The North Carolina Office of Information Technology and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) are partnering to provide students with real-world experience in the high demand technology sector.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 7:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Teachers finding their schedules packed with testing would get relief from education reforms promised by Gov. Pat McCrory and top Republican lawmakers, who say students would benefit from a streamlined list of required state and local exams.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 4:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Remember voting for a bond on the ballot? You know, those things city, county and the state government use to pay for things like prisons, schools, roads, and any number of things.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 3:56 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) today presented its Medicaid reform plan to the General Assembly.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 2:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last fall when the American Heart Association issued new guidelines to help doctors teach their patients about their risks of developing cardiovascular disease – accompanied by a bulky computer spreadsheet calculator – one ECU physician thought he had a better idea.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 2:28 pm
By: ECU News Services
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On March 13, 2014, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit arrested Carlos Dewit Mayo and Rebecca Provost in Washington.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 2:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenburg) and Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) issued the following joint statement Monday in response to North Carolina's unemployment rate dropping to its lowest level since August 2008.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 1:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Going to college can be an expensive proposition. Tuition has been rising steadily in North Carolina and in other states. Many students receive aid in the form of a federal Pell Grant, but the Pell Grant Program faces problems and needs serious reform. Dr. Jenna Ashley Robinson, director of...
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 2:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Next month, the UNC Board of Governors Committee on Budget and Finance will vote on UNC-Chapel Hill's health services fee. The committee has already approved health fees for the other campuses but stopped short at Carolina's $436-per-year fee after learning that UNC-Chapel Hill is spending some...
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 2:27 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Duke Energy and Beaufort County Community College (BCCC) today announced a $141,029 investment from the Duke Energy Foundation.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 2:00 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Raymond Frederick McKinley, age 99, a resident of Washington died Monday March 17, 2014 at Ridgewood Manor Nursing Center.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 1:45 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Glen Alan Cushing, age 61, a resident of 431 E. Main Street, Washington, died Sunday, March 16, 2014 at his home.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 1:43 am
By: Announcements
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Humorous anecdotes, stories of her love of learning and teaching, and praise from a former governor showered Janice Hardison Faulkner as a gallery space in Joyner Library was dedicated in her honor March 10.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 1:22 am
By: ECU News Services
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I had the opportunity for an audience with Charlotte pastor — and US Senate candidate — Mark Harris on Saturday. (I do have to commend him for not running away in terror after I introduced myself. For some reason, I scare some political candidates.)
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 12:17 am
By: Brant Clifton
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