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When the school year winds down and children are released for the summer, their thoughts may turn to lazy days filled with television and video games. But spending the summer that way could lead to a decline in physical fitness, said ECU kinesiology professor Grace Anne Vick, director of the...
Published: Monday, June 16th, 2014 @ 8:09 pm
By: ECU News Services
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It would seem that the Anointed One's Chief Skin Merchant, (Eric Holder - in case you were wondering) doesn't like the way North Carolina wants to run its elections.
Published: Monday, June 16th, 2014 @ 6:42 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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On June 11, several experts and agencies testified to the House Committee about the impacts of the Clean Water Act
Published: Monday, June 16th, 2014 @ 4:20 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Members of the Beaufort County Community Foundation's first international travel group posed for a photograph in the train station at Salisbury, England, during their recent trip.
Published: Monday, June 16th, 2014 @ 10:21 am
By: Judy Jennette
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Governor Pat McCrory met with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officials today to request funding for North Carolina’s initiative to provide Wi-Fi access to every K – 12 classroom in the state.
Published: Sunday, June 15th, 2014 @ 11:22 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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The annual teacher turnover report produced by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction shows the number of public schoolteachers who've left their jobs across the state during the past year.
Published: Sunday, June 15th, 2014 @ 2:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The August 24, 1587 baptism of Virginia Dare, the first English born Christian in the New World. Image courtesy of the North Carolina Office of Archives and History, Raleigh, NC.
Published: Sunday, June 15th, 2014 @ 1:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Technological changes have a way of creating new possibilities, but also new problems. Cell phones have evolved to the point where they can be used to make excellent audio and visual reproductions of events. That can be beneficial, as for example when cell phone video can prove whether a person...
Published: Sunday, June 15th, 2014 @ 3:30 am
By: John William Pope Center
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The State Employees Association of North Carolina could receive significant monetary awards if it prevailed in a whistleblower complaint against those investing the state pension fund's money.
Published: Sunday, June 15th, 2014 @ 3:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement after the North Carolina House passed a budget amendment to expand the definition of dealer in the Animal Welfare Section to include commercial dogs breeders who have 10 or more female dogs.
Published: Sunday, June 15th, 2014 @ 3:22 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Two members of the Beaufort County Community College Board of Trustees recently took the oath of office signifying their reappointment to the board.
Published: Sunday, June 15th, 2014 @ 3:17 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Where can budget writers find savings to help fund priorities such as teacher raises? That’s a question on everyone’s mind these days.
Published: Sunday, June 15th, 2014 @ 2:58 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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I am an advocate of getting local property tax in line with actual values for which it might sell. Right now, Realtors tell me their average sale is 70% of appraised value.
Published: Sunday, June 15th, 2014 @ 2:57 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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A move is afoot on Jones Street to consolidate state law enforcement in the executive branch.
Published: Sunday, June 15th, 2014 @ 2:44 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Mr. Walton Prentiss "Bud" O'Neal, Jr., age 72, a resident of 442 E. Water Street, Belhaven died Thursday evening June 12, 2014 at his home.
Published: Saturday, June 14th, 2014 @ 10:30 pm
By: Announcements
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William Horace "Bill" Lewis Jr., age 71, died Thursday, June 12, 2014 at his home.
Published: Saturday, June 14th, 2014 @ 10:25 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. James E. Stanley of 242 Jimmy Lane, Washington, died Friday, June 13, 2014 at his home.
Published: Saturday, June 14th, 2014 @ 10:22 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Mary Bullock Hawkins, 81, resident of 169 Peed Drive in Chocowinity died Thursday, June 12, 2014.
Published: Saturday, June 14th, 2014 @ 10:20 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Joseph Slade Roberson, age 89, a former resident of, 1845 Tunstall Swamp Road, Edward, N.C. , died Thursday, June 12, 2014 at Carolina East Medical Center in New Bern.
Published: Saturday, June 14th, 2014 @ 10:17 pm
By: Announcements
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Please welcome back the NC Symphony on June 15th for a free concert at 7:30pm thanks to PotashCorp-Aurora. Before the Symphony concert, the Emerald City Big Band will be playing for the public and during a Meet the Conductor Reception from 5:30-7:00pm.
Published: Saturday, June 14th, 2014 @ 10:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mrs. Elsie Rae Clark, age 82 a resident of 115 Mable St., Dover and a former resident of Chocowinity, died Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at the Crystal Coast Hospice House in Newport.
Published: Saturday, June 14th, 2014 @ 10:08 pm
By: Announcements
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Elizabeth Jean Huey, age 100, a resident of Bath, NC, formerly of Indianapolis, IN, passed away Thursday, June 12, 2014.
Published: Saturday, June 14th, 2014 @ 9:39 pm
By: Announcements
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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: Saturday, June 14th, 2014 @ 6:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory has proclaimed June 14-22, 2014 as "Week for the Animals" in North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, June 14th, 2014 @ 4:00 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Will the real North Carolina conservatives please stand up? Game show aficionados will remember "To Tell the Truth," which aired in one form or another on CBS, NBC, and in syndication for decades. Hosted by the likes of Bud Collyer (the original voice of Superman on radio and motion pictures)...
Published: Saturday, June 14th, 2014 @ 3:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On June 21, 2014, at Washington High School, NFL standout Terence Copper will headline a special day for those that want to engage in or just learn the manly sport of American Football.
Published: Saturday, June 14th, 2014 @ 3:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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State House leaders Tuesday unveiled their $21.1 billion General Fund spending plan, including teacher pay increases averaging 5 percent, 25 new positions to enforce coal ash pond cleanup, and a transfer of the State Bureau of Investigation from the Department of Justice to the Department of Public
Published: Saturday, June 14th, 2014 @ 1:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. State House of Representatives passed a ($21.09 billion) budget today. Next, the leadership of the Senate and House will go into conference over the budget.
Published: Saturday, June 14th, 2014 @ 1:00 pm
By: Bill Cook
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This weekend is the 31st Annual Washington Summer Festival presented by the Chamber and Potash-Corp Aurora.
Published: Saturday, June 14th, 2014 @ 11:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The “Moral Monday” protestors, led by the state chapter of the NAACP, have a list of demands that, if implemented, would cost North Carolina taxpayers nearly $3 billion dollars now.
Published: Saturday, June 14th, 2014 @ 11:35 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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It was late in the game. The House was at bat to take its cut at the state budget. The State Senate team had thrown them a wicked curveball. Did the House have the skill and the moxie to respond in this modern-day "Casey-at-the-bat" scenario?
Published: Saturday, June 14th, 2014 @ 11:35 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) is calling on three federal agencies to disclose their taxpayer-funded luxury travel expenses.
Published: Saturday, June 14th, 2014 @ 11:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The seismometers were going wild around Richmond, Virginia tonight. A political earthquake appears to have catapulted the House Majority Leader into those very crowded unemployment lines.
Published: Saturday, June 14th, 2014 @ 9:35 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Before welding students at Beaufort County Community College enter the welding laboratory and begin working with actual materials, they can now hone their skills using a new virtual welder.
Published: Saturday, June 14th, 2014 @ 9:12 am
By: Judy Jennette
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