It's "simply, absolutely absurd" to accept a consultant's projections of new business that would result from expanding Raleigh's city-owned convention center. That's the assessment of a university professor who has studied convention centers across the country.
Published: Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 @ 8:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Vidant Health is offering free depression, anxiety, PTSD, and bipolar screenings across eastern North Carolina during events throughout October.
Published: Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 @ 7:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Former Lead Instructor of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Beaufort County Community College Tim Mattimoe returns to campus to read from his new book of poetry, Calligraphy on the Moon's Face.
Published: Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 @ 7:54 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources has ended a misleading advocacy campaign at the state's aquariums.
Published: Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 @ 6:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Please click on the link to access the agenda for the October 6, 2014 City Council meeting.
Published: Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 @ 6:22 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Joseph Michael "Mike" Burfield, age 69, a resident of 1518 Memory Lane, Chocowinity, NC died Monday September 29, 2014 at Autumnfield of Belhaven.
Published: Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 @ 6:16 pm
By: Announcements
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Governor Pat McCrory has announced his appointments to the newly formed Coal Ash Management Commission.
Published: Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 @ 6:04 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Fewer young men and women want to become teachers, according to a report from the UNC system. It is easy to see why enrollments in schools of education have decreased as much as 23 percent or more over the past five years.
Published: Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 @ 4:22 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Not surprisingly, the new study Economic and Environmental Impacts of Oil and Gas Development Offshore the DelMarva, Carolinas and Georgia by Dr. Timothy J. Considine, the School of Energy Resources Distinguished Professor of Energy Economics at the University of Wyoming, finds that the benefits...
Published: Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 @ 3:18 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The 2009 so-called "stimulus" passed by the Congress was one of the biggest budget-busting, deficit-growing, big-government, cronyism-enabling scams to ever come out of our capital city.
Published: Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 @ 12:27 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Find out where your county commissioner and state legislative candidates stand on education issues Tuesday, Sept. 30, 7 to 9 p.m. at the Washington High School auditorium sponsored by Beaufort County Community College and the Beaufort County Schools.
Published: Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 @ 11:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The County Commissioner or Sheriff races get more attention, and while those races are indeed important, the voters need to not sacrifice the opportunity to reform the office of the Clerk of Superior Court. Contrary to what the WDN would have you think that office is in great need of reform.
Published: Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 @ 8:46 am
By: Ray Leary
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