I went to a concert with my daughter last Saturday night to see Alan Jackson and Le Ann Womack. Alan was born and raised in Newnan, Georgia, which is just about forty miles southwest of Atlanta.
Published: Tuesday, January 31st, 2017 @ 7:54 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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North Carolina's labor market ended 2016 on a strong note. Total employment in the state hit 4,360,200 jobs in December, up two percent from the December 2015 figure
Published: Tuesday, January 31st, 2017 @ 2:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper signed a proclamation declaring January 2017 as Stalking Awareness Month in North Carolina. The month of January is also recognized as National Stalking Awareness Month
Published: Tuesday, January 31st, 2017 @ 2:50 am
By: Governor's Office
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Mr. Elmer Eugene "Gene" Ingalls, age 70, a resident of 1255 Cowell Farm Road, Washington, died Sunday, January 29, 2017 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville
Published: Monday, January 30th, 2017 @ 5:54 pm
By: Announcements
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Ann Harrell Hill 82, of 202 Washington Harbor, Washington, died Sunday, January 29, 2017, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital
Published: Monday, January 30th, 2017 @ 5:48 pm
By: Announcements
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Civitas Poll finds roughly three in four N.C. voters back school choice, with higher levels of support from black voters
Published: Monday, January 30th, 2017 @ 12:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A state legislator is hoping to give disabled veterans and spouses of fallen first responders a break on their property tax bills
Published: Sunday, January 29th, 2017 @ 5:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) recently announced that Vidant Internal Medicine - Tarboro and Vidant Family Medicine - Tarboro, two Vidant Medical Group practices, have received NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition
Published: Sunday, January 29th, 2017 @ 4:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Golden LEAF Foundation, which assists tobacco-dependent, economically distressed and rural communities across North Carolina, will hold a meeting of its Board of Directors on Thursday, February 2, 2017 at the Hyatt Place Raleigh-Durham Airport Hotel in the RDU Airport Conference Room in Morrisvi
Published: Saturday, January 28th, 2017 @ 10:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina General Assembly reconvened the 2017 Regular Session at noon on Wednesday January 25th
Published: Saturday, January 28th, 2017 @ 10:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Before joining the John Locke Foundation, I spent 28 years in the sports industry as an executive, investment banker and consultant
Published: Saturday, January 28th, 2017 @ 10:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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He needs to avoid the Great Great Really Big Coffee Mistake!
Published: Saturday, January 28th, 2017 @ 4:13 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Governor Roy Cooper today announced that North Carolina has received more than $198 million to help families and communities recover from Hurricane Matthew
Published: Saturday, January 28th, 2017 @ 4:08 am
By: Governor's Office
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A new facility in Greenville will increase collaborative education for health care providers across eastern North Carolina, including those who begin their careers East Carolina University
Published: Saturday, January 28th, 2017 @ 3:35 am
By: ECU News Services
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The measure proposed Thursday would expand 529 savings accounts to include K-12 students
Published: Saturday, January 28th, 2017 @ 3:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Earlier today, Governor Cooper announced that North Carolina has received more than $198 million in federal assistance for Hurricane Matthew recovery that was secured by Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and other members of North Carolina's Congressional delegation
Published: Saturday, January 28th, 2017 @ 2:40 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Yesterday morning, hours before the North Carolina legislature began their long session, newly installed Governor Roy Cooper released a blog entry where he attempted to generate enthusiasm with the public about his agenda
Published: Saturday, January 28th, 2017 @ 2:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Most of the news media is obsessing over the Tweets and Sean Spicer, the White House press Secretary's assertion that more people saw the Inauguration than ever before. The argument is a tempest in a teapot based on pictures and ad hoc observations vs Spicer's assertion using numbers of online view
Published: Saturday, January 28th, 2017 @ 2:18 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Last week, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) and 16 of his colleagues wrote to President Donald J. Trump, expressing their full support for "Buy American, Hire American" policy
Published: Saturday, January 28th, 2017 @ 2:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mrs. Janice Lynn Fisher Miller, age 65, a resident of Denver, NC, died Monday January 23, 2017 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte
Published: Friday, January 27th, 2017 @ 6:03 pm
By: Announcements
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All Cabinet Secretaries announced by Governor Roy Cooper have been sworn in and are on the job working to move North Carolina forward, Cooper said today
Published: Friday, January 27th, 2017 @ 5:07 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Mr. Donald Eugene Baird, age 83, a resident of Dogwood Trail, Washington, NC died Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at Pitt Vidant Inpatient Hospice
Published: Friday, January 27th, 2017 @ 2:36 pm
By: Announcements
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Economic development is a game, and it's played by its own special set of rules
Published: Friday, January 27th, 2017 @ 1:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Perhaps the biggest task facing a Republican-controlled General Assembly when it returns from a two-week hiatus Wednesday is finding common ground with a new Democratic governor, and vice versa
Published: Friday, January 27th, 2017 @ 3:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As legislative Republicans return to Raleigh, additional tax reforms will be on their agenda
Published: Friday, January 27th, 2017 @ 3:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I am not sure this would require a constitutional amendment but maybe it could be established as a footnote
Published: Thursday, January 26th, 2017 @ 9:39 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Extending over 2.11 acres (if purchased in one block, more property offered if subdivided in purchasable building footprints), this Commercial Corner, the former John H. Small property, is now for sale, and may be sold as one tract, or sold in building footprints.
Published: Thursday, January 26th, 2017 @ 6:52 pm
By: David Winstead
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Did you have an imaginary friend when you were a child? Mine was a cocker spaniel named Annabel.
Published: Thursday, January 26th, 2017 @ 6:52 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Here's the good news: North Carolina's state budget is solidly in the black
Published: Thursday, January 26th, 2017 @ 6:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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