Mr. Maige "Ray" Eastwood, age 67, a resident of 3248 River Road, Washington, died Saturday, January 19, 2013, at his home.
Published: Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 @ 2:44 pm
By: Announcements
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Joseph Foster Massey, Jr., 84, a resident of Pamlico Plantation, died Sunday, January 20, 2013. A memorial service will be held Saturday, January 26, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Zion Episcopal Church.
Published: Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 @ 2:39 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Leonard Donald Sawyer, age 82, a resident of 571 Avenue Road, Washington, NC, and a former resident of Belhaven died Sunday, January 20, 2013, at River Trace Nursing Center of Washington.
Published: Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 @ 2:36 pm
By: Announcements
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Jennifer Haddock Roman, 52, a resident of Washington, died Monday, January 21, 2013, at Vidant Medical Center of Greenville.
Published: Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 @ 2:27 pm
By: Announcements
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Selling unpasteurized milk has been illegal in North Carolina for three decades. But that hasn't stopped growing numbers of families around the state from going to extreme lengths to obtain it.
Published: Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 @ 12:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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El Presidenté stirred up quite a grassroots ruckus with his "executive actions" many see as an infringement on The Second Amendment to The U.S. Constitution.
Published: Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 @ 11:26 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Want to make North Carolina public education more cost-effective?
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2013 @ 3:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine has been named an Apple Distinguished Program for the 2012-2013 school year for the innovative implementation of technology in all aspects of its didactic, problem-solving and clinical education programs.
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2013 @ 1:51 pm
By: ECU News Services
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You would think we would have learned by now - but, alas, it doesn't seem so. Specifically, we have not learned to listen carefully to the Anointed One when he speaks and to carefully parse every word that he utters.
Published: Sunday, January 20th, 2013 @ 10:22 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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During the 2009 Session of the General Assembly, Senator Floyd McKissick(D) from Durham County introduced the Racial Justice Act SB461. The act provides a process by which statistical evidence could be used to establish that race was the basis for seeking or obtaining the death penalty in any case.
Published: Sunday, January 20th, 2013 @ 10:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On June 28, 2010, the Supreme Court decided one of the most important Second Amendment cases in U.S. history. McDonald v. City of Chicago.
Published: Sunday, January 20th, 2013 @ 8:12 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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"Shale gas has the potential to materially improve the economic lot of every citizen of the U.S." Dr. Vikram Rao, executive director of the Research Triangle Energy Consortium.
Published: Sunday, January 20th, 2013 @ 6:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Chris Fitzsimon and the rest of the portside gang are beside themselves -- thinking that the free market terror is going to sweep across the four corners of the beltline and seep into the state's hinterlands.
Published: Sunday, January 20th, 2013 @ 5:41 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Audry “A.B.” Hardy, 84, of Aurora died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, at Carolina East Medical Center.
Published: Sunday, January 20th, 2013 @ 1:57 pm
By: Announcements
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Keeter Baggett Pope died on January 17, 2013, at home in Chocowinity, NC.
Published: Sunday, January 20th, 2013 @ 1:52 pm
By: Announcements
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Patricia (McQuade) Ryan, 92, of Suffield, CT passed away on January 16, 2013. Born in New Rochelle, NY on October 1,1920 she was the daughter of the late Patrick and Mary McQuade.
Published: Sunday, January 20th, 2013 @ 1:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Michael L. Cole, 56, of Kernersville, father of two and husband of Pamela Cole, passed away January 17, 2013.
Published: Sunday, January 20th, 2013 @ 12:03 pm
By: Announcements
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For elected Beaufort County Democrats: Not so much.
Published: Sunday, January 20th, 2013 @ 11:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Two presidents dominated the landscape of mid-19th century America--Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln. Sandwiched between them, however, was James K. Polk, a remarkable and highly effective president.
Published: Sunday, January 20th, 2013 @ 11:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mr. Joseph “Heber” Rose, Sr., age 85, a resident of 1165 Little Creek Road Ext., Belhaven, died Saturday, January 19, 2013 at his home, surrounded by his family.
Published: Sunday, January 20th, 2013 @ 10:25 am
By: Announcements
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Weir Oil and Gas, located just north and east of Washington, NC on Old Bath Highway, has announced that they will be laying off their employees, shuttering their plant, never to re-open.
Published: Saturday, January 19th, 2013 @ 11:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Pat McCrory signed a proclamation declaring January 21, 2013 as "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day" in North Carolina, urging all citizens to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through service to their communities.
Published: Saturday, January 19th, 2013 @ 8:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Ralph Wallace Hodges, Sr., age 77, a resident of 119 Chancy Circle, Brunswick, Ga., died Sunday, January 13, 2013, at his home.
Published: Friday, January 18th, 2013 @ 11:59 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Keeter Baggett Pope, 73, a resident of Chocowinity, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, at her home.
Published: Friday, January 18th, 2013 @ 11:52 pm
By: Announcements
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Lucille Allen Wetmore, 92, of Raleigh passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2013, after a sudden illness.
Published: Friday, January 18th, 2013 @ 11:50 pm
By: Announcements
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Charlotte is getting a lot of attention lately. It hosted Barack Obama and the Democrat National Convention in 2012. Its former mayor was just sworn in as governor. On January 25, The Queen City will be hosting the winter meeting of The Republican National Committee.
Published: Friday, January 18th, 2013 @ 11:01 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Any tax-reform bill that might move through the North Carolina General Assembly will address only state-level taxes. So the topic of my column today is unlikely to lead to any legislative action in the short run.
Published: Friday, January 18th, 2013 @ 7:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, America's 3rd president and chief author of our Declaration of Independence once remarked, "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it's natural manure."
Published: Friday, January 18th, 2013 @ 1:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Many scandals are about crimes and money, but equally destructive are scandals that corrode our sense of honor.
Published: Friday, January 18th, 2013 @ 9:11 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Two men who want to lead the N.C. Democratic Party - former state Sen. Eric Mansfield of Cumberland County and Pittsboro Mayor Randy Voller
Published: Friday, January 18th, 2013 @ 12:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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