'90% of life' is not 'showing up on time'; 100% of life is having integrity.
Published: Thursday, April 24th, 2014 @ 6:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Don't let the term "interior design" summon thoughts of paint swatches and throw pillows. That's decorating. The type of design that interests East Carolina University student Lindsey Westphal brings comfort to the sick and can even aid healing.
Published: Thursday, April 24th, 2014 @ 12:21 am
By: ECU News Services
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A special thanks to Neil Loughlin for making this poster available to our readers of BCN.
Published: Thursday, April 24th, 2014 @ 12:12 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Recently, I was was 'honored' to be included on the mailing list of a Candidate Don Cox 'hit piece' mailer, where the subject of his misguided attack was myself and Keith Kidwell, but mostly me.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 11:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Sometimes a book is useful in ways that its author did not intend. That's the case with Why Higher Education Should Have a Leftist Bias by Donald Lazere, a professor emeritus in the English Department at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 11:05 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Early voting gets started this week. We've got some primaries out there. We also have a lot of folks out there who are unopposed for renomination.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 10:10 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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2014 One Stop Voting Information
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 8:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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U.S. Senate hopeful Greg Brannon issued fiery constitutional rhetoric and delivered the biggest applause lines Friday night from an audience of about 600 people as he ran away with a straw poll at a Republican candidates forum.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 7:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last year, the General Assembly passed a comprehensive law to require a photo ID at the polls and to reform North Carolina's outdated election code, which hadn't been changed in decades.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 7:22 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Governor Pat McCrory and N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Novozymes will expand its North Carolina presence by adding a new bioagriculture research and development facility in Wake County.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 3:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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There is a UNC professor whose controversial opinion articles have gotten the "campus roiling," to use a phrase from The News & Observer's editorialist Jim Jenkins, so much so that "it's clear" they want him gone.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 3:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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BCCC faculty and staff had the opportunity to attend a series of 10 professional development workshops on the college campus earlier this week under the direction of Learning Resources Center Director Penny Sermons.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 3:22 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina consumers would have saved $4.2 billion since 2007 if mandates on electric power utilities to purchase expensive renewable energy had not driven costs well above the U.S. average, said a nationally recognized energy and environmental policy analyst.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 2:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I worked in the area of Insurance Estate Tax planning with a Series 6 Securities License as well.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 2:07 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Vidant Beaufort Hospital will once again offer the Safe Sitters babysitting program this summer. Join us for a fun day of learning and friendship! Safe Sitters is a medically accurate program that teaches boys and girls ages 11-13 how to handle emergencies when caring for children.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 1:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. William Earl "Bill" Nelson, age 88, a resident of 2820 Old New Bern Road, Chocowinity, died Monday, April 21, 2014 at his home.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 7:42 am
By: Announcements
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Earl Jones wants to win back the North Carolina House District 60 seat he lost four years ago, but will have to defeat Cecil Brockman, a campaign strategist who helped to oust him from the General Assembly, and David Small, a youthful small business owner.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 2:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Actually they were taken during a repo / collection action carried out by federal agents against American citizens in Nevada.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 2:15 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Charlie Garland Moore, Jr., age 65, a resident of Old Fort Shores Rd., Chocowinity, NC passed away Monday, April 21, 2014.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 1:55 am
By: Announcements
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James "Jim" D. Silverthorne, Sr., 73, of Wilson, passed away Wednesday.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 1:53 am
By: Announcements
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Dr. Carolyn Davis Trumpler, age 73, a resident of NC Hwy 99 S, Belhaven, NC, went home Saturday, April 19, 2014.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 1:22 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Jack Cherry, Jr., 88, a resident of Florence, SC passed away on Saturday April 19, 2014 after a short illness.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 1:11 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Cora Lee Hill Carter, 74, of 889 Core Point Road, Blounts Creek, died Saturday, April 19, 2014.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 1:05 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Annie Ruth Harvey of 4043 Old Blounts Creek Road in Chocowinity, died Sunday, April 20, 2014, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital in Washington.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 12:48 am
By: Announcements
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On April 14th Grass Roots North Carolina (GRNC) released recommendations by its political action committee, GRNC-PVF (Political Victory Fund), for NC candidates running in 2014 based on their voting record and responses to a questionnaire.
Published: Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014 @ 7:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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East Carolina University will host the first track event held at the new Olympic Sports Complex this weekend when athletes from ECU and three visiting schools gather to compete in the Bill Carson Invitational.
Published: Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014 @ 7:07 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Holly Grange (New Hanover County) – Grange serves as the director of relations at Osprey Global Solutions.
Published: Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014 @ 12:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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To make a long story short, the great debate in North Carolina politics concerns how state and local governments can best promote economic growth and opportunity. Opinions differ widely, as one might expect. But generally speaking, they can be grouped into three schools of thought that bear...
Published: Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014 @ 8:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Our club is sponsoring a candidates forum for both Democrats and Republicans to be held on Tuesday April 22 from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM in the Building 8 auditorium at the Beaufort County Community College.
Published: Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014 @ 8:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In 2010, when tiny Peace College in downtown Raleigh hired a new president, a cascade of changes began, all designed to protect the future of the institution.
Published: Monday, April 21st, 2014 @ 6:12 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement after North Carolina's unemployment rate dropped to 6.3 percent in March, adding over 10,000 jobs in the past month and 56,000 over the last year.
Published: Monday, April 21st, 2014 @ 10:25 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Duke Energy has selected five North Carolina properties for participation in its 2014 Site Readiness Program to prepare the properties for potential industrial development.
Published: Monday, April 21st, 2014 @ 9:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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So good 'ol Hillary gets a shoe thrown at her. It missed. She was giving the keynote address at the Las Vegas meeting of the Institute of Scrap and Recycling Industries.
Published: Monday, April 21st, 2014 @ 9:09 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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