Dr. Laura Staton, a retired physician and volunteer with local youth-support programs, has joined the Beaufort County Community College Board of Trustees. She was appointed to the college board by Gov. Pat McCrory.
Published: Monday, October 28th, 2013 @ 7:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina's junior senator Kay Hagan, up for reelection in 2014, supports a two-month delay in the enrollment deadline. So do several other Democrats running for election or reelection to the U.S. Senate next year. Their colleague, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, supports a yearlong...
Published: Monday, October 28th, 2013 @ 7:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Jane Goodall barked a series of chimpanzee cries that sounded startlingly real.Then, her face melted into a smile. "Hello," she said in a soft, lyrical voice. "This is me." Goodall held court over a packed Wright Auditorium Oct. 1 as part of the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and...
Published: Monday, October 28th, 2013 @ 7:14 pm
By: ECU News Services
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When she joined the Senate in 2009, Kay Hagan was an enthusiastic cheerleader for ObamaCare.
Published: Monday, October 28th, 2013 @ 6:18 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Have you ever made a purchase or ordered anything on line?? Surely most of us have.
Published: Monday, October 28th, 2013 @ 3:32 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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enate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) and House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenburg) issued the following joint statement Monday in response to a handful of representatives from liberal special interest groups calling for an expansion of Medicaid.
Published: Monday, October 28th, 2013 @ 2:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Disgraced Standard & Poor's claims that $24 Billion was lost to the economy in the government shut-down. But they are wrong.
Published: Monday, October 28th, 2013 @ 9:14 am
By: Jeremy D. Adams
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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: Sunday, October 27th, 2013 @ 9:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There has been quite a bit of internal drama with Craven County's Republicans during the last year.
Published: Sunday, October 27th, 2013 @ 9:30 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Mrs. Irene Martinez, age 51, a resident of 207 Steeplechase Drive, Washington, died Thursday, October 24, 2013 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville.
Published: Sunday, October 27th, 2013 @ 2:33 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Bessie Virginia Clark Carawan, age 86, a resident of 416 Carawan Rd., Chocowinity, died Saturday, October 26, 2013 at her home.
Published: Sunday, October 27th, 2013 @ 2:26 am
By: Announcements
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today additional funding for Rural Planning Organizations (RPOs) that will assist the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) with transportation planning in rural areas across the state. NCDOT provides grants to help cover the cost of this work.
Published: Sunday, October 27th, 2013 @ 2:06 am
By: David Winstead
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A three-member panel of the state's Disciplinary Hearing Commission decided at an Oct. 21 hearing to suspend former Mecklenburg County Judge Bill Belk's law license for three years for violating a rule of conduct. Belk, who insists the violation is nothing more than a misunderstanding he...
Published: Sunday, October 27th, 2013 @ 2:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Pat McCrory's chief legal counsel said Tuesday that the governor, a Republican, decided to hire an outside lawyer to defend a lawsuit over the state's new voter identification and election law because of public statements about the law from Democratic state Attorney General Roy Cooper.
Published: Sunday, October 27th, 2013 @ 12:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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BCCC was notified this week by the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust week that it will be awarded a $150,000 grant to build a one-mile walking trail.
Published: Sunday, October 27th, 2013 @ 12:10 am
By: Barbara Tansey
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On November 3, 1979, an armed confrontation between members of the Maoist Communist Workers Party (CWP) and several Klansmen and Nazis ended with four CWP members and one supporter being shot dead.
Published: Saturday, October 26th, 2013 @ 11:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ever since Robin Hayes’ name popped up in connection with Charlotte pastor Mark Harris’ US Senate campaign, we’ve been a little suspicious
Published: Saturday, October 26th, 2013 @ 11:36 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Sheila Long Swindell, age 68, a resident of Washington, NC, passed away Friday, October 25, 2013.
Published: Saturday, October 26th, 2013 @ 5:12 am
By: Announcements
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that HUBER+SUHNER, a manufacturer of components and system solutions for electrical and optical transportation of data and energy, will locate its North American headquarters in Mecklenburg County.
Published: Saturday, October 26th, 2013 @ 4:59 am
By: David Winstead
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In nearly three decades of writing a syndicated column on North Carolina politics and government, I've always received a steady stream of reader response. In the days before email, I'd get an occasional phone call or personal letter, but most of the response came in the form of letters to the...
Published: Saturday, October 26th, 2013 @ 4:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On July 21, 2013, the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office received a report of a breaking and entering and larceny from a home on Duck Creek Road in Washington, NC. The Sheriff's Office began an investigation that developed evidence and leads for this case and nine additional property crimes...
Published: Saturday, October 26th, 2013 @ 4:52 am
By: Chris Downey
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Set in the 1930s and '40s in France, East Carolina University English professor Dr. Liza Wieland's novel in progress requires more research than her previous works.
Published: Friday, October 25th, 2013 @ 11:41 pm
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: Friday, October 25th, 2013 @ 11:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Warrants have been obtained for felony larceny, aid and abet felony larceny and fleeing to elude law enforcement.
Published: Friday, October 25th, 2013 @ 11:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Major college sports like football and basketball produce revenue streams in the billions. In recent years, the NCAA, powerhouse conferences, teams, television stations, and coaches have profited at an unprecedented rate. In North Carolina, for example, the highest-paid public official is not...
Published: Friday, October 25th, 2013 @ 7:07 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that approximately 6,700 pounds of fresh turnip greens harvested at the state prison farm at Caledonia Correctional Institution are being delivered to the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina.
Published: Friday, October 25th, 2013 @ 7:00 pm
By: David Winstead
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People who sign up for health insurance on the new Obamacare exchanges may qualify for subsidies. The subsidy amount one receives is determined by the individual's projected annual household income for 2014.
Published: Friday, October 25th, 2013 @ 6:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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My Dad and I have developed a number of pieces of property in Beaufort County over the years. As any Realtor will tell you, location is the key to success.
Published: Friday, October 25th, 2013 @ 6:38 pm
By: Harry Meredith, Jr.
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The Beaufort Patriot TEA Party has endorsed Greg Brannon for the U. S. Senate in 2014.
Published: Friday, October 25th, 2013 @ 6:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Strange behavior can always be found in politicians, you just got to know where to look.
Published: Friday, October 25th, 2013 @ 12:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mrs. Alvania Battle Moore, of 1930 N.C. Highway 33, Edward, died Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, at Ridgewood Manor, Washington.
Published: Friday, October 25th, 2013 @ 2:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Clarence Colon Moore, 62, of 501 Over the Swamp Road, Blounts Creek, died Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013.
Published: Friday, October 25th, 2013 @ 2:53 am
By: Announcements
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North Carolina's new tax reforms help set the stage for long-term economic growth in the state.
Published: Friday, October 25th, 2013 @ 2:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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