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Mr. Leonard Michael Jakubowski, age 90, a resident of Washington, NC died Tuesday July 22, 2014 at River Trace Nursing Center of Washington.
Published: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014 @ 9:50 am
By: Announcements
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We have just recently come into possession of two new video vignettes produced by Eric Blyer and Annabel Park from their upcoming documentary on the closing of Belhaven's Pungo hospital.
Published: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014 @ 1:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today's Senate calendar includes a measure revamping Medicaid from the current fee-for-service model to one paying providers a set per-member-per month fee, moving Medicaid from the Department of Health and Human Services to a new department, and allowing hospital- and physician-led accountable care
Published: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014 @ 12:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Words alone seemed insufficient, so faculty and students who lived and studied this spring in the heart of Tuscany shared their experiences through the video posted above. The video illustrates a semester with Italy Intensives - East Carolina University's only year-round study abroad...
Published: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014 @ 12:45 am
By: ECU News Services
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Beaufort County CFO and assistant county manager, Jim Chrisman, is leaving the job to take the CFO position at Tideland Electric Membership Corporation (Tideland EMC).
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 9:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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That was an example of the kind of commentary we got during debate on traffic cameras in the North Carolina Senate.
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 7:58 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following judicial appointments today
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 7:22 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Several of my recent columns have addressed the statistical basis of political disputes over education funding, the state budget, and declines in North Carolina’s unemployment rate.
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 7:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There is a forgotten group of college students. These are the students who start out at a community college, leave it to earn a bachelor's degree, but drop out along the way.
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 7:05 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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I have been discussing teacher pay rankings for years. In fact, three years ago I wrote a newsletter piece titled, Education spending in North Carolina: The ranking problem. In that piece, I outlined the major problems associated with the National Education Association (NEA) rankings of teacher...
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 7:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement after learning of the death of Representative Jim Fulghum
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 6:13 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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A hearing that liberal groups hoped would undermine North Carolina voting reform instead appears to have revealed their true objectives.
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 6:07 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Belhaven resident Donald Collins was ready for a change.
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 4:36 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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Continuing fiscal challenges were front and center during the regular meeting of the East Carolina University Board of Trustees held July 17-18 at the East Carolina Heart Institute at ECU.
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 4:34 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Mr. Rudy Calvin Borden of 1465 Main St. in Aurora died Sunday, July 20, 2014 at Vidant Hospital Greenville.
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 11:04 am
By: Announcements
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Ms. Revonda Spencer of 927 Bridge Street, Washington died July 20, 2014 at Vidant Hospital Greenville.
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 10:41 am
By: Announcements
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The Rev. Judson Townes Mayfield, Jr., age 83, a resident of Portsmouth, VA died Sunday, July 20, 2014.
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 9:21 am
By: Announcements
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Roberta Page Jaggers, age 51, a resident of Respess St., Washington, NC, passed away Sunday, July 20, 2014.
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 9:09 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Al Alford, age 71, of 111 Landon Dr., Washington, died on Monday, July 21, 2014 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville.
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 9:05 am
By: Announcements
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Taxpayers in every income category will save tens of millions of dollars because of state tax reforms enacted in North Carolina in 2013.
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 12:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory, chairman of the Outer Continental Shelf Governors Coalition, released the following statement in the wake of President Barack Obama's decision to open up the Eastern Seaboard for energy exploration through seismic testing.
Published: Monday, July 21st, 2014 @ 11:44 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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In Hobby Lobby, the Court ruled that the Obamacare law and its related regulations cannot compel closely held or family-owned companies from providing certain kinds of contraceptive coverage if doing so violates the owners' religious beliefs.
Published: Monday, July 21st, 2014 @ 11:23 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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On Tuesday, July 22 at 12 p.m., Hyde County citizens will share their stories from the last 20 days since the hospital closed of their loved ones suffering and in one case dying waiting to be transported to an emergency room.
Published: Monday, July 21st, 2014 @ 10:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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An grass-roots group that backs school choice has asked the state Senate to shift $20 million it targeted for film incentives toward vouchers that would help low-income children attend private schools.
Published: Monday, July 21st, 2014 @ 10:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Hazel W. Carraway, age 83, a resident of River Trace Nursing and Rehab, died peacefully at Vidant Beaufort Hospital Friday July 18, 2014.
Published: Monday, July 21st, 2014 @ 9:55 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Dorothy Fynetta Morris Smith, age 83, a resident of Market Street Ext, Washington, died Friday, July 18, 2014 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville.
Published: Monday, July 21st, 2014 @ 9:52 am
By: Announcements
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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: Monday, July 21st, 2014 @ 9:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement following the passage of Senate Bill 812
Published: Monday, July 21st, 2014 @ 9:08 am
By: Christopher Maye
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In December of 2013, the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office began receiving a series of reports involving fraudulent checks. The checks used the account numbers of seven different people that live in Beaufort County. Investigators collected evidence and began an investigation.
Published: Monday, July 21st, 2014 @ 9:00 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Ten rising high school juniors and seniors got busy this summer digging and sifting through 18th century dirt behind a standing slave cabin in Grimesland.
Published: Monday, July 21st, 2014 @ 8:57 am
By: ECU News Services
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For many students, summer is synonymous with sunning and snoozing.
Published: Monday, July 21st, 2014 @ 8:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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