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A new faculty promotion system at one of North Carolina's largest community colleges could increase the school's focus on education. On the other hand, it could be a sign of "mission creep," as the college joins a recent trend of community colleges striving to look and act like universities.
Published: Wednesday, March 26th, 2014 @ 11:38 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Beaufort County Community College and Norwich University have reached an agreement that would allow BCCC criminal justice graduates to complete their bachelor's degrees online through Norwich University.
Published: Wednesday, March 26th, 2014 @ 11:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. William Bryant Hodges, age 83, of 364 Pinetree Court, Toccoa, Georgia passed away Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at his residence.
Published: Wednesday, March 26th, 2014 @ 11:16 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Joseph David Alligood, age 71, a resident of Broad Creek Road, Washington, died Sunday, March 23, 2014 at Vidant Inpatient Hospice in Greenville.
Published: Wednesday, March 26th, 2014 @ 11:10 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Evelyn Wynne Vick Webster, age 88, a resident of Washington died Sunday March 23, 2014 at Ridgewood Manor Nursing Center.
Published: Wednesday, March 26th, 2014 @ 10:59 pm
By: Announcements
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The family of Dr. Nicholson announces his death on March 22, 2014.
Published: Wednesday, March 26th, 2014 @ 10:53 pm
By: Announcements
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Beulah Mae Woolard Harris Woolard, age 89, a resident of Broad Creek Rd., passed away Monday, March 24, 2014 at her home.
Published: Wednesday, March 26th, 2014 @ 10:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Edward Vernon Ferrell III, age 51, of Cornelius, passed away on Sunday, March 23, 2014, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
Published: Wednesday, March 26th, 2014 @ 10:31 pm
By: Announcements
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today.
Published: Wednesday, March 26th, 2014 @ 10:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Newspapers, activists and all who care about open government recently celebrated "Sunshine Week." Now it's time for North Carolina conservatives to make 2014 Sunshine Year.
Published: Wednesday, March 26th, 2014 @ 8:39 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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On March 10, 2014, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a Breaking and Entering at a residence in the 800 block of River Road in Washington.
Published: Wednesday, March 26th, 2014 @ 8:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Match Day is another milestone for East Carolina University medical student Alan Burke, who's had a few of them. The cancer survivor will graduate from the Brody School of Medicine in a few weeks, and then he will be commissioned into the military and begin a residency in psychiatric medicine at...
Published: Wednesday, March 26th, 2014 @ 10:41 am
By: ECU News Services
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There's a story unfolding in Hyde County with Rose Acre Farms that every North Carolinian should not only be aware of but fighting mad about.
Published: Wednesday, March 26th, 2014 @ 10:38 am
By: Hood Richardson
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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: Wednesday, March 26th, 2014 @ 9:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ten individual properties and districts across the state have been added to the National Register of Historic Places, Governor Pat McCrory and the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources are pleased to announce.
Published: Wednesday, March 26th, 2014 @ 8:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The political debate in North Carolina has me seeing double. A double standard, that is. On Tuesday, longtime Duke University health care scholar Chris Conover testified before the General Assembly's new Joint Study Committee on the Affordable Care Act and Implementation Issues. Conover's...
Published: Tuesday, March 25th, 2014 @ 11:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Attached, is a letter that Sen. Cook sent to David Herman regarding the Vidant Pungo Hospital in Belhaven.
Published: Tuesday, March 25th, 2014 @ 11:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We've got some pretty big races for US House and US Senate on the November ballot here in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, March 25th, 2014 @ 11:24 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The conference will provide health care providers, clinicians and community members the resources to ensure seamless care for those who suffer from mental health and substance use disorders.
Published: Tuesday, March 25th, 2014 @ 10:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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An analysis by a UNC School of Government professor suggests there's no clear-cut answer over whether changes in laws regulating voter registration and extending the time people are allowed to vote have affected turnout in recent decades.
Published: Tuesday, March 25th, 2014 @ 5:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Candidates facing primary challenges in N.C. Senate, N.C. House of Representatives, county commissioner and Beaufort County sheriff's races have been invited to Beaufort County Community College to meet with President Barbara Tansey to learn about issues facing the college in the coming year.
Published: Tuesday, March 25th, 2014 @ 5:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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John Slugocke, age 94, a resident of John Small Ave., Washington, NC, passed away Saturday, March 22, 2014 at his home.
Published: Monday, March 24th, 2014 @ 9:06 am
By: Announcements
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Dr. Thomas W. Nicholson, age 70 of Bath and retired physician with Pamlico Internal Medicine in Washington, died Saturday, March 22, 2014.
Published: Monday, March 24th, 2014 @ 9:01 am
By: Announcements
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Following a report from Duke Energy filed late today that a crack has formed in an earthen dam that's part of a coal ash impoundment at the Cape Fear Steam Electric Station in Chatham County, Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement
Published: Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 @ 2:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In early May, the North Carolina General Assembly will reconvene in Raleigh for its so-called "short session." Beyond approving adjustments to the second year of the state's two-year budget, lawmakers could consider a number of other key issues. Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation vice president...
Published: Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 @ 2:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I recently saw a "flyer" supporting someone seeking to be a County Commissioner. He is not new to Beaufort County (claims to be having been born and raised here) but he is clearly new to politics in general and Beaufort County politics in particular.
Published: Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 @ 1:58 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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People with Parkinson's disease now have a tool to help them communicate more fluently. Janus Development Group Inc. is marketing and distributing the SpeechEasy anti-stuttering device, developed at East Carolina University, to people with the neurological disease to assist them with speech.
Published: Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 @ 1:02 pm
By: ECU News Services
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State lawmakers were presented Tuesday with a litany of potential horror stories related to the federal Affordable Care Act. At its worst, Obamacare would sock North Carolina with thousands of job losses, double-digit insurance premium increases, deep Medicare cuts to help pay for the health...
Published: Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 @ 10:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I first heard about John Rhodes in 2003 while he was serving in the North Carolina House. He was raising questions about the ethics of Democrat House speaker Jim Black and his Republican co-conspirator co-speaker Richard Morgan.
Published: Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 @ 10:53 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The counties of Beaufort, Bertie, Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell Washington and Wayne along with the Cities of Goldsboro and Washington were invited to attend an organizational meeting for a "Joint Land Use Policy Committee for the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base".
Published: Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 @ 10:48 am
By: Hood Richardson
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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: Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 @ 9:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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One year ago, the UNC system's general administration and Board of Governors published an ambitious set of plans for the state's 17 public universities called Our Time, Our Future: The UNC Compact with North Carolina. One of those plans aims to revamp general education curricula. It seeks to...
Published: Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 @ 9:07 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Childhood hunger is a problem that affects almost every community in North Carolina. In 2013, over 806,000 low-income children received meals through the National School Lunch Program.
Published: Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 @ 1:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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