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Mr. Thomas Kemp Glancy, 71, a resident of Washington, NC died on February 20, 2014 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, NC.
Published: Sunday, February 23rd, 2014 @ 11:01 am
By: Announcements
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Jacqueline "Jackie" Harmon-Coley, of 706 Patton Circle, Greenville, formerly of Washington, died Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, at home.
Published: Sunday, February 23rd, 2014 @ 10:58 am
By: Announcements
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Governments at all levels have injected themselves into the debate over childhood obesity, with everything from rules about school lunches to higher taxes on candy and soft drinks, even a proposed tax on large, sugary sodas in New York City. Earlier this year, the North Carolina Institute of...
Published: Sunday, February 23rd, 2014 @ 10:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Several East Carolina University staff members were recognized for outstanding work during the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District III awards in Orlando, Fla., earlier this week.
Published: Sunday, February 23rd, 2014 @ 9:47 am
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory celebrated heroes of World War II (WWII) today with French Consul General Denis Barbet who presented 14 North Carolinians with the Legion of Honor, the highest decoration in France, in a ceremony at the State Capitol.
Published: Sunday, February 23rd, 2014 @ 12:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Since the landing of English settlers off the coast of what is now North Carolina, midwifery has been practiced.
Published: Sunday, February 23rd, 2014 @ 12:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In December of 2013, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office began receiving reports of Fraud and Identity Theft that involved a suspect using a victim’s legitimate bank account information to create fraudulent checks.
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 @ 11:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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There is sooooooo much apprehension in the mainstream media these days about negatively affecting the self-esteem of criminal law breakers not of the Caucasian persuasion.
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 @ 11:37 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Get out your calendars and schedules!! We have three learning opportunities next week with knowlegeable and insightful presenters.
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 @ 1:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Could President Obama's signature program, the Affordable Care Act, be responsible for declining rates of growth in U.S. health care spending? That's what some Obamacare advocates are claiming. To do so, however, would require that they be either embarrassingly uninformed or shamelessly dishonest...
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 @ 10:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects Americans from unreasonable searches and seizures. Yet in a January decision, the N.C. Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of an officer's decision to stop a car even though he didn't suspect the driver of any wrongdoing. The court...
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 @ 9:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Public universities in North Carolina recognize a wide diversity of student groups, including those that have religious or other belief-based missions. This recognition enables student organizations to access university facilities and (sometimes) apply for funding.
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 @ 8:55 am
By: John William Pope Center
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In 2010, we rose up en masse in protest against ObamaCare. We gave the US House to the Republicans, and closed the GOP's deficit with the Democrats in the Senate.
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 @ 8:21 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement after the State Board of Community Colleges and University of North Carolina Board of Governors today signed a revised Comprehensive Articulation Agreement (CAA) between the two public higher education systems.
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 @ 6:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Students from Mattamuskeet Early College High School recently visited Beaufort County Community College to get a tour of the campus, where many of them will attend classes for the first time in the fall.
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 @ 6:12 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Leslie Alston "Al" Cutler, Jr., age 65, of 810 Avenue Road, Washington, NC, died on Friday, February 21, 2014 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, NC.
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 @ 5:55 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Thomas Kemp Glancy, 71, a resident of Washington, NC died on February 20, 2014 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, NC.
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 @ 5:53 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. James W "Little Bud"/"Gigi" Spencer, of 102 Daniel Court, Washington, died Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, at his home.
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 @ 5:48 am
By: Announcements
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Tonight, the think tank that publishes Carolina Journal, the John Locke Foundation, will be celebrating its 24th anniversary with a banquet in Raleigh featuring "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace.
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 @ 5:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On February 18, 2014, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit arrested Olajuwon Aaron Walker, age 25, of 628 Railroad Street in Belhaven.
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 @ 4:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A Wake County Superior Court judge Monday refused to dismiss legal challenges to the state's Opportunity Scholarships, aka vouchers, meaning that the lawsuit is likely to go to trial. Superior Court Judge Robert Hobgood issued Monday's ruling after allowing the Institute for Justice, an Arlington...
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 @ 3:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that $500,000 from the Office of State Budget and Management's Repair and Renovation Contingency Reserve has been allocated to the Battleship NORTH CAROLINA, the state's World War II memorial, to repair its hull.
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 @ 3:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Get out your calendars and schedules!! We have three learning opportunities next week with knowlegeable and insightful presenters.
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 @ 3:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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RALEIGH - Shut out of formal power in the state capital for the first time in more than a century, North Carolina Democrats hope that 2014 will mark the beginning of a steady climb back to legislative majorities and the Governor's Mansion by 2016.
Published: Friday, February 21st, 2014 @ 1:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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During his ten minute testimony, Forest expressed his belief that the Common Core standards roll out in NC represents a long term danger to local control of education decisions in our school systems.
Published: Friday, February 21st, 2014 @ 1:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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, February 21st, 2014 @ 12:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We’ve got record unemployment, a tanking economy, terrorism, an out-of-control lawless southern border, and ObamaCare gutting the vibrancy and spirit of America.
Published: Friday, February 21st, 2014 @ 12:05 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The Department of Cultural Resources will commemorate the legacy of what were known as "Rosenwald Schools" Thursday, February 20 at 7 p.m in the Walnut Building of Wayne Community College in Goldsboro.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 11:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Ashley Woolard for NC House District 6 on the Republican ticket and Harry Meredith for Sheriff on the Republican ticket.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 11:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mrs. Juliette Flowers, 71, formerly of Washington, died Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, at Riverside Hospital, Newport News, Va.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 10:45 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Ernest Andrew Martin, 70, resident of Ridgewood Manor Nursing Home, formerly of 817 Minor Run Road, Edward, died Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 10:44 pm
By: Announcements
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Charlie Lee Rowe, age 78, a resident of Pine Ln., Washington, NC, passed away Thursday, February 20, 2014 at his home.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 10:41 pm
By: Announcements
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The Guilford County Board of Education voted unanimously to take legal action so that it would not have to comply with state law eliminating tenure, or "career status," for K-12 public school teachers.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 6:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Politicians don't get to choose the crises they face while in office but they can choose how they will react to them. Their responses often determine both their tenure in office and how history judges them.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 6:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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