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Governor Pat McCrory sometimes says things that don't sound the way we think he intended them.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 12:36 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Governor Pat McCrory has appointed Greg McGuire as a Special Superior Court Judge for a term beginning October 13, 2014. Chief Justice Mark Martin plans to designate him as a Special Superior Court Judge for Complex Business Cases at the beginning of McGuire's term. He will then preside in the Wake
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 12:31 pm
By: Chris Downey
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East Carolina University is ranked No. 4 out of more than 1,200 universities in the nation by Educate To Career in its 2015 College Rankings Index.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 1:15 am
By: ECU News Services
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Local factors are likely to play a larger role than statewide issues in this year's N.C. legislative elections, and no one should expect a major shift in partisan control of either the state House or Senate.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 1:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We left for Florida Monday, a week ago, in the rain.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 12:35 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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The Cherokee were the first Native American residents of present-day Buncombe County, and German, Scottish, and English settlers inhabited the area in the early to mid-1700s.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 12:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Unfortunately, we're not voting for the winner of a game show here. We're choosing someone to vote on our behalf amid the DC nonsense.
Published: Tuesday, October 7th, 2014 @ 11:50 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The leader of the nation's top military hospital made a stop at East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine on Oct. 2 to share his medical and leadership philosophy with about 70 medical students.
Published: Tuesday, October 7th, 2014 @ 8:24 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services today confirmed the presence of three additional cases of Enterovirus D68, or EV-D68, in North Carolina, totaling nine since September 22, 2014. The three specimens that tested positive for EV-D68 were obtained from children ages 10 and under with re
Published: Tuesday, October 7th, 2014 @ 7:59 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Not too long ago, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in tandem with the Urban Institute released a study assessing the economic consequences for a number of states that vetoed Obamacare's optional Medicaid expansion. According to that study, North Carolina is losing out on $40 billion of federal...
Published: Tuesday, October 7th, 2014 @ 6:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mr. Hamilton Lester Chittum, Sr., age 85, a resident of Washington, NC died Saturday October 4, 2014 at River Trace Nursing Center.
Published: Tuesday, October 7th, 2014 @ 6:21 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Brenda Kay Moore Clark, 57, resident of 436 Old County Rd., Belhaven, died Friday, October 3, 2014.
Published: Tuesday, October 7th, 2014 @ 4:52 pm
By: Announcements
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After 30 years working in the chemical industry, I knew that I wanted to teach as a second career. I was fortunate in 2002 to find my way to Ursinus College, a highly regarded liberal arts school near Philadelphia, where I have worked for a dozen enjoyable and stimulating years on both faculty and s
Published: Monday, October 6th, 2014 @ 8:47 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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For tired teens, it's a dream come true: Slapping the snooze button has lost its stigma. Once the luxury of the lazy loll-about, those extra minutes of morning ZZZ's are just what the doctor ordered. Alarmed by an "epidemic" of sleep-deprived adolescents, the nation's pediatricians are urging...
Published: Monday, October 6th, 2014 @ 8:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Renowned underwater explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau urged action to protect endangered ocean resources in a presentation Wednesday, Oct. 1 at East Carolina University.
Published: Monday, October 6th, 2014 @ 8:20 pm
By: ECU News Services
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We have heard about the changes in Voter Registration rules for NC. I am not in favor of ANYTHING which makes any voter have unnecessary blocks as a barrier to expressing his right to vote, come November. The current deadline is October 10.
Published: Monday, October 6th, 2014 @ 7:56 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Okay. It’s become pretty clear that Kay Hagan’s upper middle-class family has benefited greatly from our bloated state and federal governments.
Published: Monday, October 6th, 2014 @ 6:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Hamilton Lester Chittum, Sr., age 85 a resident of Washington, NC died Saturday October 4, 2014 at River Trace Nursing Center of Washington.
Published: Monday, October 6th, 2014 @ 6:02 pm
By: Announcements
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What would be the best small business for you to start right now?
Published: Monday, October 6th, 2014 @ 5:49 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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They are 45 of the most consequential words in America's founding documents, but the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is coming under repeated attack from liberal advocacy groups, regulatory agencies, and elected officials on both sides of the political aisle, according to an array of policy
Published: Monday, October 6th, 2014 @ 5:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tyler Ryan Berry, age 20, a resident of Virginia Beach, VA and a former resident of Chocowinity, NC died Friday October 3, 2014 at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital.
Published: Monday, October 6th, 2014 @ 5:46 pm
By: Announcements
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Effective Oct. 1, ECU Physicians and Vidant Health successfully partnered to transition neurosurgery services to become part of Vidant Medical Group.
Published: Monday, October 6th, 2014 @ 5:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners will meet to discuss a variety of issues in their General Meeting on Tuesday, October 6, 2014
Published: Monday, October 6th, 2014 @ 2:39 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Eric Holder may not be the only miscreant chosen by the Anointed One to run one of the Government Departments.
Published: Monday, October 6th, 2014 @ 9:11 am
By: Jim Bispo
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Imagine with me for a moment what would happen if Gov. Pat McCrory's office and state legislative leaders released the following joint statement regarding a special session to address economic development in North Carolina
Published: Sunday, October 5th, 2014 @ 11:43 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The office of Governor Pat McCrory released the following photos from Governor McCrory's Manufacturing Day celebration in Dunn this morning. The governor was joined by Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker and Community Colleges President Scott Ralls to kick off a statewide manufacturing tour at Godwin M
Published: Sunday, October 5th, 2014 @ 11:27 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Nothing undercuts the enjoyment of watching football (Go Steelers!) on a Sunday afternoon more than tiresome political ads, particularly those pro-Kay Hagan ads that employ "political sleight of hand" to substantiate claims of funding cuts to public education in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, October 5th, 2014 @ 4:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The on-going US Senate race in North Carolina is really roiling Tar Heel conservatives.
Published: Sunday, October 5th, 2014 @ 3:48 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Join the Beaufort County Community College Foundation, Saturday, Oct. 18, for a trip to Durham to see the stage production of Phantom of the Opera, Broadway's longest-running musical.
Published: Sunday, October 5th, 2014 @ 12:26 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that DPx Holdings B.V. and its business unit Patheon, a leading provider of contract development and commercial manufacturing services to the global pharmaceutical industry, will expand its operations in Pitt Co
Published: Sunday, October 5th, 2014 @ 11:18 am
By: Christopher Maye
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When legislators and officials at the University of North Carolina consider costs, they prefer to focus on minor operational functions — such as heating bills. But that merely nibbles around the edges.
Published: Sunday, October 5th, 2014 @ 11:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Kidwell for Commissioner committee is pleased to announce that Aurora Mayor Clif Williams has endorsed Keith Kidwell for Beaufort County Commissioner.
Published: Sunday, October 5th, 2014 @ 11:07 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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