Mrs. Ruth Strickland Forrest, 80, of Blounts Creek, died Thursday, April 25, 2013.
Published: Saturday, April 27th, 2013 @ 12:52 am
By: Announcements
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Under His Wings performances are at the College of The Albemarle Performing Arts Center, in Elizabeth City, NC. Address: 1208 N. Road Street, Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Published: Saturday, April 27th, 2013 @ 12:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Fiscal conservatism comes naturally to me. After all, my middle name is McDonald.
Published: Friday, April 26th, 2013 @ 11:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yesterday was black day for NC politics. The most important energy/environmental bill of the year (H298) received a setback in the Utility Committee hearing -- when 18 legislators (6 Rs + 12 Ds) voted against the Affordable and Reliable Energy Act!
Published: Friday, April 26th, 2013 @ 11:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina state House has pushed through legislation -however watered-down it may be -- requiring voters to show ID at polling places.
Published: Friday, April 26th, 2013 @ 9:24 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Titled "Protect and Support the Unemployed" and sponsored by Representatives Deborah Ross (D-Wake), Susi Hamilton (D-New Hanover/Brunswick), Pricey Harrison (D- Guilford) and Edward Hanes (D- Forsyth), HB 737 is not all its lofty title suggests that it is.
Published: Friday, April 26th, 2013 @ 6:24 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A graveside service for Mr. William Avery, Jr. will be held at 11:00 AM today at the Latham Cemetery in Pinetown.
Published: Friday, April 26th, 2013 @ 2:57 pm
By: Announcements
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Grace Ann White Rue, a resident of 101 Anderson Street, Washington, N.C., died Saturday, April 20, 2013, at Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Published: Friday, April 26th, 2013 @ 2:54 pm
By: Announcements
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Governor Pat McCrory signed Kilah's Law, House Bill 75/Senate Bill 70 into law today. The bill increases the penalties for convicted child abusers to a Class D felony and requires their official record show that the abused was younger than 16 years of age. Before this law...
Published: Friday, April 26th, 2013 @ 4:29 am
By: Chris Downey
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On Tuesday Washington Police served warrants on Michael Lee King, age 21 of Pitt County. King was charged with one count of statutory rape and one count of statutory sex offense.
Published: Friday, April 26th, 2013 @ 4:17 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County Health Department, along with hundreds of communities across the United States, is celebrating the critical role vaccination plays in protecting our children, communities, and public health.
Published: Friday, April 26th, 2013 @ 4:00 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Local media consumers may have picked up a bit of trivia lately: North Carolina's new governor isn't a Democrat. This break from The Way Things Are Done 'Round Here has led to...
Published: Friday, April 26th, 2013 @ 3:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Considering the extent of how deeply the Golden Leaf Foundation is interwoven into the social and political fabric of some policy makers in North Carolina and local county governments.
Published: Friday, April 26th, 2013 @ 12:49 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Following nearly three years of debate, the state House Wednesday gave its approval to a bill requiring North Carolina voters to provide photo identification...
Published: Friday, April 26th, 2013 @ 12:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Vidant Health Home Health and Hospice is pleased to announce new staff members to its Washington office. Over the past several months new employees have joined the team to better serve the patients in the Washington and Beaufort County area needing home health or hospice services.
Published: Thursday, April 25th, 2013 @ 4:46 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Benjamin Franklin (Frank) Parrott, age 91, went to be with the Lord on Monday, April 22, 2013 in Katy, Texas.
Published: Thursday, April 25th, 2013 @ 3:54 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Menville V. Miller, of 59 Horseshoe Bend Road, Henderson, and formerly of Washington, died Thursday, April 18, 2013, at Kindred Nursing & Rehabilitation, Henderson.
Published: Thursday, April 25th, 2013 @ 3:30 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Olivia Leary "Libby" Leggett, age 64, a resident of 2457 N.C. Hwy 171 North, Washington, died Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at her home.
Published: Thursday, April 25th, 2013 @ 3:16 pm
By: Announcements
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Lorrine Boston was born in Darden, North Carolina on October 29, 2013, to the late Eddie and Mercy Dee Boston.
Published: Thursday, April 25th, 2013 @ 2:56 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. William Avery Jr., age 77, a resident of 86 Wiggins Avenue, N.C. Highway 102 West, Chocowinity, died Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Thursday, April 25th, 2013 @ 2:42 pm
By: Announcements
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The "everyone should go to college" belief is coming under more and more criticism. One of the critics is Dale Stephens, the founder of UnCollege. His book Hacking Your Education: Ditch the Lectures, Save Tens of Thousands, and Learn More than Your Peers Ever Will has been published...
Published: Thursday, April 25th, 2013 @ 1:01 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The tournament is an annual fund-raiser to continue the Dorothy and John Tankard Memorial Scholarship for a Bath or Belhaven student at Beaufort County Community College and for enhancing Historic Bath, to which the Tankards were dedicated.
Published: Thursday, April 25th, 2013 @ 1:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A meeting of the Washington City Council will meet, April 25, 2013 at 5:30 pm, to discuss a number of actions listed here within.low.
Published: Thursday, April 25th, 2013 @ 11:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory presented the state's highest award for volunteer service to 21 recipients during the NC Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service Awards Program today.
Published: Thursday, April 25th, 2013 @ 6:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The local annual tax and fee burden now tops more than $2,000 per person in seven of North Carolina's largest cities. Mooresville ended Charlotte's 11-year run as the...
Published: Thursday, April 25th, 2013 @ 6:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Some Wilmington-area activists with Heritage Action were ringleaders in the effort to hijack US Senator Kay Hagan's Twitter town hall.
Published: Thursday, April 25th, 2013 @ 6:11 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The more effective public health efforts are in keeping the community safe, healthy, and free of diseases, the less residents notice them.
Published: Thursday, April 25th, 2013 @ 1:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A new report from State Auditor Beth Wood's office scolds the state's Information Technology Services division for having cost overruns nearly double original estimates.
Published: Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 @ 9:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It was 1962 when Rachel Carson wrote her revealing - if not controversial - book Silent Spring which pretty much ushered in the "modern" environmental movement.
Published: Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 @ 8:08 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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Listeners from throughout eastern North Carolina phoned in their support for children over this past weekend, pledging $125,390 during the 16th annual "Music for Miracles" Radiothon on Classic Hits 107.9 WNCT.
Published: Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 @ 7:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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