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February 21, 22 and 23rd Beaufort County Emergency Management will be hosting the 14th annual eastern search exercise.
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 6:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In many respects, the last few months have been dazzling ones for North Carolina State University. On January 15, President Obama traveled to Raleigh to announce that the university will be the headquarters for a $140 million public-private partnership that develops the "next generation" of...
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 4:12 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Around 7 pm Washington Police responded to the area of 9th and Gladden in reference to a reported shooting.
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 3:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Division of Continuing Education will offer the American Automobile Association-approved "Arrive Alive" class 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 8, in Room 822 of Building 8 on the BCCC campus.
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 3:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Ralph Sherwood Linton, age 67, a resident of 5400 Terra Ceia Road, Pantego, NC died Monday, February 17, 2014 at Vidant Pungo Hospital.
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 1:00 pm
By: Announcements
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Johnny Roger Pinkham, 59, of 7190 Broad Creek Road in Washington, NC, died Saturday, February 15, 2014 in Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 12:51 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Vernon Dashawn Mason, of 407 W. Seventh St., Washington, died Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, at Inpatient Hospice, Greenville.
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 12:26 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Juliette Flowers, formerly of Washington, died Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, at Riverside Hospital, Newport News, Va.
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 12:19 pm
By: Announcements
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 12:06 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Ideas drive public policy. During the last couple of years, North Carolina has begun to implement sound ideas to reform taxes, transportation, regulation, energy, education, Medicaid, and more. Good policy leads to more economic freedom, and that leads North Carolina in the right direction.
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 12:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Aldona Wos places a top deputy temporarily in charge of the state's beleaguered Medicaid system, state Auditor Beth Wood has launched a cost and performance study of the nonprofit entity overseeing much of Medicaid, the joint federal/state...
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 12:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new space for collaborative medical research and robotics training was lauded by East Carolina University officials this week as a visionary project at the heart of the university's mission and talents.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2014 @ 11:59 pm
By: ECU News Services
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American Hustle is not just lighting up the movie screens. It's playing out on Capitol Hill as well.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2014 @ 11:40 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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On February 13, 2014, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit arrested David Shane Polk, age 32, of 1904 E 6th Street in Greenville.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2014 @ 11:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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According to WRAL, Attorney General Roy Cooper is pressing Gov. Pat McCrory to roll back "special service charges" imposed on certain requests for public records.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2014 @ 11:37 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Mrs. Etta “Annale” Johnson McClure, age 88, a former resident of Aurora, died Saturday, February 15, 2014 at Carolina East Medical Center in New Bern.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2014 @ 1:19 pm
By: Announcements
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It may still be winter but the grass on your lawn will soon be growing! The Division of Continuing Education at Beaufort County Community College will offer a class to help you take better care of your lawn and lawn-care equipment.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2014 @ 1:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, the House of Representatives voted to approve Congressman Walter B. Jones' (NC-3) proposal to repeal excessive restrictions on human access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2014 @ 12:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Hold on to your hats!! I am about to agree with something our glorious leader said. In talking about the National Debt and the Debt Limit, he laid the blame on the congress, those who control the purse strings. He was right (partly).
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2014 @ 12:52 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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Thom Tillis and Harold Brubaker have quite a special political bond. They are the only two Republican speakers of the North Carolina House since Reconstruction.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2014 @ 12:21 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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North Carolina will be challenged to support a convention of states to amend the U.S. constitution. You need to understand both side of this issue.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2014 @ 11:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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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, February 17th, 2014 @ 11:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Barack Obama was right about health insurance mandates. Back in 2008, I mean, when he was competing with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination. The two senators disagreed about whether, as part of comprehensive health insurance reform, the federal government should require...
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 6:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When the original 13 states came together to discuss the possibility of establishing a confederacy, at the urging of Benjamin Franklin ("Join or Die"), they did so with a great deal of hope, but also a great deal of trepidation.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 6:16 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Mrs. Lula Mae Squires Jefferson, age 92, a resident of 4984 Reedy Branch Rd., Winterville, and a former resident of 270 Pocosin Rd. Washington, NC, died Sunday, February 16, 2014 at her home.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 6:11 pm
By: Announcements
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Early career teachers will get pay raises starting in the fiscal year beginning July 1, and teachers with up to seven years of service will collect double-digit percentage increases, Gov. Pat McCrory announced Monday. The package is expected to cost less than $200 million and will not require a...
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 5:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mrs. Etta "Annale" Johnson McClure, age 88, a former resident of Aurora, died Saturday, February 15, 2014 at Carolina East Medical Center in New Bern.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 1:55 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Ora Dell A. Avery, age 96, a resident of 10149 US Hwy. 17 S., Vanceboro, died Friday, February 14, 2014 at Vidant Medical Center.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 1:53 pm
By: Announcements
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This week Gov. McCrory, Lt. Gov. Forest, House Speaker Tillis, and I announced our plan to make North Carolina's starting teacher salaries among the highest in the Southeast.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 1:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Education leaders from Washington and Tyrrell counties met at Beaufort County Community College recently for an update on new programs at the college.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 1:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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"When guns are outlawed," the adage goes, "only outlaws will have guns."
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 1:14 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Congressman Walter Jones takes action and relates it to his constituents through these press releases.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 1:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Like many of you, I am concerned about the state of our beloved university. Among its many prominent problems are the alleged fraud by a former academic department chairman concerning "no-show" classes that gave academic credits to athletes and the report by an academic adviser, disputed by universi
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 2:09 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Following a narrow defeat in her run for NC House Representatives for District 6 in 2012, long-time Republican and Dare County resident Mattie Lawson has maintained an active role in local issues of concern to Eastern North Carolina citizens.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 2:02 am
By: Mattie Lawson
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