In 1948, I said to my Mama, "Mama, I hear on the radio a big hurricane is headed right straight for us". Mama, said to me, "That's nice, dear, wanna go for a nice long walk?".
Published: Wednesday, May 31st, 2017 @ 10:37 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Increasing funding in the state's Opportunity Scholarship Program is just one indicator of a growing movement for school choice
Published: Wednesday, May 31st, 2017 @ 10:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A five-year, $1,192,468 million grant will help East Carolina University's College of Education provide scholarships for additional math and science teachers in eastern North Carolina as well as gain insight into their early teaching experience
Published: Wednesday, May 31st, 2017 @ 7:32 pm
By: ECU News Services
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On April 28, 2017 Beaufort County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a home on Vadie Lane in Washington after a resident came home to discover a Breaking and Entering and Larceny from her home
Published: Wednesday, May 31st, 2017 @ 7:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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When trying to make sense of North Carolina's legal fights over electoral redistricting, one is reminded of an old line from baseball stadium vendors: "You can't tell the players without a scorecard."
Published: Wednesday, May 31st, 2017 @ 3:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. State Board of Elections is seeking public comments from June 1 through July 31 on proposed changes to the Administrative Code regarding various aspects of elections administration
Published: Wednesday, May 31st, 2017 @ 1:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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State health officials are encouraging North Carolinians to help stop the spread of hepatitis B and hepatitis C by getting tested and observing safe injection practices
Published: Wednesday, May 31st, 2017 @ 12:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On April 27, 2017, the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office received a report of a Breaking and Entering and Larceny from a home on South Asbury Church Rd in Washington
Published: Wednesday, May 31st, 2017 @ 12:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Cooper has signed the following Executive Orders
Published: Wednesday, May 31st, 2017 @ 11:57 am
By: Governor's Office
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Summer is almost here and there are many great events coming to AOP over the next few months
Published: Tuesday, May 30th, 2017 @ 5:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper gave General Assembly Republicans a Memorial Day weekend present: yet another legal challenge to legislation the governor claims unconstitutionally limits his executive powers
Published: Tuesday, May 30th, 2017 @ 3:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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More than 100,000 military personnel who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have signed up for the Department of Veterans Affairs burn pit exposure registry
Published: Tuesday, May 30th, 2017 @ 3:07 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Today Governor Cooper announced a new lawsuit in which he is suing Republicans for supposedly limiting his power
Published: Tuesday, May 30th, 2017 @ 3:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Adhezion Biomedical, LLC, a research and manufacturing company offering medical adhesive products, will create 40 jobs over the next four years as it expands its facility in Caldwell County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Tuesday, May 30th, 2017 @ 2:51 pm
By: Governor's Office
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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, June 1, 2017 at the Golden LEAF Retreat Center in Rocky Mount
Published: Tuesday, May 30th, 2017 @ 1:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina House education budget is scratch made, taking few cues from the Senate's plan, Rep. Craig Horn, R-Union, told Carolina Journal on Thursday
Published: Tuesday, May 30th, 2017 @ 12:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Raymond L. Beale (aka "Potch" to his grandchildren), Age 79, of Washington, NC, formerly of Rocky Mount, NC, Roanoke, VA, and Lynchburg, VA, went to be with the Lord on May 26, 2017
Published: Tuesday, May 30th, 2017 @ 11:12 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Landon Hill McMullan, age 65, a resident of Chocowinity, died Saturday, May 27, 2017
Published: Tuesday, May 30th, 2017 @ 11:07 am
By: Announcements
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North Carolina professional basketball fans can rejoice: The 68th NBA All-Star Championship will be held Feb. 17, 2019, at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte
Published: Tuesday, May 30th, 2017 @ 12:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On 05-05-2017, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit arrested Travis Kinlaw, 35 years of age, of 1100 Price Drive in Greenville
Published: Monday, May 29th, 2017 @ 7:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Roy Cooper was mending fences. Just not the ones you might have imagined
Published: Monday, May 29th, 2017 @ 4:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Jeff Jenkins's new book is now available at www.Jenkins100.com.
Published: Monday, May 29th, 2017 @ 3:08 pm
By: Jeff Jenkins
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When holidays like Memorial Day and Veterans Day roll around each year, I can't help but recall the awe-inspiring sights I saw in 2014 while bicycling Normandy with my husband.
Published: Monday, May 29th, 2017 @ 1:50 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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The North Carolina Senate's budget plan would increase state spending at half the rate proposed by Gov. Roy Cooper and include a tax cut package projected to save taxpayers $1 billion over its first two years of implementation
Published: Monday, May 29th, 2017 @ 1:46 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Languid summer days are near at hand. For students finishing the traditional academic year, time - free and fallow - beckons
Published: Monday, May 29th, 2017 @ 12:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Jones Barr, age 83, a resident of 1367 E. Barr Rd., Chocowinity, NC died Saturday May 27, 2017 at her home
Published: Monday, May 29th, 2017 @ 9:41 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Bennie Delene Shuskey Long, age 77 a resident of 1588 Vinegar Hill Road, Aurora, NC died Friday May 26, 2017 at her home
Published: Monday, May 29th, 2017 @ 9:38 am
By: Announcements
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Gary Wayne Beacham, age 32, a resident of Washington died Friday May 26, 2017 at his home
Published: Monday, May 29th, 2017 @ 9:36 am
By: Announcements
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North Carolina's foster kids are not all right
Published: Sunday, May 28th, 2017 @ 7:08 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: Sunday, May 28th, 2017 @ 5:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On 05-12-2017, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit arrested Emanuel Lee Ruffin, 30 years of age, of 1270 Mary Street in Chocowinity and Donnell Lamar Perry, 28 years of age, of 833 Boston Avenue in Washington
Published: Sunday, May 28th, 2017 @ 5:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Even though we Georgians claim the Allman Brothers as our own, they actually did not settle in Georgia until after they were well on their way to stardom. Of course no good story stand on its own, they must be embellished with a bit of folklore.
Published: Sunday, May 28th, 2017 @ 12:57 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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The North Carolina House education budget is scratch made, taking few cues from the Senate's plan, Rep. Craig Horn, R-Union, told Carolina Journal on Thursday
Published: Saturday, May 27th, 2017 @ 9:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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