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Literacy Volunteers of Beaufort County recently joined with Beaufort County Community College to inform its Basic Skills students about coming changes in the General Educational Development, or GED, Program.
Published: Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 @ 8:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Tax subsidies in Obamacare could push at least half of privately insured, lower-income North Carolinians into the federal health exchange and off of private coverage, critics of the federal health reform law say.
Published: Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 @ 8:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Members of the Southside High School FFA chapter competed in the Tidewater Federation Career Development events on March 13 at the Vernon James Center in Roper.
Published: Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 @ 7:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory takes action on legislation and his proposed bedget for the state of North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 @ 2:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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That's how newly elected Governor Pat McCrory described his first state budget proposal at a press conference Wednesday morning.
Published: Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 @ 11:10 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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When Gov. Pat McCrory released his first state budget plan on the morning March 20, I happened to be driving to Charlotte for a meeting.
Published: Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 @ 10:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Never in the short history of polls on BCN has a poll collected so much attention.
Published: Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 @ 8:26 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On March 22, 2013 at approximately 1:20 a.m., the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a vehicle theft that had just occurred at a residence on Highway 33 East in Chocowinity, NC.
Published: Monday, March 25th, 2013 @ 11:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Former North Carolina Governor James G. Martin has joined the board of directors of the John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy.
Published: Monday, March 25th, 2013 @ 11:47 pm
By: Jane Shaw
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The Greater Pamlico Area Chapter of the American Red Cross is hosting a ball drop fundraiser on April 6, 2013 at 11:00 am at Warren Field.
Published: Monday, March 25th, 2013 @ 11:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Perdue was wrong on several levels to have committed the state to an agreement over the Dorothea Dix property, but so is the legislature wrong in reneging on the deal.
Published: Monday, March 25th, 2013 @ 7:57 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Each year employees at Vidant Children's Hospital volunteer for a chance to let pediatric patients toss Jell-o onto their faces.
Published: Monday, March 25th, 2013 @ 6:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mrs. Belinda Gail Alligood "Nana" Banks, age 61, a resident of 548 Hodges Rd., Chocowinity, NC died Sunday, March 24, 2013 at Vidant Medical Center of Greenville.
Published: Monday, March 25th, 2013 @ 4:19 pm
By: Announcements
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The Division of Continuing Education at Beaufort County Community will offer these classes listed here below.
Published: Monday, March 25th, 2013 @ 4:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Unlike some legislators, McCrory didn't claim an answer. He didn't call for new laws or issue executive orders.
Published: Monday, March 25th, 2013 @ 3:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In February, American Airlines agreed to merge with US Airways, the dominant airline in the state with its largest hub in Charlotte. The announcement sparked some concern, as recent airline mergers often have led to the elimination of a major hub as the two carriers combined their operations.
Published: Monday, March 25th, 2013 @ 3:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Chapel Hill is known mainly for two things: (1) Great basketball and (2) loony-tunes lefty nuttiness. Basketball is down a little bit this year.
Published: Monday, March 25th, 2013 @ 3:19 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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On March 14, 2013, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a larceny that occurred at a residence on Highway 17 North near Washington, NC.
Published: Monday, March 25th, 2013 @ 2:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Tax Foundation last week unveiled its latest installment of its annual State Business Tax Climate Index for 2012. Unsurprisingly, North Carolina remained far down the list, coming in a dismal 44 – making our state the 7th worst in the nation.
Published: Monday, March 25th, 2013 @ 9:21 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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In K-12 education, nothing matters more than ensuring that schools -- and the children within -- are safe. The recent heartrending shooting at a Connecticut elementary school serves as a tragic reminder that violence is real. And it compels us to act.
Published: Monday, March 25th, 2013 @ 2:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Rob "Rielle Who?" hits the nail on the head re: McCrory, but misses the mark on a lot of other stuffGuest lecturer Rob Christensen appears to be filling in for John Frank at the Raleigh campus of McClatchy's School of Creative Writing. Mr. Frank, the school's dean, must be away on sabbatical trying to get the crayons sharpened.
Published: Monday, March 25th, 2013 @ 2:28 am
By: Brant Clifton
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A master of science in network technology was approved in February by the UNC Board of Governors.
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2013 @ 3:05 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Born on April 29, 1952 in the town of Kannapolis (Cabarrus County), North Carolina, Ralph Dale Earnhardt, like other racing oriented families such as the Pettys and the Labontes, was the son of a NASCAR driver.
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2013 @ 1:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I am beginning to wonder if I am the only person in the countryside who abhors having someone look me right in the eye and lie to me.
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2013 @ 12:56 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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Gov. Pat McCrory unveiled his first budget Wednesday that would spend $20.6 billion in the next fiscal year, an increase of about 2.2 percent over the current fiscal year's General Fund budget. The total state budget, including...
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2013 @ 12:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On December 27, 2012 at approximately 9:45 p.m., a structure fire was reported at an abandoned residence located on Highway 102 in Chocowinity, NC near the Pitt County line.
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2013 @ 12:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Pat McCrory and N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced that Meherrin River Forest Products, a lumber processor, will locate its operations in Halifax County.
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2013 @ 11:47 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A requirement for voters to show ID at the polls, and special licensing for non-citizens would appear to be no-brainers for the state GOP after winning an overwhelming majority and mandate in 2012.
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2013 @ 11:12 am
By: Brant Clifton
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CBS, which I take to mean the Communist Broadcasting System, has torn open the almost healed wounds of an almost forgotten war.
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2013 @ 10:22 am
By: George H. Schryer
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The issue of campus speakers has, until now, focused on the rights of invited conservatives to speak without harassment and on the disparity of liberal speakers over conservative ones.
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2013 @ 12:28 am
By: Jay Schalin
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James Madison is often referred to as the "Father of the Constitution." But Madison's ties to the U.S. Constitution go beyond the role he played at its birth. Jeff Broadwater, professor of history at Barton College, highlights...
Published: Saturday, March 23rd, 2013 @ 11:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Another perfect example of why we can't get out of the hole that was dug by the elitist mentality of BCC-100 and former EDC Director.
Published: Saturday, March 23rd, 2013 @ 11:38 pm
By: Betty Murphy
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