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Mr. Willie Grant Credle, of 818 E. Fifth St., Washington, died Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013, at Inpatient Hospice, Greenville.
Published: Thursday, December 5th, 2013 @ 1:07 pm
By: Announcements
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Wake up, people: An insidious corporate conspiracy is afoot, and it has a nefarious goal - forcing you to buy health insurance policies that you were choosing to purchase anyway. At least that’s what Sen. Kay Hagan and other Democrats scrambling to defend Obamacare after its clunky rollout are...
Published: Thursday, December 5th, 2013 @ 12:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If you have never been deceived or lied to you may want to stop reading now. The rest of this article will have no meaning to you.
Published: Thursday, December 5th, 2013 @ 10:36 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Three strikes and you're out. That's been the rule of thumb in the game of baseball. It's been the law in a lot of states' judicial systems.
Published: Thursday, December 5th, 2013 @ 9:28 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The Pope Center recently published a report on UNC-Chapel Hill's general education program - the "core curriculum" of non-major requirements that all students must complete in order to graduate. In our report, we analyzed the current system and then presented two alternative programs for general...
Published: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 @ 9:29 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Most of North Carolina’s congressional staffers - the men and women who work for the state’s two U.S. senators and 13 members of the U.S. House of Representatives - will be entering the District of Columbia’s health care exchange once the Affordable Care Act takes effect in January.
Published: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 @ 9:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On November 27, 2013, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit arrested James Redmond Jr., age 66, of 1352 Staton House Road in Greenville, NC.
Published: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 @ 3:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The federal health care law known as Obamacare creates more problems for North Carolinians than just the faulty website that has generated recent headlines. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report documents key Obamacare flaws and offers alternatives for addressing health care needs.
Published: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 @ 3:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory has accepted the position of vice chair of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Governors Coalition.
Published: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 @ 3:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senator Bill Cook (R- District 1) met with officials in the North Carolina Department of Transportation in Raleigh, Tuesday, Dec. 3.
Published: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 @ 1:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Vidant Medical Center was among a select group of hospitals nationwide recognized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for reaching gold, silver, and bronze levels of outreach for organ donation and registration.
Published: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 @ 1:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Ann Respass Woolard, age 69, a resident of 2186 Terrapin Track Road, Washington, NC died Sunday December 1, 2013 at her home.
Published: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 @ 2:09 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Dwight Ronald "Ike" Chernesky, 60, a resident of Wellesley Rd., Washington, NC, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2013.
Published: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 @ 2:03 am
By: Announcements
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Debbie Grant Rader, 49, formerly of Washington, NC died on Monday, November 25, 2013 at her home.
Published: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 @ 1:54 am
By: Announcements
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On Sunday, December 1, 2013 around 1230 pm Washington Police and EMS responded to a report of a person having been shot in the field next to Oakdale Cemetery.
Published: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 @ 1:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On November 22, 2013, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit arrested Edgar Reano Serrano, age 22, of 9996 Hwy 306 S Arapahoe, NC and Carlos Campos-Soto, age 25, of 25 Camping Road Grantsboro, NC.
Published: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 @ 1:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory will meet with military and congressional leaders Wednesday in Washington, D.C. to highlight the importance of the military and veterans in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 @ 10:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If you are even an occasional reader of this space, you know that I put very little stock in "best places for business" lists. There are too many of them, reflecting too many different and mutually incompatible methodologies. They produce conflicting information and often bear little relationship...
Published: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 @ 8:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We took a look at Thom Tillis’s money in a previous post. Now, let’s look at the financial doings of Charlotte pastor-turned-candidate Mark Harris.
Published: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 @ 7:10 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Simpson spends at least an hour a week at Golden Living Center in Greenville through the "Adopt-a-Grandparent" program with the goal to match students and local senior citizens for supportive, meaningful, one-on-one relationships. Simpson learned about the program at the ECU Volunteer and Service-Le
Published: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 @ 6:56 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The Marion L. Shepard Cancer Center offers a variety of special programs and activities to help cancer patients, survivors as well as their primary caregivers deal with the emotional and physical challenges associated with having cancer.
Published: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 @ 3:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In an effort to contain costs, and remain economically viable, in the fluid phosphate ore market that is worldwide and truly in a state of economic flux, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan is giving the 'pink slip' to about 1000 employees spread across their entire corporate footprint.
Published: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 @ 1:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It would seem that the O.J. magic is gone. Apparently the Kennedy magic (even though only by marriage) is still intact. O.J.'s appeal for a new trial gets rejected. Michael Skakel's latest appeal (there have been numerous others) finally gets some notice.
Published: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 @ 8:40 am
By: Jim Bispo
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A recent New York Times piece caught my eye, as it hit upon a topic - alas! - so close to my heart. I'm talking about the enormous glut of people who have earned their PhDs. but cannot find secure, decent-paying academic work.
Published: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 @ 12:43 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Monday, December 2, 2013 Washington Police arrested Darius Antwan Moore, age 23, of Willingham Ave Greenville NC, on an outstanding warrant for possession of drug paraphernalia.
Published: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 @ 12:41 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Ms. Angela Ebron, 41, a resident of 1013 Trade St., Washington, died Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013, The family is receiving friends at the home.
Published: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 @ 12:23 am
By: Announcements
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Edmond "Ed" Ray Taylor, 87, of Deep Run, passed away on Saturday, November 30, 2013.
Published: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 @ 12:23 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Willie Grant Credle, of 818 E. Fifth St., Washington, died Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013, at Inpatient Hospice, Greenville.
Published: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 @ 12:18 am
By: Announcements
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Monday, December 2nd, 2013 @ 2:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Biochemtex will be locating its new cellulosic biofuels production operations in Sampson County.
Published: Monday, December 2nd, 2013 @ 2:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Co-founder of Food Town (later renamed Food Lion), Ralph Ketner started working in the grocery business as a child in his father's meat store in Salisbury, North Carolina and later as a teenager during the Depression in his brother's Kannapolis, North Carolina store.
Published: Monday, December 2nd, 2013 @ 1:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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