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The Republicans were actually trying to save the Social Security system which is at risk of failing in the next decade.
Published: Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 @ 4:41 am
By: Alicia Colon
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A continued look at the media stooges within North Carolina is always appropriate.
Published: Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 @ 4:32 am
By: Brant Clifton
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There is one talking point that has become the go-to objection to eliminating North Carolina's state income taxes and replacing the revenue by expanding the sales tax: "This will shift the tax burden from the rich and onto the backs of the poor!"
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2013 @ 6:34 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Or so said Shakespeare's Richard III, a fictional villain who may have borne at least some resemblance to the fellow just found buried under a parking lot in Leicester...
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2013 @ 6:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senator Bill Cook visited Southside High School on January 25 to visit with administration, faculty, staff, and students.
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2013 @ 3:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mrs. Carolyn "Sarabeth" Sellers Latham, age 85, a resident of Chocowinity and a former resident of Leland, NC died Sunday February 10, 2013 at the home of her daughter Suzanne Whichard located at 513 Bay Lake Street, Chocowinity, NC.
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2013 @ 3:37 pm
By: Announcements
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What can be done about the ideological tilt at colleges and universities? At times, it seems as though the Ivory Tower will be forever lost in a fog of political correctness and collectivist dogma.
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2013 @ 1:28 pm
By: Jane Shaw
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The Child Care Commission made another attempt Feb. 4 to get a procedural committee that sifts through administrative rules to approve a controversial rule prohibiting religious instruction at NC Pre-K centers.
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2013 @ 1:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As a child growing up in the South, Columbus Copeland dreamed of playing college basketball and earning a college degree.
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2013 @ 10:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The leadership of the N.C. General Assembly, newly reinforced by a Republican governor, appeared to show its true colors this week. And they weren't pretty.
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2013 @ 4:23 am
By: Brant Clifton
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North Carolina features over 50 occupational licensing boards. The state licenses more occupations than most other states and is one of the more aggressive in licensing jobs for the poor or less educated.
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2013 @ 3:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Created by the State of North Carolina in 1792 as a planned capital city, the area encompassing present-day Raleigh, North Carolina had a handful of sparse colonial settlements as early as the 1760s.
Published: Sunday, February 10th, 2013 @ 2:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On December 18, 2012, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a Larceny that occurred at a meat packing plant in Chocowinity, NC.
Published: Sunday, February 10th, 2013 @ 9:41 am
By: Luciana Sharpe
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The N&O's Craig Jarvis has me puzzled with his latest piece on Skvarla, entitled "What's Skvarla Think About Global Warming?"
Published: Sunday, February 10th, 2013 @ 4:28 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Democrats won't touch that arena because they know that most gun crimes are in cities with the toughest gun control laws.
Published: Sunday, February 10th, 2013 @ 3:57 am
By: Alicia Colon
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Mr. Clarence Gray Alligood, age 79, a resident of 6966 U.S. Highway 264 East, Washington, died Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, at his home.
Published: Sunday, February 10th, 2013 @ 3:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Genevieve Knight Sherrod, a resident of 308 Brighton Park, Apt. 6, Greenville, died Wednesday, February 6, 2013, at Vidant Medical Center.
Published: Saturday, February 9th, 2013 @ 6:23 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Harold Wayne Woolard, age 62, a resident of 1645 NC 102 Hwy W., Chocowinity, NC died Thursday, February 7, 2013, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital in Washington.
Published: Saturday, February 9th, 2013 @ 6:13 pm
By: Announcements
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Southside High School would like to welcome its interns who are completing their educational requirements at Southside this semester.
Published: Saturday, February 9th, 2013 @ 12:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On December 26, 2012, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a larceny that occurred at a mulch business on Highway 102 in Vanceboro, NC.
Published: Saturday, February 9th, 2013 @ 12:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Would enrolling more out-of-state students help finance our state's university system, raise its national reputation, and spur the economy? Or would it be a slap in the face to state...
Published: Saturday, February 9th, 2013 @ 12:17 pm
By: Duke Cheston
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Now that North Carolina has lifted its public charter school cap and approved new tax credits for parents of children with special education needs, state leaders still have other options for improving parental choice in education.
Published: Saturday, February 9th, 2013 @ 12:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gunga Din was immortalized by Rudyard Kipling in literature -- and later in movies. He was a poor, hapless, shuffling, kowtowing, water-carrying man-servant to some British soldiers in India.
Published: Saturday, February 9th, 2013 @ 11:40 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Kathryn Shepard was honored as Southside High School’s nominee to the Beaufort County Board of Education for the character trait of perseverance.
Published: Saturday, February 9th, 2013 @ 11:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On February 1, 2013, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received multiple reports of vehicle break-ins in the area of Chesterfield Drive, Homeplace Road, CBH Lodge Road, and Cherry Road in Washington, NC.
Published: Saturday, February 9th, 2013 @ 11:19 am
By: Luciana Sharpe
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Outer Banks Urology is now affiliated with Vidant Medical Group, operating under the name Vidant Urology-Outer Banks.
Published: Friday, February 8th, 2013 @ 11:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A Monday event in Whiteville honoring former state Sen. R.C. Soles, D-Columbus, has been canceled, Carolina Journal has learned. According to a man associated with the event who did not want to be identified, Soles decided...
Published: Friday, February 8th, 2013 @ 11:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor McCrory announced the following appointments.
Published: Friday, February 8th, 2013 @ 6:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Philanthropic foundations usually do not bear the costs when the ideas they promote turn out to be wrong. Unlike business capital, which can be lost when executives back bad products, foundations lose nothing when their executives back bad ideas.
Published: Friday, February 8th, 2013 @ 5:50 pm
By: Jenna Ashley Robinson
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Monica Davis and Wendy Paul's first grade class at Eastern Elementary School in Washington recently...
Published: Friday, February 8th, 2013 @ 5:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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