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Mrs. Rosa Lee Foreman Paul, age 91, a resident of 9716 NC Hwy. 99 South, Bath, NC died Thursday, March 20, 2014 at her home.
Published: Friday, March 21st, 2014 @ 11:52 pm
By: Announcements
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Doris Respess Bateman, age 92, a resident of Ridgewood Manor and formerly of Ayden, NC, passed away Thursday, March 20, 2014.
Published: Friday, March 21st, 2014 @ 11:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In his 1955 paper "The Role of Government in Education," Milton Friedman suggested the idea of equity contracts to finance college education. Friedman thought that loans were not the appropriate means of financing education. He argued that the better way was to advance the needed funds for...
Published: Friday, March 21st, 2014 @ 8:21 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos held a late afternoon conference call with legislators to provide an update on NC FAST regarding the status of compliance with the USDA standards for Food and Nutrition Services (food stamps).
Published: Friday, March 21st, 2014 @ 8:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Are you thinking about starting college for the first time or going back to school to upgrade your job skills? Or are you wondering whether the time is right or your study skills are good enough?
Published: Friday, March 21st, 2014 @ 8:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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One of the cheapest shots in politics is to claim that only the unschooled and ignorant could possibly side with the other team. Both Democrats and Republicans make the claim about the other party. Democrats ridicule Republican-leaning voters for being dumb rednecks and undereducated boobs...
Published: Friday, March 21st, 2014 @ 4:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory and N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that XO.STEEL, LLC is locating its North Carolina manufacturing operations in McDowell County. The company plans to create 30 new jobs and invest $350,000 over the next three years in Old Fort.
Published: Friday, March 21st, 2014 @ 4:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Newly revised employment data show that 2013 was the strongest year for job growth in North Carolina since the Great Recession. Those numbers contradict liberal arguments about the impact of policies adopted by the conservative-led General Assembly, according to new analysis from the...
Published: Friday, March 21st, 2014 @ 2:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 1970s were a hellish decade for this country. Inflation out the wazoo. Skyrocketing gas prices. Oil embargoes. Record unemployment. Communist aggression rampant around the globe.
Published: Friday, March 21st, 2014 @ 2:05 am
By: Brant Clifton
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A meeting of the Washington City Council will meet, Monday, March 24, 2014, at 5:30 pm, to discuss a number of actions listed here within.
Published: Friday, March 21st, 2014 @ 1:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Charles C. "Skipper" Edwards Sr., age 67, a resident of 105 Waterside Dr., Bath, died Wednesday, March 19, 2014.
Published: Friday, March 21st, 2014 @ 12:57 am
By: Announcements
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Ms. Alice Sheppard, age 90, a resident of Washington, NC died Tuesday March 18, 2014 at Ridgewood Manor Nursing Center.
Published: Friday, March 21st, 2014 @ 12:53 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Glenn A. Cushing, age 61, a resident of 431 E. Main St, Washington died, Sunday March 16, 2014 at his home.
Published: Friday, March 21st, 2014 @ 12:48 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Louise Estelle Everett Brinn, age 89, a resident of 1150 Hubs Rec Road, Belhaven, NC, died Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at Autumnfield of Belhaven.
Published: Friday, March 21st, 2014 @ 12:44 am
By: Announcements
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