|
Tickets now on sale for Taste the Good Life in Little Washington! Don't miss it.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 5:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
|
In a recent piece published by American Enterprise Institute, "Let's Not Underestimate Undermatch," author Awilda Rodriguez outlines what she views as a serious problem, undermatching. She describes it as "the phenomenon where students do not attend a college or university that they could have gaine
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 5:44 pm
By: John William Pope Center
|
|
When you talk about end-of-life wishes, you are truly giving your family members of a gift of understanding that will bring them peace in years to come.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 12:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
|
Registration is under way for those interested in enrolling in the Commercial Truck Driver Training Program at Beaufort County Community College.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 10:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
|
|
Ralph Sherwood Linton, age 67, a resident of the Terra Ceia Community of Pantego died Monday February 17, 2014 at Vidant Pungo Hospital.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 2:08 am
By: Announcements
|
|
Mrs. Nancy Dorcas Warren Roberson, age 94, a former resident of Tunstall Swamp Road, Edward, died Monday, February 17, 2014 at Carolina East Medical Center in New Bern.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 2:04 am
By: Announcements
|
|
Why does the Left oppose school choice? It can't be because they oppose tax dollars going to private, even faith-based institutions. For decades, state and federal subsidies have flowed to private colleges and universities, including sectarian institutions. For decades, Medicare and Medicaid...
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 1:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
I thought we beat the issue of tolling ferries in Eastern North Carolina about a year ago. At that time there were meetings, newspaper articles, threats of political doom, and a lot of dancing by politicians.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 1:52 am
By: Hood Richardson
|
|
Harris Teeter started out as two independent grocery stores. In 1939, Willis L. Teeter and his brother Paul opened Teeters Food Mart in Mooresville with a $1,7000 loan.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 1:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
Governor Pat McCrory and N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that BuzziSpace, Inc. will locate its North American manufacturing headquarters in Guilford County.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 1:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
|
|
Having authored more than one optimist's lament in recent years, I am clearly of the opinion that, generally speaking, things are better than they seem - and getting better all the time.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 1:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
In the letter (attached), the USDA acknowledges the significant progress the state has made toward reducing the remaining outstanding cases.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 1:09 am
By: Stan Deatherage
|
|
I don't know about you, but the 1970s is a decade I'd like to forget. For those of you too young to remember, Google these terms: gas lines, Iran hostage crisis, Watergate, inflation, price controls, DISCO.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 1:04 am
By: Brant Clifton
|
|
Researchers at East Carolina University will spend another year studying the causes of Gulf War illness and medicines that might be able to treat it.
Published: Wednesday, February 19th, 2014 @ 10:52 am
By: ECU News Services
|
|
When the Mill Pond project was first publicly announced in October, our number one objective was to see that the two affected communities had laws providing adequate protections to citizens, local businesses, the military, and the environment.
Published: Wednesday, February 19th, 2014 @ 9:32 am
By: John Droz, Jr.
|
|
The Division of Continuing Education at Beaufort County Community College will host a workshop that will help local businesses, including agriculture-based businesses, learn more about doing business internationally.
Published: Wednesday, February 19th, 2014 @ 9:17 am
By: Stan Deatherage
|
|
Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest is scheduled to attend the opening of nominations for HelpingAHero.org's Home for a Wounded Warrior at McKee Homes in Fayetteville on February 19 at 10:30am.
Published: Wednesday, February 19th, 2014 @ 9:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
|
|
The races for only 7 percent of state legislative seats - and no congressional districts - are likely to be competitive this year, say two organizations tracking North Carolina voting trends.
Published: Wednesday, February 19th, 2014 @ 8:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
A meeting of the Washington City Council will meet, Monday, February 24, 2014, at 5:30 pm, to discuss a number of actions listed here within.
Published: Wednesday, February 19th, 2014 @ 8:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
|
|
On February 13, 2014, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit arrested Ralph Lee Moore, age 60, of 1500 Horsepen Swamp Road in Washington.
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 6:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
|
February 21, 22 and 23rd Beaufort County Emergency Management will be hosting the 14th annual eastern search exercise.
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 6:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
|
In many respects, the last few months have been dazzling ones for North Carolina State University. On January 15, President Obama traveled to Raleigh to announce that the university will be the headquarters for a $140 million public-private partnership that develops the "next generation" of...
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 4:12 pm
By: John William Pope Center
|
|
Around 7 pm Washington Police responded to the area of 9th and Gladden in reference to a reported shooting.
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 3:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
|
The Division of Continuing Education will offer the American Automobile Association-approved "Arrive Alive" class 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 8, in Room 822 of Building 8 on the BCCC campus.
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 3:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
|
Mr. Ralph Sherwood Linton, age 67, a resident of 5400 Terra Ceia Road, Pantego, NC died Monday, February 17, 2014 at Vidant Pungo Hospital.
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 1:00 pm
By: Announcements
|
|
Johnny Roger Pinkham, 59, of 7190 Broad Creek Road in Washington, NC, died Saturday, February 15, 2014 in Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 12:51 pm
By: Announcements
|
|
Mr. Vernon Dashawn Mason, of 407 W. Seventh St., Washington, died Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, at Inpatient Hospice, Greenville.
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 12:26 pm
By: Announcements
|
|
Mrs. Juliette Flowers, formerly of Washington, died Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, at Riverside Hospital, Newport News, Va.
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 12:19 pm
By: Announcements
|
|
The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 12:06 am
By: Stan Deatherage
|
|
Ideas drive public policy. During the last couple of years, North Carolina has begun to implement sound ideas to reform taxes, transportation, regulation, energy, education, Medicaid, and more. Good policy leads to more economic freedom, and that leads North Carolina in the right direction.
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 12:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
As Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Aldona Wos places a top deputy temporarily in charge of the state's beleaguered Medicaid system, state Auditor Beth Wood has launched a cost and performance study of the nonprofit entity overseeing much of Medicaid, the joint federal/state...
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 12:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
|
A new space for collaborative medical research and robotics training was lauded by East Carolina University officials this week as a visionary project at the heart of the university's mission and talents.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2014 @ 11:59 pm
By: ECU News Services
|
|
American Hustle is not just lighting up the movie screens. It's playing out on Capitol Hill as well.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2014 @ 11:40 pm
By: Brant Clifton
|
|
On February 13, 2014, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit arrested David Shane Polk, age 32, of 1904 E 6th Street in Greenville.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2014 @ 11:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|