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In a healthy sign for the state's future supply of primary care doctors, 69 percent of last year's graduates of ECU's Brody School of Medicine chose residencies in that field of medicine, according to a UNC Board of Governors annual report released in January.
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 10:08 am
By: ECU News Services
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Well, the NC General Assembly is seriously considering jacking up unemployment taxes across The Tar Heel State. Meanwhile, The Commonwealth of Virginia is seriously contemplating eliminating its gasoline tax.
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 8:48 am
By: Brant Clifton
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John C. Tayloe School was bustling with excitement on Jan. 17 & 18th.
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 3:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Famed economist Arthur Laffer provided real-world economic solutions at the Civitas Institute's legislative training session recently in Raleigh.
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 3:13 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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First in Freedom documents problems linked to both key pieces of Obamacare
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 3:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Dare Medical Associates is now affiliated with Vidant Medical Group, operating under the name Vidant Family Medicine – Manteo.
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 2:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On January 31, 2013, Lieutenant Cahoon applied for and obtained warrants charging Wallace with eleven additional counts of Indecent Liberties With a Minor.
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 2:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor McCrory announced the following proposed Board of Transportation appointees, to be reviewed by the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee.
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 2:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A state audit finding potentially "hundreds of millions of dollars" of Medicaid mismanagement also called for "a scientifically valid study" of North Carolina's showcase Medicaid program due to suspect savings claims and questionable methodologies used to evaluate it.
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 1:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As a part of Anti-Bullying Week at Chocowinity Middle School, the PBIS Team held a poster contest in which students...
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 1:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Executive Mansion was completed in 1891 and remains one of the state's finest examples of the Queen Anne style of Victorian architecture.
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 1:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two committees headed by UNC officials have signed off on a strategic plan that is better than past plans.
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 1:37 am
By: Jenna Ashley Robinson
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A 40-foot learning lab that lets visitors look into the future of science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers will be available for public tours 4 to 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, at Beaufort County Community College.
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 1:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Although Raleigh is a much different state capital than it was when I started writing about politics in the late 1980s - the ratios of plaids to pinstripes...
Published: Monday, February 4th, 2013 @ 8:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Pat McCrory is getting kudos among the general populace for his tough comments on the state Medicare program at a Thursday press conference.
Published: Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 @ 10:32 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The Student Government Association at Chocowinity Middle School sold candy canes just before the winter break to raise money for Eaglewings and the Beaufort County Food Bank.
Published: Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 @ 10:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If you haven't already heard, the Boy Scouts of America's board will be meeting next week and one of the agenda items is to reconsider lifting the restriction on sexual orientation (including for leaders).
Published: Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 @ 9:51 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Gov. Pat McCrory was caught a bit off guard when he discussed higher education on Bill Bennett's radio show Tuesday. Some people are saying McCrory made a gaffe (or, less politely "stepped into it.")
Published: Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 @ 8:51 pm
By: Jane Shaw
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Some disturbing reports are coming over the transom about the former NC state House majority leader recently banished to purgatory (a/k/a the post of speaker pro tem).
Published: Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 @ 8:51 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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I was tempted to address Cardinal Dolan in my headline but I'm not yet sure how responsible he is for the decision to put two Staten Island schools on the "at risk" list for closure.
Published: Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 @ 1:03 pm
By: Alicia Colon
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During my inaugural address, I mentioned that there are two primary functions of education. As my dad used to say, the first is to exercise your brain and gain critical thinking to help with all aspects of life.
Published: Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 @ 12:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina's Medicaid program is in a major state of disarray, costing taxpayers "hundreds of millions of dollars" in mismanagement, a blistering state audit revealed.
Published: Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 @ 12:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ms. Lois Edna Durham Crisp, age 70, a resident of 200 Walton Lane, Washington, died Saturday, February 02, 2013 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 @ 12:11 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Anna Jo Doughty Congleton, age 82, a resident of 6411 Hwy 17 South. Chocowinity, died Saturday, February 2, 2013 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital in Washington.
Published: Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 @ 12:07 pm
By: Announcements
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Recent efforts by the majority of the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners may have sent crossed signals to Constitutional activists.
Published: Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 @ 11:53 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Mrs. Ann Toler Stowe, age 79, a resident of 333 East 14th Street, Washington, died Friday, February 1, 2013 at River Trace Nursing Center in Washington.
Published: Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 @ 11:47 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Ronald Arthur Dando, age 93, a resident of Rosedale, Washington, NC, passed away Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at his home.
Published: Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 @ 11:40 am
By: Announcements
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Megan Price, Public Health Education Specialist with the Beaufort County Health Department, recently presented two programs for Bath Elementary students in Kindergarten-3rd grade.
Published: Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 @ 11:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Republican majority in the North Carolina Senate has put its money where its mouth is and introduced legislation allowing the state of North Carolina to "opt out" of the implementation of ObamaCare.
Published: Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 @ 10:53 am
By: Brant Clifton
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East Carolina University freshmen and transfer students who earned a 3.0 GPA or higher during the fall semester will be recognized for their academic achievements on Feb. 1 and 8 as part of the annual ECU EXCELS program.
Published: Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 @ 10:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In response to the recent publication of an article on the Pope Center website we as a group of former students of Dr. Eunice Sahle have decided it is necessary to record our experiences as her students and to share a few of them with you.
Published: Saturday, February 2nd, 2013 @ 9:28 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The President of the Civitas Institute today called on attorney Al McSurely to retract a lie about Civitas he told at a press conference today.
Published: Saturday, February 2nd, 2013 @ 9:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The effort to reshape the state's unemployment insurance program took one step forward on Thursday when the House Finance Committee gave the bill a thumbs up.
Published: Saturday, February 2nd, 2013 @ 8:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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