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After the General Assembly earlier this year failed to enact legislation that would shift control of school building construction and ownership from the school district to the county commission, the Wake County Board of Commissioners voted 4-3 Monday along partisan lines to approve an interlocal agr
Published: Sunday, November 24th, 2013 @ 12:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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New York senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D) made the "mistake" of going on TV and telling us the truth.
Published: Sunday, November 24th, 2013 @ 12:43 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Between November 8, 2013 and November 11, 2013, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received two reports of breaking and entering and larceny from residences on Island View Road in Bath, NC.
Published: Sunday, November 24th, 2013 @ 12:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCroy proclaimed November 21, 2013 as Rural Health Day in North Carolina, in honor of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Rural Health and Community Care
Published: Saturday, November 23rd, 2013 @ 6:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As you probably know, the proposed Mill Pond wind project is a highly technical matter that has generated a lot of good questions.
Published: Saturday, November 23rd, 2013 @ 3:52 pm
By: John Droz, Jr.
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Our campus is a busy place today! Solo circumnavigator Tania Aebi is speaking to BCCC students, faculty, staff and alumni on her around-the-world sailing adventure.
Published: Saturday, November 23rd, 2013 @ 2:38 pm
By: Barbara Tansey
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It often appears as if the country’s six regional accrediting agencies are the federal overseers of all things higher education. It’s time to put an end to their expansive role; doing so would very likely set off a great chain of positive reform. This is especially important now, as Congress is...
Published: Saturday, November 23rd, 2013 @ 2:11 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Patriot, Continental Congress member, and North Carolina signer of the Declaration of Independence, John Penn was a native of Caroline County, Virginia.
Published: Saturday, November 23rd, 2013 @ 1:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 5th annual Paint the Town Pink breast cancer awareness event and fundraiser is in the records books.
Published: Saturday, November 23rd, 2013 @ 12:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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To address the concerns of smaller states, representation was equally assigned to all of the states in the Union. Every state got TWO.
Published: Saturday, November 23rd, 2013 @ 11:32 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Since the General Assembly adjourned in late July, I have been out in the district talking with educators and students.
Published: Saturday, November 23rd, 2013 @ 8:39 am
By: Bill Cook
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement regarding the resignation of Senator Pete Brunstetter who has served in the General Assembly since 2006.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 10:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Ms. Nancy Leigh Jennette Reid, age 59, formerly of Belhaven, died Friday, November 22, 2013 at the Hospice of Wake County Hospice Home in Raleigh.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 10:31 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Henry Snead Hoffman, age 77, died Friday, November 22, 2013 at River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Washington.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 10:25 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Ronnie Lee Waters, 53, of 604 E. Fourth St., Washington, died Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 10:23 pm
By: Announcements
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Jacqueline Dixon was born January 17, 1952, in Chocowinity, North Carolina, to the late Ivie "Jack" Dixon, Sr. and Olga Mae Dixon.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 10:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Paul Knox, 88, of Washington, died Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, at his home.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 10:13 pm
By: Announcements
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Ms. Annie Jean Credle Cobb, of 1361 Camilla Drive, Greenville, died Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, at Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 10:10 pm
By: Announcements
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North Carolina state government spending has grown "significantly" in recent decades, though much of that growth has been hidden beneath headlines that focus on the state's General Fund. That's a key finding from a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 9:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On September 22, 2013, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a larceny of an ATV from a residence on Turkey Trot #2 in Washington, NC. Deputies began an investigation and collected evidence.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 7:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A student production opening this week at East Carolina University is a nod to two historical periods - the days of knights and chivalry and a more recent reign.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 6:59 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Beaufort County is soliciting qualifications statements for a contract in both Architectural Design Services as well as Construction Management At Risk for construction of a facility that will house a new detention center and Sheriff’s Office.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 6:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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"Game changer." "Anchor." "New brand for Greensboro." "Cool." If these terms describing a forthcoming project in Greensboro sound familiar, it's because the Gate City seems to have a lot of similar plans under way these days.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 4:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Every era has its one big issue to face. Ours is healthcare. The Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, had two primary goals: to reduce healthcare costs, especially taxpayer support, at the same time improving health outcomes.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 4:11 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Much has been said and written about the election law reform legislation known as VIVA (Voter Identification Verification Act - HB 589) - but too many of the reports are misleading or just plain wrong.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 4:07 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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On September 10, 2013, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of break-in and theft at a residence on Mouth of the Creek Road in Blounts Creek, NC.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 1:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Legislative Democrats took a few jabs at state Auditor Beth Wood, a fellow Democrat, at a Tuesday meeting of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 11:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Joe Biden stumbled into Chapel Hill this week to offer his, um, assistance to our hapless junior US senator. Around Haymaker HQ, we were gleefully awaiting more of that patented Biden wisdom and eloquence.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 1:30 am
By: Brant Clifton
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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: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 1:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There's nothing worse than a complainer - except a complainer who expects someone else to solve a problem. So I have a challenge for conservatives who, with good reason, rail against the state of public education in North Carolina: If you truly believe individual responsibility is a fu
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 1:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory congratulated recipients of the state's highest civilian honor tonight at the North Carolina Awards Program in Durham.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 1:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On November 15, 2013 at approximately 10:44 p.m., Deputies were called to the Beaufort County Detention Center in reference to the discovery of a controlled substance on an inmate.
Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2013 @ 6:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Board of Directors of the Shepard Cancer Foundation is proud to announce the election of new officers.
Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2013 @ 6:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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