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Mr. Dennis James Clark Sr., age 57, a resident of 195 Hodges Road, Chocowinity, died suddenly Thursday evening Dec. 13, 2012 at Washington County Hospital.
Published: Saturday, December 15th, 2012 @ 9:47 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Louise M. Billups of Washington died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, at Vidant Medical Center.
Published: Saturday, December 15th, 2012 @ 9:38 am
By: Announcements
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Classes will begin Tuesday, Jan. 22, in the Truck Driver Training School at Beaufort County Community College to train students to drive a tractor-trailer and help them obtain their Class-A Commercial Driver's License.
Published: Friday, December 14th, 2012 @ 11:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In October, the Atlas Economic Research Foundation held its annual Liberty Forum in New York City. The foundation's mission is to strengthen freedom around the globe by sponsoring organizations that promote limited government.
Published: Friday, December 14th, 2012 @ 10:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Thanks to a Crime Stopper’s tip, Ball was arrested on December 12, 2012 by the Washington Police Department.
Published: Friday, December 14th, 2012 @ 9:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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William Lee Credle, 82, of 29-38 Far Rockaway Blvd., Far Rockaway, N.Y., died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012, at Bezalel Rehabilitation Center, Far Rockaway, N.Y.
Published: Friday, December 14th, 2012 @ 3:09 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Roy Cain Tucker, age 83, died Friday, December 7, 2012, at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, NC.
Published: Friday, December 14th, 2012 @ 2:06 pm
By: Announcements
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Nov. 6 turned out to be a good day -- mostly -- for supporters of local bond referendums throughout North Carolina. Supporters of local sales tax increases across the state met with less success.
Published: Friday, December 14th, 2012 @ 1:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Athletics Director Terry Holland, who has guided East Carolina University sports on and off the playing field since 2004, will move into an athletics director emeritus role, upon selection of a successor.
Published: Friday, December 14th, 2012 @ 12:48 am
By: ECU News Services
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Mr. Wilson Frederick "Fred" Cofer, age 60, a former resident of 283 Harding Road, Chocowinity, died Friday, December 7, 2012 at Ridgewood Manor Nursing Home in Washington.
Published: Thursday, December 13th, 2012 @ 5:34 pm
By: Announcements
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Culled out of New Hanover and Bladen Counties in 1764, Brunswick County is the southernmost county in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 @ 11:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On December 11, 2012 at approximately 9:12 pm, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an Armed Robbery that occurred at the Shop-N-Go at the intersection of Hwy 171 and Market Street Extension in Washington, NC.
Published: Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 @ 7:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina spends $12 million in state tax dollars every year on a program called Customized Training. Run by the state community college system, it provides job training for employees of particular firms.
Published: Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 @ 3:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Paul Funeral Home & Crematory of Washington is honored to serve the Tucker family
Published: Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 @ 2:08 pm
By: Announcements
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Louise M. Billups, of Washington, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, at Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Published: Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 @ 1:57 pm
By: Announcements
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The North Carolina State Board of Election (SBE) is really two different organizations. To the public it is the appointed State Board of Elections consisting of political appointees of the governor representing the two major parties in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 @ 10:30 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A recent study suggests that taxpayer costs could go down if the states expanded Medicaid enrollment under President Obama's signature Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Published: Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 @ 4:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I am really amazed that Robin Hayes survived as long as he did in Washington. I've seen plenty of video of him in action as NCGOP chairman.
Published: Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 @ 7:03 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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During the past 30 to 40 years, historians have revived for Americans the legacy of Frederick Douglass (1818-95). Before then, his accomplishments largely had been swept up, dropped into the dustbin of history, and left out of view.
Published: Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 @ 6:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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St. Clair receives Order of Long Leaf Pine Mitchell St. Clair, the immediate past chairman of the Beaufort County Community College Board of Trustees, has been awarded the Order of the Longleaf Pine, one of the highest honors given by the state of North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 @ 2:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A graveside service for Helen Davis Myers, who passed away November 15th will be held in Oakdale Cemetery Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 11:00 AM.
Published: Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 @ 12:26 pm
By: Announcements
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Thelma Moore, of 400 Cozine Ave., Brooklyn, NY, died Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012.
Published: Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 @ 12:23 pm
By: Announcements
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William "Willie" Lee Credle, of Brooklyn, NY, died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012, at Saint John Hospital, Far Rockaway, NY.
Published: Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 @ 12:13 pm
By: Announcements
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Gov Bill Haslam (R-TN), a moderate who campaigned for Pat McCrory this year, has announced his state will refuse to establish a health exchange called for in the federal ObamaCare legislation.
Published: Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 @ 6:34 am
By: Brant Clifton
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NYPD officer Larry DePrimo was unaware that he had been caught on camera giving a homeless man a pair of socks and weatherproof boots he had purchased for him.
Published: Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 @ 6:09 am
By: Alicia Colon
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Amid growing sentiment by conservatives that states can derail Obamacare by refusing to create health care exchanges, Gov.-elect Pat McCrory says he has not decided whether to join other Republican governors in following that path.
Published: Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 @ 12:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We get a lot more ideology-based creative jurisprudence -- i.e., a nationwide "right to abortion" based on the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amendment prohibition on unlawful search and seizure -- than neutral, unbiased evaluation of legislation based on the actual words in our founding documents.
Published: Monday, December 10th, 2012 @ 11:15 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Newly elected Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and the newly reelected Republican legislature may have an ambitious agenda for dramatically cutting taxes or adding new programs to the state budget.
Published: Monday, December 10th, 2012 @ 6:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If one is interested in what realistically passes for total Conservative political discourse in Beaufort County, one must visit the Conservative Republican Club, Thursday Night, December 13, 2012.
Published: Monday, December 10th, 2012 @ 5:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. William "Travis" Alligood, age 74, a resident of 818 C.B.H. Lodge Road, Washington, died Saturday evening, December 8, 2012 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital in Washington.
Published: Monday, December 10th, 2012 @ 1:59 pm
By: Announcements
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I couldn't believe it when I read that the amount of money that tourists (or is it simply "visitors?) spend in North Carolina in general and Beaufort County in particular is determined through a mathematical model: A proprietary model that the developers refuse to share with anyone.
Published: Monday, December 10th, 2012 @ 1:14 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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The Outer Banks are a series of barrier islands that stretch nearly 200 miles along the North Carolina coast.
Published: Sunday, December 9th, 2012 @ 10:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The suspects stole various car parts and recyclable metal. Some of the stolen property was discovered at OBI Sheer Steel in Chocowinity.
Published: Sunday, December 9th, 2012 @ 6:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The 2012 North Carolina legislative short session has come to a close, concluding the first biennium in over 100 years that both chambers of the General Assembly were controlled by Republicans.
Published: Sunday, December 9th, 2012 @ 6:37 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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