It just got easier for children in North Carolina to qualify for a Special Needs Education Savings Account
Published: Saturday, March 31st, 2018 @ 3:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2012, Cynthia and Robert Gifford, a Christian couple who owned a farm in upstate New York where marriage receptions were often held, politely refused to hold a gay marriage on the premises when a lesbian couple targeted their farm as their venue of choice.
Published: Saturday, March 31st, 2018 @ 8:22 am
By: Daily Wire
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation has put out a long range transit plan for the state that calls for a “connected statewide network” and “public bus lines reaching out into rural part of the state”.
Published: Saturday, March 31st, 2018 @ 8:22 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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This week was much of his own making; poor deeds past come to light and finding our nation similarly lacking.
Published: Saturday, March 31st, 2018 @ 7:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In 2007, the North Carolina General Assembly passed legislation allowing counties to impose an additional quarter-cent sales tax to raise revenue within their jurisdictions
Published: Saturday, March 31st, 2018 @ 7:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On 03-16-2018, The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit arrested William Lawrence LaBarge, 24 years of age, of 2838 Woodstock Road in Belhaven
Published: Saturday, March 31st, 2018 @ 7:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Tuesday, March 27, 2018, the President signed into law
Published: Saturday, March 31st, 2018 @ 2:00 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It is almost April and still, we wait for tulips. The evenings in March still warrant a blanket and frost blankets the fields of winter wheat, in the first hours, of the day.
Published: Saturday, March 31st, 2018 @ 1:19 am
By: Michele Rhem
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A new report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation ranks Raleigh 11th out of 20 cities for ease in operating food trucks within city limits. It’s the only North Carolina city ranked in the report
Published: Saturday, March 31st, 2018 @ 1:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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"You ain't from around here, are you?" This question may not be grammatically correct but it is an increasingly accurate observation about our state. According to the Carolina Population Center
Published: Saturday, March 31st, 2018 @ 1:09 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The long, hard slog for the North Carolina Green Party is over. The state officially recognized the Green Party, allowing its candidates to appear on state ballots
Published: Friday, March 30th, 2018 @ 4:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Thursday, President Trump attacked Amazon, a company he has long targeted thanks to its ownership by Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Washington Post
Published: Friday, March 30th, 2018 @ 4:24 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A couple of weeks ago, I argued that North Carolina’s legislature should “one-up” Congress and the Trump administration when it comes to tax reform by abolishing the state’s capital gains tax.
Published: Friday, March 30th, 2018 @ 4:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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President Donald J. Trump has fulfilled his promise to fight for American workers and businesses in an amended trade deal with South Korea
Published: Friday, March 30th, 2018 @ 2:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution of the United States, they feared the possibility of partisanship overtaking rights-based government
Published: Friday, March 30th, 2018 @ 2:55 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Mrs. Barbara Ann Aldridge Trigg, age 75, a resident of Belhaven, NC died Sunday March 25, 2018 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville
Published: Friday, March 30th, 2018 @ 12:51 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Eleanor Rodman May of Washington, NC, died peacefully at home on Thursday, March 29th, 2018. Mrs. May was born in Washington, NC on May 23rd, 1944
Published: Friday, March 30th, 2018 @ 12:49 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Floyd McLean Carroll, Jr., age 70, a resident of Belhaven, NC died Wednesday March 28, 2018 at his home
Published: Friday, March 30th, 2018 @ 12:44 pm
By: Announcements
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Capt. Noland L. Wilkins, age 66, a resident of 828 Wilkins Road, Belhaven, passed away Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at his home
Published: Friday, March 30th, 2018 @ 12:38 pm
By: Announcements
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Today, Gov. Roy Cooper announced three new appointments to judicial and district attorney positions
Published: Thursday, March 29th, 2018 @ 8:46 pm
By: Governor's Office
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President Donald J. Trump spoke today with Prime Minister Theresa May of the United Kingdom
Published: Thursday, March 29th, 2018 @ 8:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Bipartisan State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement on Tuesday appointed four members to each of the 100 county boards of elections and unanimously recognized the North Carolina Green Party as an official political party in the state
Published: Thursday, March 29th, 2018 @ 7:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Chris Coons (D-DE), the bipartisan co-authors of the Special Counsel Integrity Act, released the following statement
Published: Thursday, March 29th, 2018 @ 7:43 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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On Tuesday, The New York Times once again revealed the ultimate agenda of gun control proponents in the United States: a full-scale gun grab
Published: Thursday, March 29th, 2018 @ 6:55 pm
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has proclaimed April as Alcohol Awareness Month, urging parents to talk with their kids about the dangers of alcohol
Published: Thursday, March 29th, 2018 @ 6:52 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Kenneth Carroll Womble, 89, of Raleigh, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 26, 2018, at home, with family by his side.
Published: Thursday, March 29th, 2018 @ 6:38 pm
By: Announcements
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Expanding infrastructure investment would increase American economic growth and prosperity
Published: Thursday, March 29th, 2018 @ 3:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It has long been commonplace for North Carolina politicians to lavish generous praise on community colleges
Published: Thursday, March 29th, 2018 @ 1:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after President Trump nominated Admiral Ronny L. Jackson as VA Secretary and announced that Robert Wilkie, a former senior advisor to Senator Tillis, will serve as Acting VA Secretar
Published: Thursday, March 29th, 2018 @ 1:39 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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On Wednesday, China said that it secured a commitment from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to denuclearize the Korean peninsula during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping
Published: Thursday, March 29th, 2018 @ 1:36 pm
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina faces a looming doctor shortage, particularly in primary care. But a report this week from the N.C. Academy of Family Physicians suggests some relief is on the way
Published: Wednesday, March 28th, 2018 @ 11:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I have a huge announcement, huge I tell you. While I've occasionally written columns for Mum when she's busy, I was beyond excited when the editor of the Highlands Newspaper asked me to write columns on a regular basis.
Published: Wednesday, March 28th, 2018 @ 6:22 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) today released fact sheets on the economic status of women in all 50 states and the District of Columbia
Published: Wednesday, March 28th, 2018 @ 6:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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