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In an editorial earlier this week, News & Observer editors admonished those who seek to slow down the implementation of Common Core Standards and want the state to back out from national testing requirements.
Published: Saturday, January 25th, 2014 @ 7:46 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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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: Saturday, January 25th, 2014 @ 7:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A reader forwarded to us an email conversation they had with NCGOP chairman Claude Pope. (Of course, we came up.)
Published: Saturday, January 25th, 2014 @ 1:22 am
By: Brant Clifton
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On January 22, 2014, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office arrested Robert Wayne Smith Jr., age 23, of 2081 Chandler Road in Chocowinity and Raul Miguel Renteria, age 22, of 2425 Cayton Road in Chocowinity.
Published: Saturday, January 25th, 2014 @ 1:07 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. John Harvey Sr., formerly of the Terra Ceia Community, died Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, at Wake Medical Center, Raleigh.
Published: Saturday, January 25th, 2014 @ 12:30 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Bernell "Bolo" Saunders, 65, a resident of 170 School Street, Pantego, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014.
Published: Saturday, January 25th, 2014 @ 12:27 am
By: Announcements
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William Patrick Wall, 25, started his journey with Christ on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014.
Published: Saturday, January 25th, 2014 @ 12:24 am
By: Announcements
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Joseph Alton Andersen, age 16, a resident of 2604 Mouth of the Creek Road, Blounts Creek, NC died Tuesday, January 21, 2014.
Published: Saturday, January 25th, 2014 @ 12:16 am
By: Announcements
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Nancy Jewell Bowles Harvey, age 71, a resident of Camp Leach Rd., Washington, NC, passed away Thursday, January 23, 2014 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Friday, January 24th, 2014 @ 11:53 pm
By: Announcements
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Paul Marion Freeman, age 60, a resident of Gallberry Rd., Washington, NC, passed away Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at his home.
Published: Friday, January 24th, 2014 @ 11:16 pm
By: Announcements
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Work crews have begun taking apart Belk Residence Hall brick by brick to make way for two buildings that will become a new entrance to East Carolina University's main campus.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 @ 10:45 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Dr. Conrad Flick, noted North Carolina family physician, recently appeared on a panel discussion on healthcare conducted by the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 @ 10:33 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Once upon a time, and not too long ago, the job of journalism was seen as reporting the truth "without fear or favor" and "letting the chips fall where they may."
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 @ 9:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Division of Continuing Education at Beaufort County Community College will offer two ServSafe® courses on food safety and consumer health for restaurant workers and managers in all phases of a food service career leading to the ServSafe® examination.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 @ 9:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Pat McCrory on Tuesday outlined the goals for his second year in office, which include increasing teacher pay, fast-tracking fracking, and calling on the General Assembly to embrace his wife's top project - enacting puppy mill legislation.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 @ 4:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory has signed an executive order to re-establish the North Carolina Early Childhood Advisory Council (NCECAC), creating a comprehensive early childhood website in tandem with the order.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 @ 11:23 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A meeting of the Washington City Council will meet, Monday, January 13, 2014, at 5:30 pm, to discuss a number of actions listed here within.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 @ 8:12 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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We've already raised questions about Speaker Thom, his movie contributions, the beer distributor bucks, and his ties to a certain well-connected Massachusetts law firm.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 @ 7:40 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Today, Governor McCrory delivered a press conference where he outlined many of the state's initiatives and what he plans to oversee through his cabinet during the 2014 legislative year and into 2015.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 @ 3:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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William (Bill) Matthew Peters, a resident of Chocowinity, passed away peacefully on Jan. 19, 2014, at Vidant Inpatient Hospice in Greenville.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 @ 3:39 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Joseph B. "Skipper" Duke, age 71, a resident of Greenville, NC, died in his home on Sunday, January 19, 2014.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 @ 3:35 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Semera Oneal Henderson, of 139 Slade Road, Pantego, died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, at Vidant Pungo Hospital in Belhaven.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 @ 3:23 am
By: Announcements
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Zelma Seay McIntyre, 81, passed away Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 @ 3:11 am
By: Announcements
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Sen. Thom Goolsby (R-New Hanover), co-chairman of the Senate Judiciary I Committee and the Appropriations Subcommittee on Justice and Public Safety, announced Friday he will retire from the General Assembly at the end of his term.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 @ 2:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Office of State Human Resources has implemented pay raises authorized by the General Assembly for employees in high-demand professions such as medicine, accounting, auditing and information technology. The salary adjustments were authorized to reduce turnover.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 @ 2:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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If state leaders want to improve North Carolina's education system in the future, they will have to begin with a better understanding of the history of school reform in our state.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 @ 2:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Bratwurst, Leica cameras, BMW automobiles, Beck's beer, and so on - great German imports to the U.S. Few people realize that our educational system was also imported from Germany. Unlike those fine products, however, the 19th century educational concepts we imported from Germany are not working...
Published: Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014 @ 4:51 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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It would seem that one of Gov. Christie's spear carriers screwed up big time. First they (she) did something really stupid and then lied about it.
Published: Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014 @ 12:15 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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Taxpayers and motorists would be better served if the proposed Monroe Connector/Bypass were judged on a merit-based system adopted last year rather than the old system that typically rewarded political influence and geography, a top transportation planner said.
Published: Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014 @ 11:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Beaufort County is in a unnique position where it desperately needs the the Pantego Wind Energy Project to come into fruition, or be damned to tax its citizens exorbitantly.
Published: Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014 @ 11:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Well, being the southern gentlemen we are here, we thought we'd take a moment to help out our state's junior US senator in this area.
Published: Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014 @ 11:24 am
By: Brant Clifton
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For those happy few who may be unfamiliar with the term "smart classroom," it refers to an ordinary teaching-space fitted out with a desktop PC and monitor, a document camera, a multi-discriminating disc-player for CDs, DVDs and BluRay discs; a high-fidelity stereo speaker system, a digital projecto
Published: Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014 @ 5:14 am
By: John William Pope Center
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