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Governor Pat McCrory vowed to reduce the amount of mandatory tests given to North Carolina students and announced a plan to award a $10,000 stipend to selected teachers to assist in the implementation of college and career ready standards at their school districts.
Published: Saturday, August 3rd, 2013 @ 12:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The terms "voter suppression" and "outrageous" were bandied about during the recent debate over North Carolina's voter ID and election law reforms.
Published: Saturday, August 3rd, 2013 @ 12:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Coastal Family Medicine & Wellness Center is now affiliated with Vidant Medical Group, operating under the name Vidant Family Medicine - Outer Banks.
Published: Saturday, August 3rd, 2013 @ 12:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Well, we had about six or so feminazis standing outside the governor's mansion on Monday waving signs and hollering. Gov. Pat's team thought it would be funny to take them some cookies.
Published: Friday, August 2nd, 2013 @ 11:45 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The second phase of the renovation of the public elevator in the Beaufort County Courthouse (112 W. 2nd Street, Washington, NC) will begin on Monday, August 5th.
Published: Friday, August 2nd, 2013 @ 9:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A colleague at the Pope Center has sighted some interesting birds - "bubble hawks" and "bubble doves." Using language...
Published: Friday, August 2nd, 2013 @ 5:59 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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From taxes and spending to regulation, education, and transportation, the 2013 session of the North Carolina General Assembly proved historic in producing...
Published: Friday, August 2nd, 2013 @ 4:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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HB 725 Young Offenders Rehabilitation Act - better known as the "Raise the Age" bill stalled in the Long Session this year.
Published: Friday, August 2nd, 2013 @ 4:21 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Continental Automotive Systems, Inc. will expand its manufacturing facility in Henderson County.
Published: Friday, August 2nd, 2013 @ 2:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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You've heard the spin from the right and the left regarding this session of the General Assembly, but little from centrists. I don't claim to speak for all them all, but I call myself one and think I can provide some insights into what moderates want.
Published: Friday, August 2nd, 2013 @ 1:44 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The 2013 legislative session has at times been contentious, sometimes controversial, often frustrating, but in the end, very successful. This has been a good...
Published: Friday, August 2nd, 2013 @ 1:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Midgette was then escorted to an office beside the courtroom by a Bailiff and Detention Officer to be prepped for transport. Midgette had been out on bond prior to court and was wearing civilian clothing. Midgette fled on foot before officers were able to apply restraints.
Published: Friday, August 2nd, 2013 @ 1:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Well, congresswoman Renee Ellmers (R-NC) has sent out an email to constituents announcing that she's going to forego a run for the Senate and bless us with TWO MORE YEARS in DC's lower chamber.
Published: Friday, August 2nd, 2013 @ 11:57 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Mr. Donald Ray “Pay Day” Moore, of 603 Tarboro Street, Washington, died July 28, 2013.
Published: Friday, August 2nd, 2013 @ 10:42 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Alton M. Oden, 70, a resident of 1032 Railroad Street, Belhaven, died Friday, July 26, 2013, at Vidant Inpatient Hospice.
Published: Friday, August 2nd, 2013 @ 10:37 am
By: Announcements
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Ms. Sandra Lee Ponoski ,age 62, of 1033 Cowell Farm Road, Washington, died Wednesday, July 31, 2013.
Published: Friday, August 2nd, 2013 @ 9:44 am
By: Announcements
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Please see the attached flyers and this year's core curriculum schedule. If you attend all five of BCCC's Small Business Center Core Curriculum classes, you will receive a certificate of completion.
Published: Thursday, August 1st, 2013 @ 11:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Rep. Paul "Skip" Stam, R-Wake, the House speaker pro tem, says a provision passed late in the General Assembly's session - giving lawmakers...
Published: Thursday, August 1st, 2013 @ 11:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mrs. Odessa Lupton Jones Ford, age 95, a resident of 280 North Sixth Street, Aurora, died Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at her home.
Published: Thursday, August 1st, 2013 @ 11:12 pm
By: Announcements
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Heavy rainfall in the North Carolina foothills this past weekend caused severe flooding in several counties damaging homes, businesses, roads and bridges.
Published: Thursday, August 1st, 2013 @ 10:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Penny D. Stokes, 49, a resident of 550 Mary Street, Chocowinity, died Thursday, July 25, 2013, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Thursday, August 1st, 2013 @ 2:38 am
By: Announcements
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Polling shows two-thirds to three-quarters of North Carolinians expressing serious dissatisfaction with ObamaCare.
Published: Thursday, August 1st, 2013 @ 2:08 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The reasons we have consented to limited government are to preserve the freedom to pursue happiness, the freedom to be different and the freedom to be left alone.
Published: Thursday, August 1st, 2013 @ 12:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On July 26, 2013 at approximately 7:29 p.m., Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division assisted the NC State Highway Patrol at a traffic stop on West 5th Street in Washington.
Published: Thursday, August 1st, 2013 @ 12:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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