Accreditation is supposed to act as a quality guarantee for colleges and universities, but it works very poorly
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 @ 5:47 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement on the passing of Elon University president emeritus Earl Danieley
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 @ 3:25 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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North Carolina families should have an easier time finding K-12 education options thanks to a new web application launched by Parents for Education Freedom in North Carolina, an organization that supports expansion of school choice across the state
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 @ 3:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 @ 3:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Here is a dirty little secret: I am a teacher at a community college, but I have never taken an education course. The same is true for most of my colleagues at the college level
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 @ 2:51 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Today the North Carolina Republican Party called on the Durham County Board of Elections and all other local boards of election to follow well established public records laws and allow citizens to fully inspect Absentee Ballot Return Envelopes
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 @ 2:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory is thanking firefighters and emergency management officials for containing the Party Rock Fire which burned more than 7,100 acres and threatened Lake Lure, Chimney Rock and other communities in Rutherford and Henderson counties
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 @ 1:34 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Top legislative budget and tax writers say the N.C. General Assembly isn't likely to tackle more extensive tax reform next year. Nor are major spending changes in the works
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 @ 1:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I sure was happy when the lamp on the morning table came on yesterday
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 @ 1:17 am
By: Michele Rhem
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What if the conventional wisdom about education in North Carolina were exactly backwards, and it was Republicans who have been more generous in funding our state's schools
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2016 @ 6:54 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory's Hurricane Matthew Recovery Committee will hold its final regional meetings on Wednesday, November 30 and Friday, December 2 in Pitt and Lenoir Counties
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2016 @ 4:37 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Recently I attended a meeting of a committee of the University of North Carolina system's Board of Governors that has a mission of "setting goals for economic impact." Higher education's role in the economy cannot be ignored; the extent of that role is, however, highly debatable
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2016 @ 3:03 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2016 @ 2:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After tonight's State Board of Elections decision, it is clear that most aspects of the 2016 election are ready to be concluded
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2016 @ 2:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. James Edward Cherry, age 71, a resident of 1042 North Respess Street, Washington, NC died Sunday November 27, 2016 at Vidant Inpatient Hospice of Greenville
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2016 @ 1:01 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Sallie Elizabeth Alligood Woolard, age 84, a resident of 1234 Betsy's Elbow Road, Washington, died Sunday, November 27, 2016 at her home.
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2016 @ 12:55 pm
By: Announcements
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Ms. Tonnie V. Hutson, age 52, a resident of Belhaven, NC, died Sunday, November 27, 2016 at Vidant Inpatient Hospice, Greenville, NC after a courageous battle with cancer
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2016 @ 12:50 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Larry Wilson Linton, Jr, age 52, a resident of Bath, NC died unexpectedly Saturday, November 26, 2016 at his place of business
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2016 @ 12:47 pm
By: Announcements
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Governor Pat McCrory and First Lady Ann McCrory will celebrate the 2016 Christmas and holiday season by hosting the annual Holiday Open House at the Governor's Western Residence
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2016 @ 11:35 am
By: McCrory Communications
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For the second consecutive Sunday, the North Carolina State Board of Elections held an emergency meeting by conference call to take up challenges to the handling of the Nov. 8 election at the county level
Published: Monday, November 28th, 2016 @ 10:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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All day the rabbit patch has looked like a scene from "Wuthering Heights". It has been gray and breezy- and the rain has been constant. Now, the wind has picked up and is wuthering through out the territory.
Published: Monday, November 28th, 2016 @ 7:32 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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The Campus Kitchen at East Carolina University is making a difference for local families at Thanksgiving
Published: Monday, November 28th, 2016 @ 6:33 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory, North Carolina Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III, and the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) today announced a 100-job expansion by Snyder's-Lance, Inc. in Mecklenburg County
Published: Monday, November 28th, 2016 @ 6:30 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Today, attorney and registered Durham County voter Thomas Stark filed a formal appeal with the State Board of Elections in relation to the 'malfeasance' in tabulating approximately 90,000 ballots that were reported just before midnight on Election Day
Published: Monday, November 28th, 2016 @ 5:49 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is accepting applications for the state's Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) beginning Dec. 1, 2016
Published: Monday, November 28th, 2016 @ 3:06 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement on the passing of North Carolina Central University Chancellor Debra Saunders-White
Published: Monday, November 28th, 2016 @ 3:03 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Mrs. Pamela Walker Smith, age 58, a resident of 6573 Clarks Neck Road, Washington, NC died Friday November 25, 2016 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Monday, November 28th, 2016 @ 10:45 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Billy Adron Jones, age 78, a resident of 1545 Mill Hole Road, Washington died Friday, November 25, 2016 at his home.
Published: Monday, November 28th, 2016 @ 10:40 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Larry Wilson Linton, Jr, age 52, a resident of Bath, NC died Saturday, November 26, 2016.
Published: Monday, November 28th, 2016 @ 10:31 am
By: Announcements
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Ms. Janice Marie Cox Foreman, age 71, a resident of Bath , NC, died Thursday, November 24, 2016 at Vidant Pitt Hospital in Greenville, NC
Published: Monday, November 28th, 2016 @ 10:26 am
By: Announcements
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Snow has blossomed all around. The cotton fields are white. With a little imagination, a cotton field, this time of year, looks like the remnants of a snowfall
Published: Saturday, November 26th, 2016 @ 1:04 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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When Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest and his Democratic challenger, former state Rep. Linda Coleman, met on September 13 for their first and only debate broadcast statewide, their sharp differences of opinion on House Bill 2 were, not surprisingly, the primary focus of subsequent media coverage
Published: Saturday, November 26th, 2016 @ 8:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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