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Mr. Julius “Bro” Harris Jr., formerly of Washington, died Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, in Baltimore, Maryland.
Published: Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 @ 4:53 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Billy Dixon, a resident of 10408 Bending Way, Upper Marlboro, Md., and formerly of Washington, died Thursday, Sept. 12, 1013.
Published: Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 @ 4:49 pm
By: Announcements
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Talmadge B. Ballance, age 91, of Mt. Airy, Maryland, died Sunday, September 15, 2013 at Glade Valley Rehabilitation Center in Walkersville, MD.
Published: Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 @ 4:43 pm
By: Announcements
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"Scared" of the impact Obamacare may have on their businesses, some North Carolina employers are considering private health insurance exchanges as a way to continue providing medical coverage to employees at a lower cost than the mandated insurance under Obamacare. IBM recently used a private...
Published: Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 @ 2:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Boy, this establishment crowd is starting to make us look quite prescient.
Published: Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 @ 12:05 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Tenure-track faculty openings attract scores of applicants. Sometimes the decision makers look for the most competent individuals. Often, however, colleges "recruit" faculty members on the basis of ideological considerations that have nothing to do with true professional standards.
Published: Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 @ 11:30 am
By: John William Pope Center
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 @ 9:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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East Carolina University physicians have begun seeing patients in the emergency department at Vidant Beaufort Hospital under a new agreement that brings university expertise to the community facility.
Published: Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 @ 9:27 am
By: ECU News Services
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You know you have a problem when public officials can't stand criticism and use their authority "under color of law" to try to strong-arm someone who is critical of them. Such is the case with Beaufort County Sheriff Alan Jordan.
Published: Monday, September 16th, 2013 @ 10:24 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month - the month dedicated to educating women about breast cancer by stressing the importance of early detection through regular self-breast exams and mammography.
Published: Monday, September 16th, 2013 @ 9:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mrs. Maxine “Joyce” Mason Godley, age 79, a resident of 10450 NC Hwy. 92 East, Bath died Monday September 16, 2013 at her home.
Published: Monday, September 16th, 2013 @ 7:51 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Mary Louise Williams Bright, age 69, a resident of 123 Silo Drive, Chocowinity died Monday September 16, 2013 at her home.
Published: Monday, September 16th, 2013 @ 7:46 pm
By: Announcements
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Join the Beaufort County Community College Foundation, Saturday, Oct. 12, for a trip to Durham to see the award-winning stage production of Beauty and the Beast and enjoy a meal at one of the state's outstanding French restaurants.
Published: Monday, September 16th, 2013 @ 7:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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By now, politics-watchers are well familiar with the story of Todd Akin, the GOP challenger to Missouri senator Claire McCaskill (D) in 2012.
Published: Monday, September 16th, 2013 @ 8:54 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Every series of beach pictures here, in BCN, always begin or end with a sunrise, or sunset, and this series is no different. Here we devote this space exclusively to one incredible sunrise in September at the southern end of the "Grand Strand" near the Myrtle Beach State Park.
Published: Monday, September 16th, 2013 @ 5:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A former North Carolina slave turned abolitionist and author, Harriet Jacobs was born in bondage in Edenton. Her father was a white farmer and her mother a mulatto house slave.
Published: Monday, September 16th, 2013 @ 5:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If Beverly Perdue is not the worst governor in North Carolina's long history, she is at least the worst in recent memory. She even managed to surpass her predecessor, convicted felon Mike Easley.
Published: Monday, September 16th, 2013 @ 4:31 am
By: Thom Goolsby
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East Carolina University's College of Nursing will receive $1.09 million in federal funds over the next three years to integrate interprofessional education and expand the use of an existing virtual community clinic in the nurse practitioner curriculum.
Published: Monday, September 16th, 2013 @ 4:17 am
By: ECU News Services
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Monday, September 16th, 2013 @ 3:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Did you ever hear of a young man named Treyvon Martin before a year and a half ago or so?? Not likely. His death was truly a sad event.
Published: Monday, September 16th, 2013 @ 3:18 am
By: Jim Bispo
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Make no mistake - we are NOT exactly "fans" of the welfare state here. In our opinion, the NC Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) could collapse into a giant sinkhole - never to be seen again - and the world would be a better place.
Published: Sunday, September 15th, 2013 @ 8:23 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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FirstCarolinaCare Insurance Company is withdrawing from participation in the federal health exchange. Uninsured North Carolina consumers will have only two provider options from which to purchase policies approved by federal regulators and mandated under the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare)...
Published: Sunday, September 15th, 2013 @ 10:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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After visiting the first McDonald's fast-food restaurant in North Carolina, Hardee realized that a business centered on modestly priced hamburgers and french fries could generate substantial income.
Published: Sunday, September 15th, 2013 @ 10:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Diane Marie Clark Horton, 65, of 3845 Camp Leech Road, died Friday, September 13, 2013 in Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Sunday, September 15th, 2013 @ 9:33 am
By: Announcements
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After our reporting came out, the AP confirmed that - as we said - (1) Harris is being advised by longtime Robin Hayes advisor Tom Perdue and that (2) a formal campaign announcement will be made on October 2.
Published: Saturday, September 14th, 2013 @ 11:47 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Beaufort County Now was constructed to become a community platform where news and information could be shared with neighbors, friends and even strangers.
Published: Saturday, September 14th, 2013 @ 11:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On September 19, 2013, local radio personality Lynda Loveland will moderate two panel discussions for The Food Dialogues®: North Carolina event hosted by the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance® (USFRA®) and the North Carolina Animal Agriculture Coalition (NCAAC).
Published: Saturday, September 14th, 2013 @ 11:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Frank Meyer is a name that should be familiar to every serious student of American politics and political philosophy. Alas, I fear it is not. One of the original writing talents at William F. Buckley's National Review, Frank Meyer (1909-1972) edited the "back of the book" - reviews, arts, and...
Published: Saturday, September 14th, 2013 @ 6:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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An East Carolina University laboratory dedicated to research on dementia has received $50,000 to advance studies of Alzheimer's disease.
Published: Saturday, September 14th, 2013 @ 6:01 pm
By: ECU News Services
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William Earl Lewis, Jr., age 50, a resident of Grifton, NC, passed away Friday, September 13, 2013 in Jefferson City, TN.
Published: Saturday, September 14th, 2013 @ 5:45 pm
By: Announcements
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Well before Gov. Pat McCrory was sworn into office, the leftist mainstream press battered him for not being bipartisan enough.
Published: Saturday, September 14th, 2013 @ 3:20 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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Moore County-based insurer First Carolina Care has announced that it's pulling its application to join the ObamaCare health insurance exchanges.
Published: Saturday, September 14th, 2013 @ 2:49 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Named in honor of the first president of the United States, George Washington, the coastal county of Washington was established in 1799.
Published: Saturday, September 14th, 2013 @ 11:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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