The House passes and sends to the Senate a bill funding the Government (but for ObamaCare) through mid-December. Harry Reid pronounces it dead on arrival and claims that the Reps are trying to shut down the Government.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 @ 11:40 am
By: Jim Bispo
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Mr. Justus Tice, age 84, a resident of 215 East 12th Street, died Monday September 23, 2013.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 @ 11:27 am
By: Announcements
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Dustin Clinton Reiners, age 29, a resident of 114 Vreugdenhil Road, Pantego, died Monday, September 23, 2013 at his home.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 @ 11:26 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. John Nathan Quidley, 64, of 109 Northwest Drive, Washington, died Friday, Sept. 13, 2013.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 @ 11:26 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Larry Credle, 60, of 112 Elks Circle, Chocowinity, died Monday, Sept. 23, 2013.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 @ 11:25 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Walton Edmunson "Walt" Swain, age 89, a resident of 103 N. Wedgewood Dr., Washington, died Sunday, September 22, 2013 at his home.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 @ 11:23 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Chairman Robert Brinkley saved what might be considered the biggest news for his closing remarks during the regularly scheduled East Carolina University Board of Trustees meeting Sept. 20.
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 10:42 pm
By: ECU News Services
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On July 30, 2013, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of sexual assault that occurred at a residence on Harding Village Road in Washington.
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 10:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If you are interested in a solution, it is important that you attend. Please pass the word. Your presence is requested.
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 10:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Health care is likely to be the second-biggest issue in next year's midterm elections (the condition of the economy will be #1). But while North Carolina Democrats and liberal activists would like the management of the state Department of Health and Human Services to define the health care issue...
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 10:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina First Lady Ann McCrory celebrated Family Day with more than 70 students and parents for lunch at Elm City Elementary in Wilson today.
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 9:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Incarcerated prisoners are not entitled to unemployment benefits because they obviously do not meet the condition of being able, available, and actively looking for work.
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 8:45 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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"The Food Dialogues is a signature event series designed by USFRA® to answer the tough questions about agriculture," said Larry Wooten, President of N.C. Farm Bureau, a member organization of NCAAC.
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 7:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Justus Tice, age 84, a resident of 215 East 12th Street, died Monday September 23, 2013.
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 6:01 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Alexander H. Rossiter, Jr., a resident of the Pamlico Plantation Community, died Monday, September 23, 2013 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 5:56 pm
By: Announcements
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Well, House Republicans got dragged kicking and screaming into doing the right thing on ObamaCare. Now, it's the Senate's turn to step up.
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 4:33 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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On September 18, 2013, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received information about a possible stolen utility trailer at a residence on Antler Lane in Washington.
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 3:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Just five months after releasing a report that outlined key questions surrounding new Common Core public school education standards, the John Locke Foundation has revised and expanded the report - nearly doubling the number of questions answered.
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 12:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Most North Carolinians are painfully aware of how grim the ongoing recession has been for our state. However, few know about our oppressive Third World debt owed to the federal government for money borrowed to pay benefits to unemployed workers.
Published: Sunday, September 22nd, 2013 @ 11:55 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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Mr. Walton E. “Walt” Swain, age 89, a resident of Washington, NC died Sunday September 22, 2013 at his home.
Published: Sunday, September 22nd, 2013 @ 6:41 pm
By: Announcements
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Faculty members at East Carolina University have developed and released free curriculum materials designed to help high school students with learning differences make a successful transition to college.
Published: Sunday, September 22nd, 2013 @ 6:35 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory and the Commerce Department's Division of Workforce Solutions are participating in a Stand Down event in Durham today to help homeless veterans find employment and obtain needed medical, dental, and other services.
Published: Sunday, September 22nd, 2013 @ 6:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I am sure Renee Ellmers thought it would be a pretty cushy event. Gatherings in Pinehurst tend to be very cordial, polite, docile, civil affairs. (Especially if cocktails are being served.)
Published: Sunday, September 22nd, 2013 @ 5:44 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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To the surprise of industry observers, the U.S. Department of Justice in August filed to lawsuit to block the pending merger of US Airways and American Airlines. Contrary to much howling in the press and from the companies, unions, and communities involved, the DOJ's action was far from...
Published: Sunday, September 22nd, 2013 @ 3:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On July 30, 2013, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of sexual assault that occurred at a residence on Harding Village Road in Washington.
Published: Sunday, September 22nd, 2013 @ 3:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The recent discovery of important voter mailings stacked up in a post office underlines long-standing failures by elections staff that the Forsyth County Board of Elections (BOE) must finally resolve.
Published: Sunday, September 22nd, 2013 @ 3:01 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Ashley Woolard, a resident of Washington and former candidate for the U.S. Congress, has joined the Beaufort County Community College Board of Trustees. He was appointed to the college board by the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners.
Published: Sunday, September 22nd, 2013 @ 2:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Josiah Collins, Sr. was born near Taunton, Somersetshire, England in August 1735 as the son of David and Joan Collins.
Published: Sunday, September 22nd, 2013 @ 11:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Redden "R.L." Louis Woolard Sr., 84, of 540 Griffin-Hodges Road, died Friday, Sept. 20, 2013 in his home.
Published: Sunday, September 22nd, 2013 @ 9:49 am
By: Announcements
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Last weekend Governor Pat McCrory appeared on the statewide television talk show NC SPIN to discuss his first eight months in office.
Published: Saturday, September 21st, 2013 @ 10:27 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The month of August for BCN was nothing short of an outstanding month, where we bested our best in: unique IPs per day, hits, while coming in a close second in page views, and exceeding a number of important milestones.
Published: Saturday, September 21st, 2013 @ 10:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I am honored to be here today. Alas, my message is not altogether pleasant. Indeed, it may be the intellectual equivalent of having a hemorrhoid operation performed by an unlicensed French physician just returned from a wine-laden lunch.
Published: Saturday, September 21st, 2013 @ 9:47 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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A new state audit slams a former child care provider for setting up a front company to avoid sanctions.
Published: Saturday, September 21st, 2013 @ 9:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The GOP-dominated House passed a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the cash flowing to the federal government while, reportedly, defunding ObamaCare. And Republicans were ready to crow.
Published: Saturday, September 21st, 2013 @ 9:16 am
By: Brant Clifton
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