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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Several members of the Beaufort County Community College Board of Trustees donned prison garb and posed behind the bars of a mock jail recently to support a drive by BCCC faculty and staff to help fund scholarships for high school equivalency testing.
Published: Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 @ 12:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Dr. Thomas Nicholson of Washington, died Saturday, March 22, 2014.
Published: Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 @ 12:47 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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William Cleveland "Cleve" Cox, a World War II infantryman who dedicated his life to helping his fellow veterans and a former Chairman of the North Carolina Veterans Commission, died on March 21, 2014 after a brief illness.
Published: Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 @ 12:45 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Rosa Lee Foreman Paul, age 91, a resident of 9716 NC Hwy 99 S. Bath, NC died Thursday, March 20, 2014 at her home.
Published: Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 @ 12:41 am
By: Announcements
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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: Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 @ 12:35 am
By: Announcements
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Governor Pat McCrory and First Lady Ann McCrory will host a ceremony illuminating the executive mansion in blue tonight at 5:30 p.m. and into tomorrow to raise awareness and show support for individuals with Down syndrome.
Published: Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 @ 12:23 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Remember all the brouhaha from last fall's Washington showdown and government shutdown? The dispute purportedly pitted Republicans intent on repealing Obamacare against the president and Democrats intent on preserving the legislation.
Published: Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 @ 12:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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