There are approximately 48,000 people in Beaufort County with approximately 32,000 registered voters. The Democrats control half of this number with the remainder being split between the Republicans and the Unaffiliated voters.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 11:37 pm
By: Harry Meredith, Jr.
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement following the 7-2 decision by U.S. Supreme Court.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 11:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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There are six counties with quarter-cent increases to their sales taxes on the ballot in November. Some of these counties have tried in years past to increase their sales taxes, and voters have rejected the proposal. For others, this will be the first time on the ballot.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 11:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the Ebola outbreak in West Africa intensifies daily, East Carolina University experts are coming together to present a public discussion of the disease and its potential impact in the United States.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 11:00 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Amateur Obama, a Democrat president, who would not allow the word terrorist to be used in his administration during his first 5 years on the job, has inarguably lost the War in Iraq, and is now losing the World Wide War on Terror, making Americans less safe world wide, and here at home.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 10:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If you are like me, and don’t watch much TV — the senatorial debate last night gave you a great recap of all the “fun” you’ve missed.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 10:57 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Except when complaining that North Carolina isn't giving enough targeted tax incentives to Hollywood studios, solar-panel manufacturers, and commercial real-estate developers, liberals contend that cutting taxes on business has no effect on business starts, corporate relocation, or job creation.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 5:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Chamber announced yesterday their endorsement supporting my re-election bid to the North Carolina State Senate for District 1.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 5:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Secretary Aldona Wos said that the Department of Health and Human Services' (DHHS) Division of Public Health has been working closely with its public health partners and health care providers since July to prepare for the possibility that a patient in North Carolina might be diagnosed with Ebola.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 4:41 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Mr. Moran Eugene Johnson, age 76, a resident of Chocowinity, died Saturday, September 20, 2014 at Carolina East Medical Center in New Bern.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 3:42 pm
By: Announcements
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The latest U.S. job report shows the official national unemployment rate dropping below 6 percent for the first time since before the recession
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 12:37 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory sometimes says things that don't sound the way we think he intended them.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 12:36 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Governor Pat McCrory has appointed Greg McGuire as a Special Superior Court Judge for a term beginning October 13, 2014. Chief Justice Mark Martin plans to designate him as a Special Superior Court Judge for Complex Business Cases at the beginning of McGuire's term. He will then preside in the Wake
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 12:31 pm
By: Chris Downey
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East Carolina University is ranked No. 4 out of more than 1,200 universities in the nation by Educate To Career in its 2015 College Rankings Index.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 1:15 am
By: ECU News Services
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Local factors are likely to play a larger role than statewide issues in this year's N.C. legislative elections, and no one should expect a major shift in partisan control of either the state House or Senate.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 1:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We left for Florida Monday, a week ago, in the rain.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 12:35 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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The Cherokee were the first Native American residents of present-day Buncombe County, and German, Scottish, and English settlers inhabited the area in the early to mid-1700s.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 12:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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