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Rod Cantrell recently contributed $1,000 to the campaign mounted by the Beaufort County Community College Foundation to build a digital sign at the front of the campus along U.S. Highway 264.
Published: Tuesday, March 4th, 2014 @ 3:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The State Emergency Response Team (SERT) is once again preparing for a winter mix of snow, sleet and ice that is expected to impact central and eastern North Carolina during the next 24 hours.
Published: Tuesday, March 4th, 2014 @ 2:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The constitutionalist and libertarian sector should be there for social conservatives who want to practice their beliefs and do no more harm than hurting some lefties' feelings.
Published: Monday, March 3rd, 2014 @ 9:27 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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On February 25, 2014, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit arrested Ernest Leroy Davis Jr., age 45, of 192 Trails End North in Washington.
Published: Monday, March 3rd, 2014 @ 9:09 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Ms. Betty Lou Rouse Hassell, age 72, a resident of 4624 First Street, Grimesland, NC, died Thursday, February 27, 2014 at Vidant Inpatient Hospice of Greenville, NC.
Published: Sunday, March 2nd, 2014 @ 11:00 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. J.L. "Jimmy" Carrington, age 92, a resident of Chocowinity, died February 28, 2014.
Published: Sunday, March 2nd, 2014 @ 10:58 am
By: Announcements
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The NC General Assembly should create two permanent commissions that would be charged with raising the quality and rigor of state English Language Arts and mathematics standards, curricula, and assessments.
Published: Sunday, March 2nd, 2014 @ 10:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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ECU production of "Return to the Forbidden Planet" opens Feb. 27. A cast of student actors and crew at East Carolina University is performing a Shakespeare revue and spoof, a jukebox musical cabaret, a science fiction play and a rock concert from Feb. 27-March 4. And that's all in one show.
Published: Saturday, March 1st, 2014 @ 5:04 am
By: ECU News Services
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Momma always said you can learn more listening than you can speaking, so now that a judge has called a temporary halt to North Carolina's school voucher program let's spend time in listening to both sides of this issue. And the best way to get information is to ask questions.
Published: Saturday, March 1st, 2014 @ 5:01 am
By: Tom Campbell
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One of the toughest decisions an editor has to make is to decide how long an unsavory act or behavior should follow a person or an institution around in the news columns.
Published: Saturday, March 1st, 2014 @ 4:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When it comes to higher education, most politicians are cheerleaders. They're content to speak the usual pieties about the importance of college and never do anything that could upset the status quo.
Published: Saturday, March 1st, 2014 @ 4:36 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Information sessions are scheduled this month for those interested in enrolling in the Health and Fitness Science Program at Beaufort County Community College.
Published: Saturday, March 1st, 2014 @ 4:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory and N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Team Air, Incorporated will locate a new manufacturing facility in Rutherford County.
Published: Saturday, March 1st, 2014 @ 4:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Do other professions require their "best" employees to give up an accomplishment to get a raise?
Published: Saturday, March 1st, 2014 @ 3:59 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Dr. George John Miller, Jr. MD a resident of 148 Catnip Point, Bath, NC, died Thursday, February 27, 2014 at his home.
Published: Saturday, March 1st, 2014 @ 3:49 am
By: Announcements
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As the Resolutions Chair for the Pitt County GOP, I wrote a series of resolutions that I plan to present at the upcoming 2014 Pitt County GOP Convention, on March 8.
Published: Saturday, March 1st, 2014 @ 3:44 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Mrs. Deborah Joyce "D. J." Teague Midgett, 59, a resident of Washington, NC, passed away February 26, 2014, after a 12 1/2 year battle with cancer.
Published: Saturday, March 1st, 2014 @ 3:42 am
By: Announcements
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Nita Everett Purvis died on February 26, 2014, at her home in Washington, N.C.
Published: Saturday, March 1st, 2014 @ 3:35 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Henry "Bud" Rouse, of 111 Metro Court, Washington, died, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Saturday, March 1st, 2014 @ 2:54 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Christobal Heggie Powell, 52, a resident of 496 Price Road, Chocowinity, died Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014.
Published: Friday, February 28th, 2014 @ 2:29 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Kelvin Earl Brown, a resident of Ridgewood Manor nursing home, Washington, died Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014.
Published: Friday, February 28th, 2014 @ 2:26 pm
By: Announcements
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Today, the American Conservative Union named Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) as a member of a select group of “House ACU Conservatives.”
Published: Friday, February 28th, 2014 @ 1:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A leading opponent of building a major wind energy facility in Carteret County says it was a tourism-depressing, jobs-killing project that was defeated in spite of, not because of, a state law passed last year to regulate environmental impacts and avoid adverse health effects of...
Published: Friday, February 28th, 2014 @ 1:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On February 26, 2014, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit arrested Bobby Ray Harris Jr., age 29, of 347 Cherry Run Road in Washington.
Published: Friday, February 28th, 2014 @ 12:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We’ve been slow on filing, but had one very vibrant filer at the end of the day! Stan Deatherage filed on the Republican ticket.
Published: Friday, February 28th, 2014 @ 11:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Seventeen students at Beaufort County Community College were recognized as "BCCC's Best" in a ceremony on the college campus this week. All students were cited for being respectful.
Published: Friday, February 28th, 2014 @ 5:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that Virginia Johnson, a former senior congressional counsel and seasoned attorney with more than 27 years of experience, will join his administration as the new director of federal relations.
Published: Friday, February 28th, 2014 @ 5:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It's certainly reasonable for people to use the unemployment rate and the number of jobs created to evaluate the performance of an economy.
Published: Friday, February 28th, 2014 @ 1:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The first thing Lorena Wade will tell you is she wishes her nutrition class, taught by East Carolina University students, met more than once a month.
Published: Friday, February 28th, 2014 @ 1:14 am
By: ECU News Services
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The new Beaufort County jail with sheriff’s offices, magistrates offices, 911 offices, possibly a courtroom, and maybe a gym is moving slowly forward.
Published: Friday, February 28th, 2014 @ 1:13 am
By: Hood Richardson
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The Club For Growth - a DC-based PAC that emphasizes support for lower taxes and free market measures - loves to hold the feet of politicians in both parties to the fire.
Published: Friday, February 28th, 2014 @ 12:56 am
By: Brant Clifton
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As the Resolutions Chair for the Pitt County GOP, I wrote a series of resolutions that I plan to present at the upcoming 2014 Pitt County GOP Convention, on March 8.
Published: Friday, February 28th, 2014 @ 12:33 am
By: Diane Rufino
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