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The Southwest County Jail, after the final piece of the puzzle fell into place when Chocowinity's government overruled their advisory board on permitting, was a go.
Published: Wednesday, August 27th, 2014 @ 5:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Most preachers are pretty busy with church stuff on Sundays. Not the most-holy-of-holies, reverend Bill Barber, though. The Round Rev was busy preening in front of the slobbering sycophants and their cameras
Published: Wednesday, August 27th, 2014 @ 12:25 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Every major political matter is always immediately perceived as the last blow which will end America/Civilization/Liberty/The World; each instance we have found the aftermath wasn't as devastating or in fact did not exist whatsoever.
Published: Wednesday, August 27th, 2014 @ 12:12 am
By: Christopher Maye
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As Vidant Health continues to be challenged by significant reductions in government reimbursements due to the Affordable Care Act, its Board of Directors approved the fiscal year 2015 operational plan today that provides the strategic direction and financial resources.
Published: Wednesday, August 27th, 2014 @ 12:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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David F. Thompson, who has led the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners for the past nine years, will leave his position as Executive Director in October to take a position with the National Association of Counties (NACo).
Published: Tuesday, August 26th, 2014 @ 10:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory has proclaimed today, August 26, as Women's Equality Day.
Published: Tuesday, August 26th, 2014 @ 10:19 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Pat Hensley bristles at being called a politician, and until her June retirement she held a supposedly nonpartisan position as Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources for Catawba County Schools.
Published: Tuesday, August 26th, 2014 @ 10:13 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services announced that Margaret "Mardy" Peal submitted her resignation yesterday to pursue an opportunity in the private sector that will allow her to spend more time with her family.
Published: Tuesday, August 26th, 2014 @ 7:46 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Mr. Billy Ray Gurley, age 47, a resident of Bath died Tuesday August 26, 2014 at Vidant Inpatient Hospice of Greenville.
Published: Tuesday, August 26th, 2014 @ 7:29 pm
By: Announcements
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Governor Pat McCrory is using this year's noteworthy anniversaries of Hurricanes Hazel, Hugo, Floyd, Frances and Ivan to encourage North Carolina families, businesses and schools to make a plan, get a kit and stay informed in the event of an emergency.
Published: Tuesday, August 26th, 2014 @ 6:16 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Legislators have raised teacher pay, set aside money for potential Medicaid cost overruns, and made a major positive change in the state budget process.
Published: Tuesday, August 26th, 2014 @ 4:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mr. Andrew Holley, 78, resident of 822 Respess St., Washington, died Sunday, August 24, 2014.
Published: Tuesday, August 26th, 2014 @ 4:10 pm
By: Announcements
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Cristina Arteaga, age 49, a resident of Cherry Run Rd., Washington, NC, passed away on Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at her home.
Published: Tuesday, August 26th, 2014 @ 4:05 pm
By: Announcements
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Here is a story of the big Mars Hill Church out in California. Like Vidant, it is a 501(c)3 Tax-exempt / Non-profit institution.
Published: Tuesday, August 26th, 2014 @ 3:51 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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The US Export-Import Bank is seeking Congress's help to extend its life a little longer.
Published: Tuesday, August 26th, 2014 @ 1:56 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Yesterday was a big day for the people of Belhaven trying to save their hospital and medical care. Vidant is the Corporate Giant headquartered in Greenville, NC.
Published: Tuesday, August 26th, 2014 @ 12:25 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Governor Pat McCrory signed Senate Bill 42 into law today.
Published: Tuesday, August 26th, 2014 @ 11:50 am
By: Christopher Maye
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As of this morning, the North Carolina Public Schools Application System (NCPSAS) listed nearly 1,300 traditional public school job openings.
Published: Tuesday, August 26th, 2014 @ 8:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two professors in the ECU Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences were inducted as distinguished professors at the college's annual faculty convocation Aug. 25.
Published: Monday, August 25th, 2014 @ 9:55 pm
By: ECU News Services
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"I didn't go looking for this opportunity," said John Rhodes, the best-known of the three qualified write-in candidates for US Senate in North Carolina. "It found me.
Published: Monday, August 25th, 2014 @ 9:43 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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One of North Carolina’s largest school districts is calling on the College Board to delay for one year its new Advanced Placement U.S. History course, labeling it an inaccurate, deeply biased, revisionist view of America.
Published: Monday, August 25th, 2014 @ 8:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Left-liberals may dominate universities in the United States, but another kind of liberal—the classical liberal—is finding its way into the fray.
Published: Monday, August 25th, 2014 @ 6:53 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Beaufort County Community College student Rhett Alligood admits he doesn't like to eat oysters but he does appreciate their importance to eastern North Carolina.
Published: Monday, August 25th, 2014 @ 6:41 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that he will appoint Winston-Salem lawyer Richard Dietz to the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
Published: Monday, August 25th, 2014 @ 6:34 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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The Obama administration has been implementing new ways to measure economic activity in the United States.
Published: Monday, August 25th, 2014 @ 6:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On 08-13-2014, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit arrested Carlos Jayshawn Rome, 39 years of age, of 1053 Railroad Street in Belhaven.
Published: Monday, August 25th, 2014 @ 6:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Exhausted legislators finally saw the closing gavel and heard the fat lady sing the "sine die," followed quickly by the Hallelujah chorus striking up the perennial tune, "There has to be a better way to run a state."
Published: Monday, August 25th, 2014 @ 6:29 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Perfect is the enemy of good. I don't know who coined that phrase, but whoever it was, certainly got it right.
Published: Monday, August 25th, 2014 @ 6:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mrs. Jewel Marie Greer Triplett, age 80, a resident of Blounts Creek, died Sunday, August 24, 2014 at Service League of Greenville Inpatient Hospice.
Published: Monday, August 25th, 2014 @ 5:24 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Robert Fredrick “Tommy” Elks, age 78, a resident of Chocowinity, NC died Friday August 22, 2014 at Vidant Medical Center of Greenville.
Published: Monday, August 25th, 2014 @ 5:09 pm
By: Announcements
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If you listen to the drive-by media or the zombies and trolls following Bill Barber around, you’d think North Carolina state government was now a shoe-string operation.
Published: Monday, August 25th, 2014 @ 12:30 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Honors College students put East Carolina University's motto 'servire' - to serve - into action Aug. 22, spending their first day on campus helping the community.
Published: Monday, August 25th, 2014 @ 12:10 am
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory is encouraging high school students to apply for the Governor's Page Program.
Published: Monday, August 25th, 2014 @ 12:04 am
By: Christopher Maye
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North Carolina state government is spending more money per person this budget year than ever before. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report documents that fact, which gets lost in ongoing debates about state budget "cuts."
Published: Sunday, August 24th, 2014 @ 11:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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