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"Obama admits that Taliban prisoner swap for Bergdahl could put Americans in danger. He also acknowledged that the Taliban fighters could once again engage in efforts that are detrimental to U.S. security."
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 11:53 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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"Logrolling" is a budgeting technique whereby each chamber negotiates with the other for inclusion of specific line items in the final spending plan.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 11:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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East Carolina University is partnering on a comprehensive, hands-on initiative aimed at fueling a regional advanced manufacturing and innovation workforce beginning with middle school students.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 11:29 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The N.C. Division of Workforce Solutions is realigning its services to better meet the needs of North Carolina job seekers and businesses following reductions in the Division’s federal and state funding.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 11:28 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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House Majority leader Eric Cantor spent years running around the country meddling in other people's primaries.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 9:55 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory signed four bills today.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 6:53 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Even though the Senate has yet to reject the House’s version of the 2014-15 general fund budget (final House passage came Friday, a day after senators left town), negotiators from both chambers will get to work this week hammering out a compromise of the $21.1 billion spending plan.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 6:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The East Carolina Heart Institute has received the highest quality rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS).
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 6:47 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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On Thursday, June 19, 2014 the Washington Police arrested Tiquan Mciver, age 21 of East 8th street.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 6:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A special meeting of the Washington City Council will be held on Monday, June 23, 2014 at 5:30pm in the City Council Chambers in order to present the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Budget.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 4:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Changes are coming to our committee structure following a recent day-long retreat by members of our leadership team.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 4:35 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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The Duke Endowment has approved a $1.5 million grant to the NC Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Rural Health and Community Care for further expansion of the Statewide Telepsychiatry Program (NC-STeP).
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 4:30 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Julius Sylvester "Buster" Tetterton, age 67, a resident of White Post Rd., Pinetown, NC,passed away Sunday, June 15, 2014.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 11:45 am
By: Announcements
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Baby boy Greyson Lee Lewis, age 7 months of Washington passed away Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, NC.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 9:29 am
By: Announcements
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One quality that makes charter and private schools effective in educating children is their ability to operate efficiently.
Published: Wednesday, June 18th, 2014 @ 8:07 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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With the U.S. Women’s Open beginning this week, the state of North Carolina has developed a video presentation that highlights the coordinated efforts of several state agencies in preparation for the events.
Published: Wednesday, June 18th, 2014 @ 8:04 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Come join Tayloe's Hospital Pharmacy and Washington Harbor District Alliance as we turn Main Street, between Gladden and Market, into an outdoor music festival!
Published: Wednesday, June 18th, 2014 @ 3:18 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Linda Rose Dennis, age 67, a resident of Bahama, NC died Tuesday June 17, 2014 at Vidant Inpatient Hospice of Greenville while surrounded by her family.
Published: Wednesday, June 18th, 2014 @ 1:51 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Allene Leggett Tenequer, 93, died Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at River Trace Nursing & Rehabilitation Center of Washington, NC.
Published: Wednesday, June 18th, 2014 @ 10:32 am
By: Announcements
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North Carolina remains in dire economic times. Unemployment is hiding at 9.4 percent, one of the worst in the nation.
Published: Wednesday, June 18th, 2014 @ 10:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A lot of dollars are riding on how many courses professors in the University of North Carolina system teach (or how many they are perceived to teach). Roughly half of the UNC budget consists of professors' salaries.
Published: Wednesday, June 18th, 2014 @ 8:51 am
By: John William Pope Center
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I am now 68 and have enough life experience to comment with a degree of wisdom. After a long journey with intelligentsia, Augustine says something simple and real to me: “Almighty God, himself supremely good, would never allow anything evil to invade his works, unless he were so almighty and so good
Published: Wednesday, June 18th, 2014 @ 8:49 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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Imagine the important things in your life: your spouse, your home, your favorite football team. What do they all have in common? You were able to choose them, not have them assigned to you by the political class.
Published: Wednesday, June 18th, 2014 @ 12:27 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Beaufort County Community College will hold three orientation sessions Tuesday, June 24, to help newly-enrolled students become familiar with the campus and college policies.
Published: Wednesday, June 18th, 2014 @ 12:01 am
By: Judy Jennette
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Wilmington-area legislators and movie industry types are pretty mad. It looks like incentives for the film industry are not going to survive the state House. These folks REALLY thought they were going to keep getting these goodies. And for good reason.
Published: Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 @ 11:46 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that North Carolina’s unemployment insurance debt to the federal government has dropped from more than $2.5 billion to $980 million during the past 18 months.
Published: Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 @ 10:48 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Sociobiology and evolutionary psychology are topics fraught with peril – not because of some inherent conceptual flaw, but because of superficiality and wishful thinking.
Published: Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 @ 8:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Helping students with learning differences succeed at the college level was the focus of a recent conference that drew more than 170 educators and students to East Carolina University.
Published: Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 @ 8:27 pm
By: ECU News Services
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We keep hearing that things being done by the Anointed One and his administration are "not legal".
Published: Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 @ 6:51 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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In February, I published a column titled, "Data Do Not Reflect Claims of Teacher Dissatisfaction," which pointed out that state and national data disagree with those who claim that the teaching profession is increasingly constrained and unhappy.
Published: Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 @ 6:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit assisted Officers with the Department of Community Corrections in arresting Antonio Joe Daniels, age 27, of 101 Oscar Lane in Washington.
Published: Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 @ 1:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Richelieu Legwear International Inc.
Published: Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 @ 1:30 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Mrs. Mary Bullock Hawkins, 81, resident of 169 Reed Road in Chocowinity died Thursday, June 12, 2014.
Published: Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 @ 11:09 am
By: Announcements
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This week, Moral Monday took an interesting turn; instead of ending in arrests, the evening ended with a civil discussion and an eerie march through the State Legislative Building.
Published: Monday, June 16th, 2014 @ 8:11 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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