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On checking the Boy Scouts of America Media Center for Press Releases at 9:10 pm Thursday the 23rd day of May their most recent release is about "Gone Fishing".
Published: Saturday, May 25th, 2013 @ 11:32 am
By: Buzz Cayton
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To that effect, it really does not matter whether Candidate Obama survives the second term of his ongoing "pretend" presidency.
Published: Saturday, May 25th, 2013 @ 9:07 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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President Barack Obama's 2013-14 budget plan may be dead on arrival in Congress. Given its unwise tax hikes and unsustainable spending levels, I won't...
Published: Saturday, May 25th, 2013 @ 9:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Big Barry in DC and Speaker Thom are getting a real taste of what Tricky Dick Nixon went through in 1974. * It sure blows when people start raising a stink about your heavy-handed iron-fisted management style.*
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2013 @ 11:34 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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We can be surrounded by our past yet remain clueless. Street signs, for instance, help commuters and travelers find their final destinations. Those signs can...
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2013 @ 11:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Just days after he graduated from Beaufort County Community College, William Wallace started a new job as an electrical and instrumentation technician with DuPont's manufacturing plant in Kinston.
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2013 @ 11:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A group of East Carolina University physical therapy students and faculty members volunteered their time on May 17 to build bikes for 20 children with disabilities, for a giveaway on May 18.
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2013 @ 5:12 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Mr. Henry Leroy Riddick, 74, of 207 Roanoke Avenue, Plymouth, died Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at Washington County Hospital, Plymouth.
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2013 @ 4:26 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Murphy Keys, a resident of 842 of Peach Place, Fort Mills, S.C., and formerly of Beaufort County, died Monday, May 20, 2013, at Carrington Place Nursing Home in Matthew, N.C.
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2013 @ 4:22 pm
By: Announcements
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William Burrell Crompton, Jr. Lt. Col. US Army Retired, age 84, a resident of River Road, Washington, NC, passed away on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at Ridgewood Manner Nursing Home.
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2013 @ 4:15 pm
By: Announcements
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It’s official: the federal Departments of Justice and Education have joined together to put an end to free speech on America’s campuses. This is not an exaggeration—those government agencies are trying to grab our most basic freedom under the cover of preventing sexual harassment.
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2013 @ 4:06 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following press statement this morning concerning the Senate's budget proposal
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2013 @ 3:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Every time I think the McClatchy crayonistas have stooped to a new low, they surprise me.
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2013 @ 11:23 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Last night, the North Carolina state Senate unveiled its two year state budget proposal. Total spending included for FY 2013-14 comes to $20.58 billion, which would be roughly $400 million higher than the current year's budget, good for a 2.3 percent increase.
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2013 @ 10:02 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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One stark difference between the GOP Senate budget plan and the one proposed by Republican Gov. Pat McCrory is money to compensate victims of North Carolina's eugenics program.
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2013 @ 1:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the coastal counties, many of whom are Tier I and II counties, the ferry riders are mostly folks going to work. The river ferries are virtually all commuter traffic, including school buses going to and from school, and folks going to the Doctor’s Office or doing every-day shopping.
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2013 @ 1:46 am
By: Bill Cook
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House Speaker Thom Tillis is under siege. We have been reporting here that we continue to pick up rumors on Jones Street and from Administration operatives that there is a broad and deep resentment growing against Tillis' high-handed method of operating.
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2013 @ 1:31 am
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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New BCCC associate degree nursing graduates pinned in ceremony on May 16
Published: Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 @ 8:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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You have to hand it to North Carolina's Republican Senators. They relish going, as Star Trek proclaimed, "Where no man has gone before."
Published: Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 @ 8:36 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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In the field of K-12 innovation, the digital device dominates. An increasing number of school districts nationwide are leveraging electronic...
Published: Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 @ 8:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On May 10, 2013, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit arrested Edward Heath Willard, age 38, of 7508 Slatestone Rd. in Washington.
Published: Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 @ 7:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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William Burrell Crompton Jr., 84, a resident of River Road, Washington, died Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at Ridgewood Manner nursing home.
Published: Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 @ 4:58 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Tillie Daniels, of 828 Boston Ave., Washington, died Friday, May 17, 2013 at home.
Published: Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 @ 4:57 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Shirley Jean Wells Smith, age 69, a resident of Lover’s Ln., Washington, NC, passed away on Monday, May 20, 2013 at River Trace Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
Published: Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 @ 4:55 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Floyd McKinley Banks, age 70, a resident of Jones Circle, Chocowinity, NC, passed away on Thursday, May 2, 2013 at Vidant Medical Center.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 @ 5:04 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Mayhew Banks, 75, a resident of 335 Fayrewinds Drive, Blount’s Creek, died Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 @ 5:02 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Elisha Barnes, 44, a resident of 821 Kildarie Farm Road, Cary, and formerly of Aurora, died Friday, May 17, 2013, at Hospice of Wake County.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 @ 5:01 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Charles Cline, age 78, a resident of Live Oak Ln., Washington, NC, died on Sunday, May 19, 2013.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 @ 5:00 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Robert Lee Hines Jr., of 101 Fort Drive, Washington, died Monday, May 20, 2013, at his home.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 @ 4:58 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Murphy Keys, of 842 Peach Place Drive, Fort Mills, S.C., and formerly of Beaufort County, died, Monday, May 20, 2013, at Carrington Place Nursing Home Matthews.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 @ 4:57 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Sherman Jackson Linton, age 80, a former resident of the Pungo Community of Pantego, NC died Tuesday May 21, 2013 at Vidant Pungo Hospital in Belhaven.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 @ 4:55 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Shirley Jean Wells Smith, age 69, a resident of Lover's Ln., Washington, NC, passed away on Monday, May 20, 2013 at River Trace Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 @ 4:52 pm
By: Announcements
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North Carolina's mental health system is "very fragile," straining beneath the weight of psychiatrist shortages, emergency rooms overflowing...
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 @ 5:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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