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Governor Pat McCrory, along with Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Secretary Aldona Wos and State Epidemiologist Dr. Megan Davies, detailed today the state's preparation should an Ebola case be diagnosed in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 @ 5:42 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Governor Pat McCrory, along with DHHS Secretary Dr. Aldona Wos and State Epidemiologist Dr. Megan Davies will provide an update on state preparations should a patient in North Carolina be diagnosed with Ebola. At this point in time, no one in the state is suspected of having, or has been...
Published: Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 @ 5:41 am
By: Chris Downey
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Late in the day on Friday, 10/10/2014, the Federal Court handed down its decision over the NC Marriage Amendment, adopted with great angst a couple of years ago.
Published: Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 @ 5:29 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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Eighth-grader Beyoncé Best portrayed a plant manager for a Goldfish cracker manufacturing facility in an exercise October 10 at East Carolina University.
Published: Monday, October 13th, 2014 @ 9:12 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Ramona Hardison Ingalls, age 85, a resident of Chocowinity, died Monday October 13, 2014 at her home.
Published: Monday, October 13th, 2014 @ 3:54 pm
By: Announcements
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Brenda J. Mills, age 60, a resident of 228 James Lane, Chocowinity, died Sunday October 12, 2014 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Monday, October 13th, 2014 @ 3:51 pm
By: Announcements
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Seven counties are seeking quarter-cent increases to their sales tax rates on the November ballot. Some of these counties have tried in years past to increase their sales taxes, and voters have rejected the proposals.
Published: Monday, October 13th, 2014 @ 11:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I liked the format of Thursday's debate much better than the previous two. It allowed for more of a give-and-take between the candidates.
Published: Monday, October 13th, 2014 @ 9:10 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan did her best at a debate Thursday night to portray North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis as a crony of corporate CEOs seeking tax favors at the expense of the middle class and poor people who would take that practice to Washington.
Published: Monday, October 13th, 2014 @ 5:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sen. Kay Hagan refused to address reporters at last night's post-debate press conference for good reason. Hagan amazingly claimed that it was "appropriate" for her family's company to profit from nearly $390,000 in taxpayer-funded stimulus money that came from the very same stimulus bill she voted f
Published: Monday, October 13th, 2014 @ 5:25 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Eric Holder has been one of the most rabid race baiters to surface in this country since Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson were in their prime.
Published: Monday, October 13th, 2014 @ 5:00 am
By: Jim Bispo
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The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services is reporting the state's first flu death for the 2014-2015 flu season. An elementary school-aged child in the Triangle region of the State died last week because of complications from an influenza infection. The child was at risk for complications fro
Published: Monday, October 13th, 2014 @ 4:47 am
By: Chris Downey
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Only six seats remain for the Beaufort County Community College trip to Durham Saturday, Oct. 18, to see The Phantom of the Opera.
Published: Sunday, October 12th, 2014 @ 11:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, focuses on increasing health insurance coverage among Americans. It's unclear whether that focus on health insurance leads to better health care access or quality.
Published: Sunday, October 12th, 2014 @ 12:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Should public universities be allowed to derecognize a Christian student group because it requires members to be Christian? Astoundingly, the courts say yes. Ever since the 2010 Supreme Court decision in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, the courts have allowed universities this power.
Published: Sunday, October 12th, 2014 @ 12:58 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Friday, an unelected federal judge violated the foundational principles of this great nation. In 1787, at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia and later by ratification, the states relinquished a limited amount of power to a federal government.
Published: Sunday, October 12th, 2014 @ 12:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Researchers at East Carolina University have discovered that certain populations of a South American frog species have changed their appearance to avoid predators through mimicry of other species, causing the populations to diverge - possibly to the point of evolving into two different species.
Published: Sunday, October 12th, 2014 @ 2:03 am
By: ECU News Services
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Charleston was arguably one of the most influential cities in the history of the Colonial United States of America. It was also the cultural and the colonial capital of the State of South Carolina.
Published: Sunday, October 12th, 2014 @ 1:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Woolard, age 84, a resident of 206 Mansfield Road, Washington passed away October 10, 2014 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Sunday, October 12th, 2014 @ 1:50 am
By: Announcements
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Jane Spencer Gardner Hodges, 90, of 103 South Bonner Street, Washington, died Saturday morning, October 11, 2014, at her home.
Published: Sunday, October 12th, 2014 @ 1:35 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Laura Alice Cutler Sullivan, age 87, a resident of 225 Hilltop Lane, Washington, NC, died on October 9, 2014 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital in Washington, NC.
Published: Sunday, October 12th, 2014 @ 1:12 am
By: Announcements
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Lyda Woolard Maloney, age 95, a resident of Yarmouth Rd., New Bern, NC, passed away Saturday, October 11, 2014 at CarolinaEast Medical Center.
Published: Sunday, October 12th, 2014 @ 1:02 am
By: Announcements
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James Roy Peace, age 55, a resident of Burbage Rd., Bath, NC, passed away on Tuesday, October 7, 2014.
Published: Sunday, October 12th, 2014 @ 12:48 am
By: Announcements
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It seems like a small business owner’s worst nightmare: Learn that you have lost the ability to use part of your property for your business based on a change of zoning boundaries
Published: Saturday, October 11th, 2014 @ 10:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Miss America 2014 will present "The Beauty of Service, Scholarship and Global Citizenship" at 6 p.m. Oct. 22 in Mendenhall Student Center at East Carolina University.
Published: Saturday, October 11th, 2014 @ 8:08 pm
By: ECU News Services
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More and more frequently courts have become not just arbiters but de facto legislators of laws. Perhaps we can blame this on a stagnant Congress, partisan legislatures or a more litigious society, but courts on both state and federal levels have become increasingly important in all phases of our lif
Published: Saturday, October 11th, 2014 @ 10:05 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Senator Kay Hagan's husband and son created a solar energy contracting company in August 2010, and then, using $250,644 in federal stimulus grant funds, her husband hired that same company to install solar panels at a building he owns.
Published: Saturday, October 11th, 2014 @ 1:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Nahrebeckis are celebrating a birthday today they never thought would come. Their two-year-old son, Austin, was born with a blockage in his kidneys, and he needed a transplant.
Published: Saturday, October 11th, 2014 @ 1:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It's easy for young students to be dazzled when they hear that going to college will earn them an extra $1 million in their lifetime. Or when they see headlines touting high-paying majors and new graduates' success stories.
Published: Saturday, October 11th, 2014 @ 12:56 am
By: John William Pope Center
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North Carolina's 2014 general election will take place under the election laws enacted last year by the General Assembly as the result of a ruling late Wednesday by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Published: Saturday, October 11th, 2014 @ 12:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Renee Ellmers has spent nearly four years in Congress. For that entire period, the Dunn Republican has served in a Republican majority.
Published: Saturday, October 11th, 2014 @ 12:42 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Former East Carolina University soccer star Hali Oughton was interviewed by the media many times during her college career. Now she's the one holding the microphone in her job as an on-air reporter for the American Athletic Conference.
Published: Friday, October 10th, 2014 @ 11:55 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Durham County officials on Monday destroyed gun registration documents stemming from a Jim Crow-era statute, ending months of legal uncertainty over ownership of the materials and threats of legal action had the records been preserved.
Published: Friday, October 10th, 2014 @ 11:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Goose Creek State Park Calendar of Events for October, 2014.
Published: Friday, October 10th, 2014 @ 11:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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