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While North Carolina's mainstream media was on its extended Labor Day vacation, The Heartland Institute decided to pick up the slack and do a little reporting about what's happening within our fair state's public education system
Published: Monday, September 9th, 2013 @ 11:53 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Like teachers in many states, North Carolina public school teachers have historically received an automatic 10 percent salary increase by earning a master's degree. Now North Carolina is believed to be the first state in the nation to eliminate the financial reward for earning the master's.
Published: Monday, September 9th, 2013 @ 10:07 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners will meet to discuss a variety of issues in their General Meeting on Monday, September 9, 2013
Published: Monday, September 9th, 2013 @ 10:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Where in the world did the notion that the Reps are the villains who keep threatening to shut down the government come from?? The Anointed One says it; Harry Reid says it; Nancy P. says it; it turns up in all the Dem talking points papers.
Published: Monday, September 9th, 2013 @ 10:04 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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Goose Creek State Park Calendar of Events for September, 2013
Published: Monday, September 9th, 2013 @ 9:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If one is interested in what realistically passes for total Conservative political discourse in Beaufort County, one must visit the Conservative Republican Club, Thursday Night, September 12, 2013.
Published: Monday, September 9th, 2013 @ 2:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Don't look now, but North Carolina's long-maligned highway system is showing signs of significant improvement.
Published: Monday, September 9th, 2013 @ 1:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Lee Controls, LLC will locate its manufacturing and headquarters operations in Brunswick County. The company plans to create 77 new jobs and invest $2.46 million over the next three years near Southport.
Published: Monday, September 9th, 2013 @ 12:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Dr. Sharon M. Gordon has been named the first associate dean for research and chair of Foundational Sciences of the ECU School of Dental Medicine. Gordon assumed her new role Aug. 19.
Published: Monday, September 9th, 2013 @ 12:20 pm
By: ECU News Services
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"Because the public sector does not allocate its resources based on economic criteria, it can and does continue to allocate resources to under-performing programs – so much so that poor performance becomes a rationale for additional resources."
Published: Monday, September 9th, 2013 @ 9:00 am
By: Warren Smith
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Second District congresswoman Renee Ellmers hosted a town hall meeting in Pinehurst Tuesday night. And, of course, we were there with a camera rolling.
Published: Monday, September 9th, 2013 @ 12:25 am
By: Brant Clifton
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During the mid-1700s, Edenton served as a major port, and Robert Carteret, the last of the Lords Proprietors and the Earl of Granville, requested that a grand house be designed for governmental business, including tax collection.
Published: Sunday, September 8th, 2013 @ 10:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gone are the days when journalists reported only the “who, what, when, where, why and how” of a story, with opinions confined to the editorial page. All of us have biases and it is impossible for them not to influence everything we do.
Published: Sunday, September 8th, 2013 @ 10:05 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Mr. Henry Arden “Artie” Stroud, age 66, a resident of 505 Telfair Street, Washington, NC died Monday, August 26, 2013 at the VA Medical Center in Durham.
Published: Sunday, September 8th, 2013 @ 9:47 pm
By: Announcements
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"Game changer." "Reinventing our city." "Ensuring the future of our city." Lofty rhetoric for a performing arts center, but that's the way the majority of the Greensboro City Council views the proposed $60 million downtown performing arts center.
Published: Sunday, September 8th, 2013 @ 9:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Do you know what happens in North Carolina if a government board, agency or commission refuses to obey the state's sunshine laws requiring open meetings and records? Absolutely nothing!
Published: Sunday, September 8th, 2013 @ 8:38 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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We read that the Mayor of San Diego was able to cut a deal whereby he would resign the office and the city will pick up the tab for any legal fees and financial judgments against him resulting from the numerous suits brought against him for sexual harassment.
Published: Sunday, September 8th, 2013 @ 6:41 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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You've heard it from the Left. You've heard it from the press and on TV. It's all over the Internet. The Voter Suppression Act. Disenfranchised voters. One of the nation's most restrictive voter ID laws. Sweeping. Controversial. Restrictive. Fiercely contested. Assault on democracy.
Published: Sunday, September 8th, 2013 @ 6:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new survey suggests that North Carolina teachers are leery of the implementation of Common Core standards, with nearly two-thirds favoring slowing down or halting the process.
Published: Sunday, September 8th, 2013 @ 6:13 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory accepted the Center for Safer Schools 2013 Report from Department of Public Safety Secretary Frank L. Perry today.
Published: Sunday, September 8th, 2013 @ 6:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Hyde Amendment has been a valuable tool in the fight against government-funding of abortion.
Published: Sunday, September 8th, 2013 @ 4:40 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Wilma Bennett Woolard Moore, of Creek Road, Bath, age 83, heard her name whispered with clarity and brilliance, in the early morning hours of Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013.
Published: Sunday, September 8th, 2013 @ 12:42 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Frank “Ted” Bowen, 74, a resident of Washington, died Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013.
Published: Sunday, September 8th, 2013 @ 12:37 am
By: Announcements
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Individual health insurance premiums in North Carolina would spike as much as 80 percent on average due to the effects of Obamacare mandates if plans submitted by Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina receive federal approval as expected.
Published: Saturday, September 7th, 2013 @ 12:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The BCCC newsletter is a good way to learn about what your community college is doing!
Published: Saturday, September 7th, 2013 @ 11:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Marshall Chance, 92, of 5671 U.S. Highway 264, Scranton, died Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013.
Published: Saturday, September 7th, 2013 @ 9:44 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Rufus "Boy" Blount, of 20 Camel Drive, Washington, died Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Saturday, September 7th, 2013 @ 9:40 am
By: Announcements
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Tammie Wise McGowan, 48, of Nags Head. died Monday, September 2, 2013 at her residence.
Published: Saturday, September 7th, 2013 @ 9:35 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Virginia Hopkins Sawyer, age 90, a resident of 760 Old Pamlico Beach Rd. West, Belhaven, NC died Friday September 6, 2013 at Ridgewood Nursing Center of Washington.
Published: Saturday, September 7th, 2013 @ 9:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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An education in law is meant to teach the law and legal reasoning. To learn basic skills is the aim of primary and secondary schooling. Yet here at Leiden Law (part of Leiden University, the Netherlands' oldest and most prestigious university), we are increasingly sacrificing the law to teach...
Published: Friday, September 6th, 2013 @ 4:16 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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If you are absolutely sure what is going to happen in next year's midterm elections, my advice is to keep it confidential, tell just a few key folks, let them be awestruck by your prescience on Election Day 2014, and then start a political-intelligence firm. You'll make a killing.
Published: Friday, September 6th, 2013 @ 1:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On June 19, 2013 at approximately 6:00 pm, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a Breaking and Entering and Larceny at a residence on Spring Creek Road in Aurora, NC.
Published: Friday, September 6th, 2013 @ 1:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement as lawmakers adjourned the session.
Published: Friday, September 6th, 2013 @ 12:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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