did not provide specific policy plans.
Published: Saturday, January 18th, 2014 @ 11:40 am
By: Brant Clifton
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On Tuesday, January 7, event organizers from the Darleen Flamingo 5K Run/Walk presented a gift of $18,000 to the Shepard Cancer Foundation board members, a benefactor of the proceeds from the event held on November 2, 2013.
Published: Saturday, January 18th, 2014 @ 2:42 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Under the Bureau of Labor Statistics definition, discouraged workers are those who would otherwise be in the labor force but have gone so long without finding a job that they have stopped looking. According to critics of North Carolina's July 2013 exit from extended benefits under the...
Published: Saturday, January 18th, 2014 @ 2:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory has announced this year's finalists for the John R. Larkins award.
Published: Saturday, January 18th, 2014 @ 2:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mary Elizabeth Jefferson Cutler, age 82, a resident of Railroad St., Pinetown, NC, passed away Friday, January 17, 2014 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Saturday, January 18th, 2014 @ 1:23 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Bernell Saunders, of 170 School St., Pantego, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014.
Published: Saturday, January 18th, 2014 @ 1:19 am
By: Announcements
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George Clinton Mohorn, age 86, a resident of Shore Dr., Bath, NC, passed away Friday, January 17, 2014 at home surrounded by his family.
Published: Saturday, January 18th, 2014 @ 1:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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When I first heard about what happened Monday night in Rocky Mount, I couldn't believe it. A reader from the Rocky Mount area tipped me off to an incident at that night's city council meeting. He directed me to this video, which details it in all its, um, glory.
Published: Saturday, January 18th, 2014 @ 12:52 am
By: Brant Clifton
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