Mrs. Laura B. Peele of Belhaven died Wednesday, July 25, 2012, at Ridgewood Manor of Washington.
Published: Saturday, July 28th, 2012 @ 3:54 am
By: Announcements
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I have always wondered just how a community organizer from Chicago could get elected to the highest office of the land.
Published: Friday, July 27th, 2012 @ 2:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Still puzzled about how North Carolina can rank so highly on some national measures of business climate, and still have among the worst-performing economies in the country?
Published: Friday, July 27th, 2012 @ 9:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Beatrice D. Foster, age 71, a resident of Riverside Apartments, Washington, NC passed away Thursday, July 26, 2012 at her home.
Published: Friday, July 27th, 2012 @ 9:02 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. William “Bill” Keating, age 78, a resident of 107 Pinetree Drive, Washington died Thursday morning July 26, 2012 at his home.
Published: Friday, July 27th, 2012 @ 8:59 am
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Mrs. Mattie W. Black, age 95, a resident of Ridgewood Manor and a former resident of Black Rd., Washington , NC, passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2012.
Published: Friday, July 27th, 2012 @ 8:53 am
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Voter Integrity Project of North Carolina today at 1:30 officially challenged of 386 deceased Wake County citizens who they claim are still on the voter roll as part of the group's statewide effort to remove deceased voters from county election rolls.
Published: Thursday, July 26th, 2012 @ 11:56 pm
By: John Pizzo
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A search of Adams' residence resulted in the seizure of a quantity of marijuana, digital scales containing marijuana residue and drug packaging material.
Published: Thursday, July 26th, 2012 @ 11:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County Schools, Beaufort County United Way and Washington Walmart Super Center are proud to announce participation in a statewide partnership with Walmart to collect school supplies for economically-disadvantaged students in local communities throughout the state.
Published: Thursday, July 26th, 2012 @ 7:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This morning at the Pitt County Board of Elections, "Organizing for America" (ACORN) succeeded in pushing its brand of "community organizing" in Pitt County for this November's election by convincing the board to approve Sunday voting.
Published: Thursday, July 26th, 2012 @ 4:56 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Documents obtained by the Civitas Institute reveal reports filed by those receiving state and federal grants are limited in length to little more than three tweets - raising questions about how well that spending is being tracked and evaluated.
Published: Thursday, July 26th, 2012 @ 3:40 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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After months of complaining about being bullied by her colleagues on the Buncombe County Board of Education, Lisa Baldwin has enlisted the assistance of a state lawmaker to determine whether a new board policy improperly restricts her access to public records.
Published: Thursday, July 26th, 2012 @ 2:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Investigator Brad Shackelford applied for and obtained a warrant charging Jesse James Ray, age 27, with Felony Breaking and Entering and Larceny After Breaking and Entering.
Published: Thursday, July 26th, 2012 @ 1:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The 2012 Legislative Session was especially notable for authorizing legislation to set the stage for energy exploration in North Carolina. The legislature also passed several important bills to limit job-killing environmental regulations, while maintaining environmental protection.
Published: Thursday, July 26th, 2012 @ 9:18 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The North Carolina Division of Air Quality announced recently that mercury emissions in North Carolina are down by 70 percent.
Published: Thursday, July 26th, 2012 @ 1:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Jerry Leath Mills passed away unexpectedly at his home here on Sunday, July 22nd, 2012.
Published: Thursday, July 26th, 2012 @ 12:44 am
By: Announcements
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Mizell was charged with obtaining property by false pretences from Wake County as well as possessing more than 5 counterfeit instruments and two counts of obtaining property by false pretences in Washington.
Published: Thursday, July 26th, 2012 @ 12:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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You know you live in an Upside-down Land if ... You can get arrested for expired tags on your car but not for being in the country illegally.
Published: Wednesday, July 25th, 2012 @ 11:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Investigator Scott Williams applied for and obtained warrants charging William Joseph White and Thomas Corey Umphlett, age 23, of Blackjack Simpson Road in Greenville with one count each of Felony Larceny, and 12 counts each of Obtaining Property by False Pretense.
Published: Wednesday, July 25th, 2012 @ 6:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Legislative Democrats did not give the GOP high marks, citing a host of differences in philosophy and approach and that the new laws would result in ineffective or even harmful policies.
Published: Wednesday, July 25th, 2012 @ 2:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The terribly flawed congressional members that were used as foils - a backdrop or canvas to paint this morality play - were just one of the many parallels to today's society that gave this film the edginess of real life.
Published: Wednesday, July 25th, 2012 @ 2:27 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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School choice in North Carolina recently hit a major roadblock when Superior Court Judge Abraham Jones barred a virtual charter school from operating in the state.
Published: Wednesday, July 25th, 2012 @ 12:25 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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For the second year in a row, Gov. Bev Perdue vetoed the state budget approved by the General Assembly. And also for the second straight year, the General Assembly garnered the three-fifths majority vote in both chambers needed to override her veto.
Published: Wednesday, July 25th, 2012 @ 7:22 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The disasters of the Economic Development Council spending spree, the loss of the hospital, the millions lost in the school bond over run, the over building of the school system, and the building of the US 17 bypass also known are serious events in the history of Beaufort C
Published: Wednesday, July 25th, 2012 @ 6:58 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Thursday, July 26, 2012 at the Chapel of Paul Funeral Home & Crematory in Washington with Dennis Davis, Joel Davis, and Billy Ray Askew officiating.
Published: Wednesday, July 25th, 2012 @ 6:48 am
By: Announcements
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John “Boy Blue” Ore, a resident of 407 E. Third St., Apartment 103, Washington, died July 21, 2012, at Carolina East Medical Center in New Bern.
Published: Wednesday, July 25th, 2012 @ 6:42 am
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Lee Montford Hardison, 71, died at his Washington home on June 5.
Published: Wednesday, July 25th, 2012 @ 6:40 am
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I have no problem offering electoral predictions. Until 2008, I had a fairly good record pegging races, and my 2010 predictions proved to be within a couple of seats of the actual congressional and legislative results.
Published: Wednesday, July 25th, 2012 @ 6:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In this overstimulated and under-worked society that now passes as Americana, it is still okay to love your country.
Published: Tuesday, July 24th, 2012 @ 7:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Goose Creek State Park calendar of events for the month of August, 2012.
Published: Tuesday, July 24th, 2012 @ 5:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina General Assembly has officially concluded its business for 2012, ending a biennium that brought much needed policy changes to our state
Published: Tuesday, July 24th, 2012 @ 4:39 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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There is a strong possibility that eastern North Carolina could experience a second, and very rare, derecho storm this season, which could spawn tornadoes, gustnadoes, or straight-line winds.
Published: Tuesday, July 24th, 2012 @ 2:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The sweepstakes industry is a sizable, if controversial, juggernaut in North Carolina. The state Supreme Court is expected to rule later this year whether it is legal.
Published: Tuesday, July 24th, 2012 @ 1:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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