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State, county and local officials watch as Russell Smith, chairman of the BCCC Board of Trustees, and BCCC President Barbara Tansey cut the ribbon at the Grand Opening on Monday, Aug. 13, of the new allied health and nursing building on the BCCC campus.
Published: Tuesday, August 14th, 2012 @ 11:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The term "third rail," in the context of politics, refers to a policy one cannot touch for fear that he will suffer career electrocution. The analogy stems from the hazardous third rail that powers some train systems.
Published: Tuesday, August 14th, 2012 @ 10:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mrs. Bessie Mae Lane Temple, age 92, a resident of the Cypress Glen Retirement Community, died Sunday, August 12, 2012
Published: Tuesday, August 14th, 2012 @ 10:16 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Richard R. Riepe, a resident of Washington, NC, died Saturday, August 11, 2012, at River Trace Nursing & Rehabilitation Center of Washington, NC
Published: Tuesday, August 14th, 2012 @ 10:10 am
By: Announcements
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Alfred Hemby, 86, a resident of Cross Creek Health Care Center, Swan Quarter, and formerly of Belhaven, died Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012
Published: Tuesday, August 14th, 2012 @ 10:03 am
By: Announcements
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William John Grimes Sr., 67, a resident of 477 Railroad St., Aurora, died Wednesday, August 8, 2012, at his residence
Published: Tuesday, August 14th, 2012 @ 9:58 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Roy Lee Crisp, Jr., age 80, a resident of 55 Jones Circle, Chocowinity, NC died Friday, August 10, 2012, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital in Washington, NC
Published: Tuesday, August 14th, 2012 @ 9:51 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. and Mrs. Kent Buckman Jr. of Washington, NC, are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter Katherine Mariah Buckman to William Stanhope Deatherage Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Stan Deatherage of Washington.
Published: Monday, August 13th, 2012 @ 11:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Lieutenant Jamie Cahoon applied for and obtained warrants charging Martin David Brinson, age 22, of Mary’s Chapel Church Road in Aurora, NC, with five(5) counts of Statutory Rape of a Person Who is 13, 14, or 15 Years Old by a Defendant Who Is at Least Six Years Older Than the Victim.
Published: Monday, August 13th, 2012 @ 9:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Community College Board of Trustees at its August meeting recognized Mitchell St. Clair, the immediate past chairman of the board, for his service to the college.
Published: Monday, August 13th, 2012 @ 8:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Once again, North Carolina cities were beset with crazy long lines of people. If it wasn't Sunday, many people would have thought we were having another Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day.
Published: Monday, August 13th, 2012 @ 8:26 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Goose Creek State Park calendar of events for the month of September, 2012.
Published: Monday, August 13th, 2012 @ 7:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I've changed my mind about the 2012 campaigns for North Carolina governor. I now think they may actually matter.
Published: Monday, August 13th, 2012 @ 6:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I am sure that every one has either seen or heard about the brutal attack ad that a super PAC, Priorities USA, unleashed against Mitt Romney.
Published: Monday, August 13th, 2012 @ 3:36 pm
By: Marvin Sparks
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Taxation is the taking of property and earnings in exchange for governmentally provided goods and services or for redistribution. Legislators may also structure taxes as a policy tool to manipulate constituent actions for or against particular goods or services.
Published: Monday, August 13th, 2012 @ 1:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mrs. Lois Ann O’Neal Ball, age 77, a resident of 103 Pontiac Dr., Washington, NC died Saturday August 11, 2012 at Vidant Medical Center of Greenville.
Published: Monday, August 13th, 2012 @ 12:55 pm
By: Announcements
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Investigator Scott Williams applied for and obtained a warrant charging Anthony Terrell Bragg, age 21, of Bay City Road in Aurora with Felony Breaking and Entering, and Larceny after Breaking and Entering.
Published: Monday, August 13th, 2012 @ 12:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The wild swings in North Carolina's higher education budget may have come to a halt. Last year, the University of North Carolina system absorbed roughly $400 million in cuts -- a few years before that, higher ed was getting annual increases of 5 percent and more.
Published: Monday, August 13th, 2012 @ 12:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Late registration for fall semester at Beaufort County Community College runs 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday. Classes begin Wednesday.
Published: Monday, August 13th, 2012 @ 11:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Did you venture out to purchase school supplies for your aspiring young scholar during our state's tax-free weekend? Or, perhaps your child's school days have long passed and you simply wanted to acquire a new computer without incurring a sales tax.
Published: Monday, August 13th, 2012 @ 10:34 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Every two years since 1996, coinciding with North Carolina's races for governor and lieutenant governor, council of state, and the general assembly, the John Locke Foundation has published a revised edition of Agenda, our public policy guide for candidates and voters.
Published: Monday, August 13th, 2012 @ 10:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Hardison turned himself in at the Magistrate’s Office on August 8th and was released after posting a $1,000.00 secured bond.
Published: Monday, August 13th, 2012 @ 8:50 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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We do not have to lay awake at night and listen for noises that are so faint we wonder whether we heard something or we imagined we heard something.
Published: Monday, August 13th, 2012 @ 12:20 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Edenton Internal Medicine is now affiliated with Vidant Medical Group operating under the name Vidant Internal Medicine – Edenton.
Published: Sunday, August 12th, 2012 @ 11:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina's film tax incentive program is in the news again. The Fayetteville Observer recently carried a puff piece about how "Stars have aligned for North Carolina's film industry."
Published: Sunday, August 12th, 2012 @ 11:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Responding to an ad in last Wednesday’s Bertie Ledger that was critical of the Republican Party, I’d like to thank the gentleman who wrote it, because the insulting rhetoric and lies prove something that many people are now beginning to realize.
Published: Sunday, August 12th, 2012 @ 10:43 pm
By: Garry Terry
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Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000.00 for information leading to his arrest of Simon Allen Hardison Sr.
Published: Sunday, August 12th, 2012 @ 7:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Even capitalism's biggest fans have to admit that industrialization has made our world dirtier. At least that seems to be conventional wisdom.
Published: Sunday, August 12th, 2012 @ 6:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mr. Roy Lee Crisp Jr., age 80, a resident of 55 Jones Circle, Chocowinity, died Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital in Washington.
Published: Sunday, August 12th, 2012 @ 4:50 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Lois Ann O’Neal Ball, age 77, a resident of Washington, died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, at Vidant Medical Center of Greenville.
Published: Sunday, August 12th, 2012 @ 4:44 pm
By: Announcements
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Lisabeth Gerard “Bonnie” Hoffman, age 46, a resident of Greenville, NC died Friday August 10, 2012 at Vidant Medical Center of Greenville.
Published: Sunday, August 12th, 2012 @ 4:25 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Daniel Franklin Alligood, age 81, a resident of Lizzard Slip Rd., Washington, NC, died Thursday, August 9, 2012.
Published: Sunday, August 12th, 2012 @ 4:19 pm
By: Announcements
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