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Legislators can take one of the most effective steps toward fighting overregulation in North Carolina by setting expiration dates for state rules. Support for end dates -- or sunsetting -- is one of the key findings in a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report.
Published: Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 @ 11:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Though clouds threatened, the rain held off during the official opening of the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine community service learning center in Elizabeth City on June 10.
Published: Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 @ 11:56 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory announced the following direct appointments today
Published: Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 @ 11:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If one is interested in what realistically passes for total Conservative political discourse in Beaufort County, one must visit the Conservative Republican Club, Thursday Night, June 13, 2013.
Published: Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 @ 10:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Let's keep this simple! Tomorrow afternoon and evening (between 3:00pm through 11:00pm) severe thunderstorms, with damaging straight line winds in excess of 60mph, hail, torrential rain and large quantities of cloud to ground lightning are possible anywhere in Beaufort County.
Published: Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 @ 10:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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During the past year, North Carolinians have heard many things about Obamacare, Medicaid, and health care reform that turned out to be untrue.
Published: Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 @ 10:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mr. Vincient Keys, of 2055 Core Point Road, Blounts Creek, died Tuesday, June 11, 2013, at his home.
Published: Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 @ 3:34 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Ola Corinne Woolard, 103, a resident of Braddy Road, Washington, died Tuesday, June 11, 2013.
Published: Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 @ 3:33 pm
By: Announcements
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The useful idiots at McClatchy and WRAL are breaking their necks to paint Bill Barber's lefty fruitcake convention at the legislative building as the moral equivalent of Rosa Parks, James Meredith and MLK crusading for civil rights in the 1960s.
Published: Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 @ 12:59 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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In a recent press release, it was announced that "Governor Pat McCrory ... has proclaimed June as Solar Energy Month in North Carolina." In doing so, the governor...
Published: Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 @ 1:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina House unveiled its two year spending plan on Sunday night. Total spending for FY 2013-14 would come to $20.6 billion - virtually identical to the Senate's budget proposal and Gov. McCrory's budget released in March.
Published: Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 @ 12:45 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor McCrory announced the following direct appointment today.
Published: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 @ 11:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Money to provide opportunity scholarships -- or school vouchers -- to children from lower income families has made it into the House budget...
Published: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 @ 11:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On June 14, 2014, from 4:00 to 7:00 pm at Washington High School, come meet NFL football stars and watch them play basketball against the Washington Fire and Rescue in the Washington High School gym.
Published: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 @ 7:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Everyone knows a little about Chicago, MIT, and Harvard, but few know about the country's tribal colleges. They are fairly new; Congress authorized and funded them in 1978; most of today's thirty-five colleges got their start even more recently.
Published: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 @ 7:11 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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McClatchy-Raleigh published a cutesy little item today about how Thom Tillis is not going to shave until the doggone legislative session ends. (Seriously.)
Published: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 @ 7:08 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Mrs. Ola Corinne Woolard, age 103, a resident of Braddy Rd., Washington, NC, died on Tuesday, June 11, 2013.
Published: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 @ 3:41 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Ann Marie Duke Cobb, 65 a resident of Pinetops,, died Monday, June 10, 2013, at Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Published: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 @ 3:37 pm
By: Announcements
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When is a sales-tax increase not really a sales-tax increase? If you want to make sense of the contrasting claims about tax reform in North Carolina, this is one...
Published: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 @ 2:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory issued an executive order to form a Health and Safety Leadership Team and proclaimed June as Safety Awareness Month in State Government to focus on the safety, health and well-being of North Carolina's dedicated employees and their families both on and off the job.
Published: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 @ 2:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On September 29, 2012, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a larceny which occurred at a residence on Swan Point Reef in Washington, NC.
Published: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 @ 2:22 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Summer’s longer days and warmer temperatures offer more opportunities to eat fresh fruits and vegetables but not everyone knows how or where to get healthy foods.
Published: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 @ 2:16 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The Associate Degree Nursing students at Beaufort County Community College sponsored a Health Fair recently at Adamsville Church of God.
Published: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 @ 10:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This was supposed to be a great weekend for Thom Tillis. He's presiding over the state House at a historic time for the NCGOP. The state GOP convention was in his neck of the woods.
Published: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 @ 8:55 am
By: Brant Clifton
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North Carolina lawmakers have an opportunity. After spirited debate by participants on both sides of the aisle, last week members of the House Education Committee approved a bill (HB 944) to provide low income children with a voucher of up to $4,200 to attend nonpublic schools.
Published: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 @ 12:24 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today $19 million in federal crime grants awarded to state and local agencies for public safety needs.
Published: Monday, June 10th, 2013 @ 11:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina’s most vulnerable Medicaid patients deserve a health care safety net that meets their needs and moves them from sickness to health.
Published: Monday, June 10th, 2013 @ 11:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On June 8, 2013 at approximately 9:40 p.m., the City of Washington experienced a power surge within its electrical system.
Published: Monday, June 10th, 2013 @ 11:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yep. Big Barry's doing it for "the children." In politics, you could justify invading Iran by saying it's "for the children" and you could likely get a free pass from the media and your opponents.
Published: Monday, June 10th, 2013 @ 10:54 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The Beaufort County Community College Foundation is sponsoring a two-week trip to England aboard the Queen Mary II that will feature visits to London's famed theater district and a three night stay in one of England's most picturesque coastal villages.
Published: Monday, June 10th, 2013 @ 10:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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What is now Carteret, Pamlico, Craven, Lenoir, Jones, Beaufort, and Pitt Counties was a terrifying place to live from 1711 to 1713.
Published: Monday, June 10th, 2013 @ 7:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mrs. Ann Marie Duke Cobb, age 65 a resident of Pinetops, NC died Monday June 10, 2013 at Vidant Medical Center of Greenville, NC.
Published: Monday, June 10th, 2013 @ 6:42 pm
By: Announcements
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