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Vidant SurgiCenter is celebrating National Ambulatory Surgery Center Day on Wednesday, Oct. 11. Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are health care facilities that offer patients the convenience of having surgeries and procedures performed safely outside the hospital setting.
Published: Wednesday, October 10th, 2012 @ 10:42 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Investigators and K-9 Elza found approximately 3 grams of crack cocaine, a small quantity of marijuana and plastic baggies used to package crack cocaine.
Published: Wednesday, October 10th, 2012 @ 9:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The race for the 3rd District of the N.C. House offers voters clear differences in principles and priorities. Democrat Robert Cayton, a Beaufort County commissioner, touts a nuts-and-bolts approach to governance.
Published: Wednesday, October 10th, 2012 @ 9:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Economic Development Commissions 10 year quest for the relocation of large employers wasted millions of dollars and mired the county in idle infrastructure which is uselessly degrading with time.
Published: Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 @ 11:27 pm
By: Warren Smith
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Young adults largely supported Barack Obama's message of hope and change during his 2008 presidential campaign. Now, four years later, many young people are struggling with the impact of the nation's economic changes.
Published: Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 @ 10:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Conservatives are compassionate and serve the community through individual acts of charity and donations to foundations and organizations that have the experience and spiritual guidance to view their recipients as children of God deserving of mercy.
Published: Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 @ 9:05 pm
By: Alicia Colon
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Brinkley was charged with Possession with Intent to Sell and Deliver Cocaine, Possession of Marijuana, Maintaining a Dwelling to Store and Sale a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
Published: Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 @ 8:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Improving education and restraining electricity rates are among the top issues facing the candidates for state House District 8, covering parts of Pitt and Wilson counties.
Published: Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 @ 2:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The entire basis for the proposed rate increase is based on flawed data and analysis. First, the increase cites the increased cost of replacing property due to the increased risk of wind and flood damage in coastal NC due to hurricanes.
Published: Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 @ 1:31 pm
By: Ken Lang
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Debra Goldman, the Republican nominee for State Auditor and Wake County School Board Member, is once again adding a strand of pink hair for the month of October as part of Breast Cancer Awareness month.
Published: Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 @ 1:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Most modern pollsters don't just ask likely voters which candidate they support and leave it at that. They also ask voters unsure about their preferences whether they "lean" to one or the other candidate.
Published: Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 @ 12:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Dan Forest, Republican nominee for NC Lt. Governor, today released an endorsement video from Governor Mike Huckabee.
Published: Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 @ 12:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In Wake County, the open-seat contest in N.C. House District 35 features two candidates with ties to the Wake County school board, which recently has been roiled with controversy over partisan politics, especially over student assignment policies.
Published: Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 @ 11:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Vidant Beaufort Hospital Better Breathers support group will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, October 11th from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. at Vidant Wellness Center (formerly Lifestyles Medical Fitness Center) at 1375 Cowell Farm Road.
Published: Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 @ 10:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Few North Carolinians realize that the state has extensive educational options for preschoolers and college students but little for children in the "middle" -- the 1.5 million students in traditional K-12 public schools.
Published: Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 @ 7:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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William and Deborah Holder own the Knightdale McDonald's, pictured here. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, William's brother, visited the restaurant and interacted with staff and patrons several months ago.
Published: Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 @ 6:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Business and Industry Services at Beaufort County Community College announces a schedule of upcoming classes in Washington County in November that serve as the core curriculum for potential and existing small business owners.
Published: Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 @ 5:49 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mrs. Melbia Harris Smith, age 78, a resident of Washington, NC, died Saturday, October 6, 2012, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 @ 12:34 am
By: Announcements
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I button-holed a Republican legislator recently to try and get some of the inside skinny on the happenings on Jones Street.
Published: Monday, October 8th, 2012 @ 11:17 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Mrs. Marion Roxie Bell Edwards, age 72, a resident of 75 Bell Ave., Chocowinity, NC died Monday October 8, 2012 at Vidant Medical Center of Greenville, NC.
Published: Monday, October 8th, 2012 @ 10:42 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Harvey Henry Dixon, Jr., age 86, a resident of 105 South East Avenue, North Shores, Washington, NC, died Saturday, October 6, 2012 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Monday, October 8th, 2012 @ 10:39 pm
By: Announcements
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Before we become too excited, let's step back in time and reflect what the Congress was like when Nancy Pelosi was speaker of the Democratic controlled House.
Published: Monday, October 8th, 2012 @ 9:51 pm
By: Marvin Sparks
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Washington Police and Fire Services are hosting their second annual Halloween event.
Published: Monday, October 8th, 2012 @ 9:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If predictions of more than three feet of rising sea levels by 2100 have you ready to flee from your beach house, a leading climate scientist might be ready to take your place on the North Carolina coast. He explains why in a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report.
Published: Monday, October 8th, 2012 @ 7:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On October 1, 2012 at approximately 3:30 p.m. I saw a woman walking down the yellow line on John Small Avenue near Frank's Pizza. She appeared to be in a daze and was oblivious to the vehicles whizzing by.
Published: Monday, October 8th, 2012 @ 6:54 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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The Washington Beaufort County Chamber of Commerce will present its annual business exposition at the Washington Civic Center on Wednesday, October 10, 2012.
Published: Monday, October 8th, 2012 @ 4:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Orange County voters will decide in November whether to raise taxes on themselves to help "invest" $1.4 billion toward construction of 17 miles of transit line that would have a miniscule impact on traffic congestion and air pollution.
Published: Monday, October 8th, 2012 @ 1:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican Pat McCrory has a large fundraising advantage in his encore campaign for the governorship.
Published: Monday, October 8th, 2012 @ 1:11 am
By: Brant Clifton
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A Cary government watchdog organization believes the town is violating state law by placing a one-sided video on the town's website hailing the benefits of tax increases to pay $80 million for three bond referendums on the Nov. 6 ballot.
Published: Sunday, October 7th, 2012 @ 11:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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With that said, I would like to share whom we are talking about. This may be the installation of Barb Tansey but it is a day of celebration for all the people who made today possible.
Published: Sunday, October 7th, 2012 @ 6:18 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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You might know him as the first American president, the father of our country, the top Revolutionary War general, or just the guy on the quarter and the dollar bill.
Published: Sunday, October 7th, 2012 @ 3:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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