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Senator Ted Cruz has fulfilled his election promise to do everything it takes to stop Obamacare. To that end, he has commenced a talking filibuster against the budget CR, which Harry Reid plans to use as a conduit for reinserting funding to Obamacare.
Published: Wednesday, September 25th, 2013 @ 3:26 am
By: Brant Clifton
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On September 19, 2013 Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit arrested Walter Lee Keel, age 35, of 119 Whichard Lane in Tarboro and Allie Logan Claiborne, age 20, of 1157 Hwy 42 in Pinetops.
Published: Wednesday, September 25th, 2013 @ 3:06 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina's oft mentioned "Redneck Riviera", has most different rhythms at different points of the year, irrespective of seasons.
Published: Wednesday, September 25th, 2013 @ 2:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Campbell University expects to play a lead role in the transformation of health care delivery in North Carolina, and to aid ailing rural communities by sending them health care professionals from its new School of Osteopathic Medicine, school officials said Thursday.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 @ 5:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the six years I've been at the Pope Center, I've seen a number of new higher education reform organizations emerge. I view the growing numbers of allies as a sign that higher education reform is an idea whose time has come.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 @ 4:36 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Russia has witnessed massive changes over the past two decades. Not all of them have been good. Yuri Maltsev, professor of economics at Carthage College, served as a top economics adviser to Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union, before Maltsev defected to the United...
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 @ 4:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The UNC academic fraud scandal is like a pesky staph infection that just won't go away for university officials - nor should it.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 @ 4:32 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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Governor Pat McCrory has announced that five North Carolinians from diverse artistic traditions will be awarded the state's Heritage Awards, May 20, 2014 at the A.J. Fletcher Opera House in the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 @ 2:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It appears that Raleigh-based radio talk show host Frank Roche will be jumping into the 2014 Second Congressional District GOP primary. The district is currently represented by Republican Renee Ellmers of Dunn.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 @ 2:40 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The House passes and sends to the Senate a bill funding the Government (but for ObamaCare) through mid-December. Harry Reid pronounces it dead on arrival and claims that the Reps are trying to shut down the Government.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 @ 11:40 am
By: Jim Bispo
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Mr. Justus Tice, age 84, a resident of 215 East 12th Street, died Monday September 23, 2013.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 @ 11:27 am
By: Announcements
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Dustin Clinton Reiners, age 29, a resident of 114 Vreugdenhil Road, Pantego, died Monday, September 23, 2013 at his home.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 @ 11:26 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. John Nathan Quidley, 64, of 109 Northwest Drive, Washington, died Friday, Sept. 13, 2013.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 @ 11:26 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Larry Credle, 60, of 112 Elks Circle, Chocowinity, died Monday, Sept. 23, 2013.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 @ 11:25 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Walton Edmunson "Walt" Swain, age 89, a resident of 103 N. Wedgewood Dr., Washington, died Sunday, September 22, 2013 at his home.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 @ 11:23 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Chairman Robert Brinkley saved what might be considered the biggest news for his closing remarks during the regularly scheduled East Carolina University Board of Trustees meeting Sept. 20.
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 10:42 pm
By: ECU News Services
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On July 30, 2013, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of sexual assault that occurred at a residence on Harding Village Road in Washington.
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 10:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If you are interested in a solution, it is important that you attend. Please pass the word. Your presence is requested.
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 10:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Health care is likely to be the second-biggest issue in next year's midterm elections (the condition of the economy will be #1). But while North Carolina Democrats and liberal activists would like the management of the state Department of Health and Human Services to define the health care issue...
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 10:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina First Lady Ann McCrory celebrated Family Day with more than 70 students and parents for lunch at Elm City Elementary in Wilson today.
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 9:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Incarcerated prisoners are not entitled to unemployment benefits because they obviously do not meet the condition of being able, available, and actively looking for work.
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 8:45 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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"The Food Dialogues is a signature event series designed by USFRA® to answer the tough questions about agriculture," said Larry Wooten, President of N.C. Farm Bureau, a member organization of NCAAC.
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 7:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Justus Tice, age 84, a resident of 215 East 12th Street, died Monday September 23, 2013.
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 6:01 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Alexander H. Rossiter, Jr., a resident of the Pamlico Plantation Community, died Monday, September 23, 2013 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 5:56 pm
By: Announcements
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Well, House Republicans got dragged kicking and screaming into doing the right thing on ObamaCare. Now, it's the Senate's turn to step up.
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 4:33 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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On September 18, 2013, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received information about a possible stolen utility trailer at a residence on Antler Lane in Washington.
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 3:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Just five months after releasing a report that outlined key questions surrounding new Common Core public school education standards, the John Locke Foundation has revised and expanded the report - nearly doubling the number of questions answered.
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 12:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Most North Carolinians are painfully aware of how grim the ongoing recession has been for our state. However, few know about our oppressive Third World debt owed to the federal government for money borrowed to pay benefits to unemployed workers.
Published: Sunday, September 22nd, 2013 @ 11:55 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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Mr. Walton E. “Walt” Swain, age 89, a resident of Washington, NC died Sunday September 22, 2013 at his home.
Published: Sunday, September 22nd, 2013 @ 6:41 pm
By: Announcements
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Faculty members at East Carolina University have developed and released free curriculum materials designed to help high school students with learning differences make a successful transition to college.
Published: Sunday, September 22nd, 2013 @ 6:35 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory and the Commerce Department's Division of Workforce Solutions are participating in a Stand Down event in Durham today to help homeless veterans find employment and obtain needed medical, dental, and other services.
Published: Sunday, September 22nd, 2013 @ 6:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I am sure Renee Ellmers thought it would be a pretty cushy event. Gatherings in Pinehurst tend to be very cordial, polite, docile, civil affairs. (Especially if cocktails are being served.)
Published: Sunday, September 22nd, 2013 @ 5:44 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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To the surprise of industry observers, the U.S. Department of Justice in August filed to lawsuit to block the pending merger of US Airways and American Airlines. Contrary to much howling in the press and from the companies, unions, and communities involved, the DOJ's action was far from...
Published: Sunday, September 22nd, 2013 @ 3:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On July 30, 2013, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of sexual assault that occurred at a residence on Harding Village Road in Washington.
Published: Sunday, September 22nd, 2013 @ 3:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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