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So much is going on downtown throughout the holidays - it is impossible to list everything here!
Published: Friday, November 28th, 2014 @ 4:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Starting next fall, N.C. Central University, Elizabeth City State University, and Fayetteville State University will be allowed to admit students with SAT scores as low as 750 (the current systemwide minimum is 800).
Published: Friday, November 28th, 2014 @ 12:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Then-speaker Thom Tillis, Skip Stam, the Black Caucus, and The John Locke Foundation were all quite passionate about passing reparations for people sterilized by the state of North Carolina from the 20s to the 70s.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 6:25 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Mr. William Tooley Jr. died Thursday, November 20,2014 at Cancer Treatment Centers of America Newnan GA.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 3:39 pm
By: Announcements
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Patricia Ann "Paddy" Connors Pagnani, 76, passed away peacefully in the presence of her family on Saturday, November 22, 2014, in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 3:36 pm
By: Announcements
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Ms. Norma Jean Taylor, 57 resident of 670 Pine St. Belhaven, died Friday, Nov. 21, 2014.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 3:32 pm
By: Announcements
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North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory and First Lady Ann McCrory invite you to celebrate the joy of the Christmas season in the Blue Ridge Mountains for the annual Holiday Open House at the Governor's Western Residence.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 3:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Clark Morris ( Sis Clark) of 504 Hundell Street Washington, NC died Saturday, November 22, 2014 at home.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 1:13 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Glenda Edwards Landen, age 69, a resident of 75 Cypress Shores Rd., Washington, NC died Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 1:10 pm
By: Announcements
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Hyacinth Rowe Lewis passed peacefully on November 25, 2014 at Waldrop Personal Care in Cartersville, GA. at the age of 92.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 1:02 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Melvin Mayo Davenport, age 59, a resident of Kill Devil Hills, NC and a former resident of Belhaven died Monday November 24, 2014.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 12:54 pm
By: Announcements
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Mary Etta Floyd Watson, age 86, a resident of 201 Haven Way S., Washington, NC went to be with the Lord on Monday, November 24, 2014.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 12:19 pm
By: Announcements
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement in celebration of Thanksgiving.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 11:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Our proprietary Content Management System, Symbiotic Publisher, which powers Beaufort County NOW, has just gone through a major upgrade, and we are done for now. We will be adjusting BCN's template to one that can be more easily replicated and hopefully fully Responsive to all devices.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 10:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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When the news broke that Rep. Tim Moore would be the Republican nominee for speaker of the North Carolina House and Rep. Mike Hager would be majority leader, the usual suspects did the usual things.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 10:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Terry Holland, who led the East Carolina University athletics department during one of the Pirates' most successful periods, was honored by the school today as it named one of its sports venues after him.
Published: Wednesday, November 26th, 2014 @ 10:52 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The Map Act is "like a drug" for the N.C. Department of Transportation, allowing the department to limit development and other uses of targeted properties until the time and price are right for DOT acquisition.
Published: Wednesday, November 26th, 2014 @ 4:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new report from the Center for American Progress alleges that the "Great Recession" that began in 2008 devastated public university investments nationwide.
Published: Wednesday, November 26th, 2014 @ 4:24 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Congrats, drive-bys. You demagogued a local crime story for months and months. You did all you could to inflame emotions.
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 11:12 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Newspapers never have been hesitant to shame a public official into appropriate behavior. It's a time-honored tradition. Have you ever noticed things like "Sen. Blowhard did not return a phone call," or "Rep. Self-Dealer did not answer an email" in news stories? Those are there not just to let...
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 10:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We reported earlier about a pretty harsh memo from the Administrative Office of The Courts explaining that court officials have two choices regarding gay marriages: perform them, or quit.
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 8:46 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Two East Carolina University alumni were the principal investigators in the Oct. 21 discovery of two shipwrecks from an important World War II naval battle off the North Carolina coast.
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 7:53 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Kenneth Wainstein’s report, “Investigation of Irregular Classes in the Department of African and Afro-American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,” detailed a long history of academic fraud at North Carolina’s flagship public university.
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 7:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Years ago in the day of big movies shot with a majestic country and big social movements behind them, Steve McQueen starred in "The Sand Pebbles."
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 7:07 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Dr. Jeffrey Albea, a board certified neurosurgeon, will join Vidant Neurosurgery-Greenville located at 2325 Stantonsburg Road.
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 6:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement upon the selection of Rep. Tim Moore as Speaker Designee of the North Carolina House
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 5:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mrs. Ruth Ann Kilby Gurley, age 69, a resident of the Bayview Community of Bath, NC died Sunday November 23, 2014 at the home of her mother.
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 4:20 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Jessie "Manuel" Housley, age 83, a resident of Second Street, Washington died Sunday November 23, 2014.
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 4:17 pm
By: Announcements
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East Carolina University seniors Robert DiDomenico and Amanda Higgins are pulling double duty in the upcoming production of "Kiss Me, Kate."
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 11:19 am
By: ECU News Services
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Although I support the tax cuts, budgetary restraint, and other fiscal policies adopted by the North Carolina General Assembly and Gov. Pat McCrory over the past two years, I have repeatedly urged policymakers and commentators alike to avoid making grandiose claims about their immediate effects.
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 11:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement after North Carolina's unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent. That represents a 1.2 point drop from October 2013 and is 2.5 points lower than January 2013 when the governor entered office.
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 10:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It wouldn't make much sense to buy beer for alcoholics in an effort to reduce alcoholism. So why is the state using tax dollars to mail garbage to suspected litterers?
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 8:08 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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We’ve learned that there just might be a crony capitalism angle in the amnesty fight for at least one powerful House Republican.
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 8:01 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Forty-seven physicians from the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University have been chosen by their peers for inclusion in the 2014 "Best Doctors in America" list.
Published: Monday, November 24th, 2014 @ 11:47 pm
By: ECU News Services
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