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So how will the city pay for this event center? In the words of Charles Penny, Rocky Mount City Manager, "By expanding our tax base."
Published: Wednesday, April 9th, 2014 @ 12:28 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory appointed Justice Bob Orr, a former member of the N.C. Court of Appeals and former Justice on the N.C. Supreme Court, to fill the vacancy in the district attorney's office in the 24th Prosecutorial District created by the retirement of Jerry Wilson.
Published: Wednesday, April 9th, 2014 @ 12:12 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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At a community meeting at Vidant Pungo Hospital in Belhaven, Dr. David Herman, president and CEO of Vidant Health, unveiled more details about the agreement to keep Vidant Pungo Hospital open and to transfer ownership of the hospital to the Belhaven community.
Published: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 @ 10:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Tim D'Annunzio made a shocking admission during a Saturday candidate forum: If he defeated Sean Haugh and won the Libertarian Party nomination for U.S. Senate, and Gregg Brannon got the Republican nod, he would not want to split the vote in the general election and allow Democratic incumbent Kay Hag
Published: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 @ 6:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (VR), which provides counseling, training, education, transportation, job placement and other support services to people with physical, psychiatric and intellectual disabilities, is seeking public input.
Published: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 @ 5:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Congressman Walter Jones takes action and relates it to his constituents through these press releases.
Published: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 @ 3:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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One of the things that came out of the UNC academic scandal was athletes reading at a third grade level. Why aren't we raising a fuss about the K-12 public school system that allowed these individuals to GRADUATE while reading at a third grade level?
Published: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 @ 11:29 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today.
Published: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 @ 9:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In February, Federal Communications Chairman Tom Wheeler declared that the North Carolina General Assembly had no authority to determine telecommunications policy in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 @ 9:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Class is scheduled to begin Monday, April 28, at Beaufort County Community College in a career readiness course for those students interested in enrolling in a Nurse Aide I course at the college.
Published: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 @ 9:09 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As a result of what appears to be tornadic activity today in beaufort county eight homes in the area of pantego and beech ridge road sustained damages ranging from significant to total loss.
Published: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 @ 8:12 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On April 2, 2014 at approximately 12:31 p.m., Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office assisted the North Carolina State Highway Patrol with a motor vehicle crash involving a pedestrian on River Road in Washington, NC.
Published: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 @ 8:07 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center has been selected as a finalist to receive the VitalHearts: Secondary Trauma Resiliency program as part of the LIVESTRONG® Community Impact Project, which was created to bring proven cancer support programs to communities across the U.S.
Published: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 @ 7:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina loses 54 cents for every dollar it allocates to the state film production credit, and the actual return on investment might be even worse, concluded a memorandum from the General Assembly's Fiscal Research Division.
Published: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 @ 6:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Three people showed up at the March Beaufort County Commissioners meeting to show us how brilliant they are. I once heard a man say "My mother always told my sibling to keep its mouth shut so people would not know how little she actually knew".
Published: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 @ 6:10 am
By: Hood Richardson
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With summer fast approaching and people spending more time outdoors, it is important for everyone to take precautions against tick and mosquito bites.
Published: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 @ 1:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A grant of nearly $500,000 will help East Carolina University recruit and teach school librarians from economically disadvantaged and historically underrepresented backgrounds who want to live and work in eastern North Carolina.
Published: Monday, April 7th, 2014 @ 3:55 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Congressman Walter Jones takes action and relates it to his constituents through these press releases.
Published: Monday, April 7th, 2014 @ 1:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners will meet to discuss a variety of issues in their General Meeting on Monday, April 7, 2014
Published: Monday, April 7th, 2014 @ 1:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Liberal politicians, left-wing activists, and the teacher union may not like it, but the North Carolina General Assembly is not about to abandon its reforms of teacher hiring, firing, and compensation. That's because the lawmakers who enacted them are familiar with the empirical research about what
Published: Monday, April 7th, 2014 @ 8:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Eighteen students at Beaufort County Community College were recognized as "BCCC's Best" in a ceremony on the college campus recently. All students were cited for displaying the character trait "trustworthy."
Published: Monday, April 7th, 2014 @ 8:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina's executive mansion will welcome visitors to take in the gardens at the annual Garden Open House. The grounds will be open for self-guided tours Saturday, April 12 from noon-3 p.m.
Published: Monday, April 7th, 2014 @ 8:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Many of you read my article on the issue of property taxes being inflated by 30% BECAUSE no homes are selling at better than 70% of appraised value.
Published: Monday, April 7th, 2014 @ 8:02 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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We are hearing a lot about bullying lately. Its in our schools. Its in our work places. Its on the roads.
Published: Monday, April 7th, 2014 @ 7:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The media is having a field day talking about the SECOND mass shooting in five years at Texas' Fort Hood. Is the war to blame? How did this guy get a gun? Could the Army have done more?
Published: Monday, April 7th, 2014 @ 6:54 am
By: Brant Clifton
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As many of you that follow me and Beaufort County's government, you most probably know that I often write resolutions regarding grassroots issues that are deep within the fabric of what America must correct to remain solvent as a Republic.
Published: Monday, April 7th, 2014 @ 6:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Voters in the May 6 Republican primary for state House District 15 will choose between incumbent Phil Shepard, a two-term legislator who is a minister and civil service retiree, and Jim Morton, a farmer and retired educator running primarily on parochial issues.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 10:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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No Mr. Chairman: An abject point of fact is that Beaufort County has never had a Republican majority of the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 10:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory has proclaimed April 2, 2014 as "World Autism Awareness Day" and the entire month of April as "World Autism Awareness Month," encouraging citizens to cultivate a better understanding of autism and its prevalence in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 10:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Congressman Walter Jones takes action and relates it to his constituents through these press releases.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 10:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina State Board of Elections reported Wednesday to the Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee on the effects of the state's new voter reforms.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 8:25 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Duke Energy coal ash saga reminds us of the old poem, "For Wont of a Nail." No doubt you remember that because of a missing horseshoe nail a horse, a rider, a message, a battle, a war and a kingdom were lost.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 8:10 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Two Honduran men living illegally in eastern North Carolina each will spend more than four years in federal prison for their roles in a scheme to collect millions of dollars in federal income tax refunds filed under fictitious identities, one of which was used to register to vote in Wake County.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 7:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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