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No ferry tolls will be imposed on the Aurora/Bayview ferry. No new tolls will be imposed on any ferries for the fiscal year 2013-2014.
Published: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013 @ 9:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In researching my upcoming biography of former North Carolina Gov. Jim Martin, I've been conducting personal interviews, rooting through boxes of archival material, and collecting press coverage of Martin's 26-year political career as a county commissioner, congressman, and governor.
Published: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013 @ 4:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On July 28, 2013, the World Health Organization and partners celebrate World Hepatitis Day in order to increase the awareness and understanding of the hepatitis virus and diseases it causes. This year continues with the theme "This is Hepatitis.
Published: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013 @ 4:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The mainstream media has been regaling us all day with stories about the $20.6 BILLION budget deal reached by the GOP majority in the North Carolina General Assembly. Yay! We've got a budget!
Published: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013 @ 4:14 am
By: Brant Clifton
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East Carolina University's Board of Trustees welcomed four new members and elected officers during its July 18 meeting at the East Carolina Heart Institute at ECU.
Published: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013 @ 3:36 am
By: ECU News Services
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James passed away in his sleep at home. In keeping with his strict instructions, there will be no funeral or memorial service.
Published: Monday, July 22nd, 2013 @ 11:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Medicaid reform is likely to end up with much better results in North Carolina than in Kentucky. A new joint Policy Report from the John Locke Foundation and the Florida-based Foundation for Government Accountability explains why.
Published: Monday, July 22nd, 2013 @ 11:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Vidant Medical Center recently received Magnet® designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Magnet® recognizes health care organizations for quality patient care, nursing excellence and professional practice.
Published: Monday, July 22nd, 2013 @ 10:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Affordability is a sentiment echoed in the North Carolina Constitution, which states "that the benefits of the University of North Carolina and other public institutions of higher education, as far as practicable, be extended to the people of the state free of expense."
Published: Monday, July 22nd, 2013 @ 10:48 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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At both the federal and state levels, debates about tax reform often devolve quickly into wildly conflicting claims about winners and losers.
Published: Monday, July 22nd, 2013 @ 6:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Late registration for Fall Semester at Beaufort County Community College will be 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14. Classes will begin Thursday, Aug. 15.
Published: Monday, July 22nd, 2013 @ 4:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The meeting of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors on August 9 will be a milestone. Sixteen new members of the UNC Board of Governors will take office - and for the first time in North Carolina history, all voting members have been selected by a Republican legislature (the first 16 w
Published: Monday, July 22nd, 2013 @ 2:44 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The N. C. General Assembly is likely to adjourn soon, perhaps as early as next week. But as best we can determine the N. C. Board of Dietetics/Nutrition will continue to operate.
Published: Monday, July 22nd, 2013 @ 9:12 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Bonner Lee Garris, age 71, a resident of 559 Swan Point Road, Washington, NC entered into eternal peace on July 20, 2013.
Published: Monday, July 22nd, 2013 @ 12:57 am
By: Announcements
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James Joseph Espenshade, age 79, a resident of 664 E. Main St., Belhaven, died Sunday July 21, 2013 at his home.
Published: Monday, July 22nd, 2013 @ 12:46 am
By: Announcements
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House and Senate leaders announced Sunday they have reached an agreement on a $20.6 billion state budget that invests in core services, streamlines state government, strengthens public education and grows North Carolina's economy.
Published: Monday, July 22nd, 2013 @ 12:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Rob "Mr. Politics" Christensen - who has spent THREE decades at The N&O missing stuff like John Edwards's blonde with the camera, Mike Easley's corruption, and Dennis Wicker stiffing a pizza guy - thinks he has the state Senate's president pro tem ALL FIGURED OUT.
Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2013 @ 11:55 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The Constitution provides for such removal from office if the public servant breaks the law, so I reiterate: When will Attorney General Eric Holder be Impeached?
Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2013 @ 10:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Capital punishment - or the death penalty - originates from the Latin word capitalis, which literally translates to "regarding the head," referencing how capital crimes were originally punished by the severing of the head.
Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2013 @ 9:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lt Gov. Dan Forest sent DPI Secretary June Atkinson roughly 20 pages worth of questions about the controversial Common Core curriculum. Did Lt. Dan get his answers?
Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2013 @ 3:35 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Lt. Gov. Dan Forest's opposition to giving drivers licenses to illegal aliens helped kill a bad billWe reported Tuesday (7-16-13) about the House effectively killing HB 786. That bill would have given drivers licenses to illegal aliens, among a long list of "comprehensive immigration reform" measures.
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John Francis McNeilly, 95, of Cary passed away July 14, 2013, at the Lower Cape Fear Hospice Center in Wilmington, NC.
Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2013 @ 1:45 pm
By: Announcements
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Lois E. Sawyer, age 91, a resident of Willows Ct., Washington, NC passed away Friday, July 19, 2013 at her residence after a brief illness.
Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2013 @ 1:26 pm
By: Announcements
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Bonner Lee Garris, age 71, a resident of 559 Swan Point Rd. Washington, died Saturday July 20, 2013 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2013 @ 1:15 pm
By: Announcements
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"The prosecutor is a racist and the first-degree, cold-blooded killer is a victim." This two-part statement is the claim of every legal appeal under the ill-conceived Racial Justice Act (RJA).
Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2013 @ 10:55 am
By: Thom Goolsby
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In the Tampa Tribune of 7/19, there was a truly interesting article about the Senate's agreement to start voting on the Anointed One's nominations to fill vacancies on his "leadership team".
Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2013 @ 10:31 am
By: Jim Bispo
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In late June, the Draft Mark Harris committee was touting the hiring of Tracy Bengtson - a Mecklenburg County grassroots activist who was a key player in the election of Lt. Gov. Dan Forest - as political director.
Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2013 @ 3:36 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Beaufort County Health Department's Environmental Health Section plans to begin spraying the county for mosquitoes this week.
Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2013 @ 3:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Watauga County was established by legislative act in 1849 from parts of Caldwell, Ashe, Wilkes, and Yancey County.
Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2013 @ 1:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest Issues 67 Question Letter to Department of Public Instruction.
Published: Saturday, July 20th, 2013 @ 6:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senate Republicans unveiled a voter ID bill Thursday that resembles a version the House passed earlier this year, with a handful of glaring differences.
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2013 @ 10:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Municipal filing has now closed.
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2013 @ 7:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments to the Western Residence Board of Directors today
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2013 @ 4:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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