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It sounds odd to hear me praising McClatchy, but they've done some bang-up work pointing out the waste in the NC Rural Center and making a case for its closure.
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2013 @ 3:52 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The General Assembly has generated plenty of publicity while debating a bill that would affect abortion clinics in North Carolina. Senate Bill 353...
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2013 @ 2:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Most professors accept the following statement, or something very nearly like it: tenure exists in order to protect academic freedom. Without tenure, so the story goes, scholars would be forced to choose between employment and the quest for truth; dogma would replace objectivity.
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2013 @ 1:23 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Ms. Lois E. Sawyer, a resident of Willow Ct., Washington, NC passed away Friday, July 19, 2013 at her residence.
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2013 @ 12:14 pm
By: Announcements
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The Rural Center is getting the axe. The waste, incompetence and tangled interests that your inane economic development schemes have forced on this county have likely lost their inspiration.
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2013 @ 10:12 am
By: Warren Smith
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It looks like my prediction that running for the US Senate would shove leadership of the state House into a distant second place is panning out.
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2013 @ 10:11 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory signed four bills today.
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2013 @ 8:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Ms. Noreen Tetterton, 55, of 624 Plymouth St., Washington, died Tuesday, July 16, 2013.
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2013 @ 8:16 am
By: Announcements
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Reminder: Filing ends at noon tomorrow, Friday July 19th. Candidacy forms must be received by this office by the noon deadline.
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2013 @ 1:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Seriously folks, there are much larger issues to bear here today in our broken federal government; however ....
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2013 @ 1:07 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The GOP establishment is having a conniption over the audacity of Liz Cheney - daughter of the former VPOTUS - daring to challenge the renomination of a sitting GOP senator.
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 11:48 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The circus came to the State Capitol this week, complete with clowns, a carnival barker and a sideshow.
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 11:46 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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Pundits, partisans and politicos have offered their views on the tax plan passed this week, ranging from praise to please.
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 10:34 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Governor Pat McCrory has requested the Office of State Budget and Management suspend dispersement of state grant money to the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center immediately.
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 6:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mrs. Bonnie Jean O'Dell Ray, age 72, a resident of 53 Edgewood Drive, Chocowinity, NC died Wednesday morning July 17, 2013 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 6:09 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Russell Gene McNall, age 68, a resident of 8288 Hwy. 99 North, Pantego died Wednesday evening July 17, 2013 at Vidant Medical Center.
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 6:03 pm
By: Announcements
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New York Times blogger Nate Silver has been pretty doggone prescient in recent years with his election prognostications. He has an interesting observation regarding the 2014 battle for control of the US Senate
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 5:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Up until today, July 18, 2013, we have had many candidates to file.
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 5:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina is likely to see millions of dollars in net annual benefits over time, if lawmakers join almost every other state in making the juvenile justice system...
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 5:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today Representative Paul Tine announced that he voted for the Tax Reform Bill, House Bill 998.
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 5:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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So, whose news reports can we believe. In time gone by, we had available a myriad of news services.
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 4:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Howard Dean Wooten, Jr., 76, of Chocowinity passed away Sunday, July 14, 2013 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital in Washington.
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 12:02 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Shannon Nicole Jones, age 29, a resident of 137 Gage Lane, Washington, died Monday, July 15, 2013 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville.
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 11:26 am
By: Announcements
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement on the Rural Center audit today.
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 10:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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When Republicans fought hard this session to stop sex trafficking in our state, little was heard from so-called women's rights advocates.
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 8:34 am
By: Thom Goolsby
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We've been hearing all about "a grand compromise" in the US Senate over filibusters and votes over Obama administration nominees. Let's review the details of the "compromise".
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 12:07 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Bonnie Jean Ray, age 72, a resident of 53 Edgewood Drive, Chocowinity, NC died Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2013 @ 10:35 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Rush Underwood Derr, III, age 76, a resident of 146 VOA Road, Washington, NC died peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital in Washington, NC.
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2013 @ 10:30 pm
By: Announcements
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Up until today, July 17, 2013, we have had many candidates to file.
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2013 @ 10:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina's tax reform package, cutting the personal income tax rate, is the most significant plan likely to be approved in 2013, an analyst with...
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2013 @ 9:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that financial assistance is available for survivors who suffered damages from the severe thunderstorms and flash flooding that struck Orange and adjoining counties June 30.
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2013 @ 9:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) issued the following statement regarding the recent audit of the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center by State Auditor Beth Wood.
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2013 @ 7:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina is one of only two states which automatically send all 16 and 17 year-olds to the adult justice system, and does not allow juveniles to petition for juvenile court jurisdiction.
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2013 @ 7:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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