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Did you ever take out a loan to buy a house?? If not, how about a loan to buy a vehicle??
Published: Monday, July 7th, 2014 @ 9:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The online dictionary defines “pork barrel” spending as “a government appropriation, bill, or policy that supplies funds for local improvements designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents.”
Published: Monday, July 7th, 2014 @ 8:35 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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On June 25, 2014 at approximately 4:17 p.m., Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office responded to a domestic dispute that occurred in a vehicle on Highway 264 east of Washington, NC.
Published: Monday, July 7th, 2014 @ 8:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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People were calling in to Rush talking about "teaching a lesson" to The Establishment. Rush had an interesting response: The establishment is not 'teachable.'
Published: Monday, July 7th, 2014 @ 8:19 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Students pursing medical fields at Beaufort County Community College will receive financial assistance in the future thanks to an endowment created in memory of a prominent Washington physician - Dr. Tom Nicholson.
Published: Monday, July 7th, 2014 @ 8:07 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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The next time you see or hear a politician, policy analyst, activist, or journalist say that North Carolina’s unemployment rate has fallen “largely” because of workers dropping out of the labor force, ask for a definition of the term.
Published: Monday, July 7th, 2014 @ 8:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) issued the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s failure to enforce U.S. immigration laws, which has resulted in a 40 percent decrease in interior removals and incentivized illegal border crossings, particularly for children
Published: Monday, July 7th, 2014 @ 7:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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East Carolina University researchers are studying the impact that exercise during pregnancy can have on newborn babies and moms.
Published: Monday, July 7th, 2014 @ 1:34 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Vidant wasted no time padlocking the front door of Pungo District Hospital and covering up the signage around the building.
Published: Monday, July 7th, 2014 @ 9:47 am
By: Betty Murphy
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Grand Juries are required by General Statute to inspect the county jail one time each year. The Beaufort County Grand Jury did its duty according to their report dated June 23, 2014.
Published: Monday, July 7th, 2014 @ 8:33 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Despite being the true political boss of North Carolina — the one from whom Gov. Pat McCrory, House Speaker Thom Tillis, and Senate leader Phil Berger take their orders over quaffs of mead at the Stonecutters Lodge — Pope has used recent events to camouflage the extent of his power.
Published: Monday, July 7th, 2014 @ 8:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Goose Creek State Park Calendar of Events for part of July and all of August, 2014.
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2014 @ 5:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A rare treatment that includes cannabidiol oil from hemp plants to treat drug-resistant epilepsy, which is particularly prevalent in children, will now be available in clinical trials in North Carolina thanks to legislation signed into law today by Governor Pat McCrory.
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2014 @ 2:58 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Much has been written about the attorneys the Governor and the legislative leaders have hired to defend the Voter Information Verification Act (VIVA) against lawsuits brought by the NC-NAACP, the ACLU and the U.S. Justice Department. In contrast, to date, there have been no stories spotlighting the
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2014 @ 2:57 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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I have numerous pieces of legislation, including the state budget, on my radar, but here are a few key ones.
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2014 @ 2:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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, July 7, 2014
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2014 @ 1:44 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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On June 15, 2014 at approximately 1:20 a.m., Corporal Cody Burroughs and Deputy Ahmad Dib of the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle on West 5th Street in Washington, NC.
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2014 @ 1:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, we're celebrating the birth of our nation — which began with resistance to bureaucratic tyranny and protests against excessive taxation.
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2014 @ 11:09 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The State Emergency Response Team continues to respond to resource requests and is transitioning into recovery operations from Hurricane Arthur.
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2014 @ 9:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory joined Department of Transportation Secretary Tony Tata and Department of Public Safety Law Enforcement Commissioner Greg Baker today to give an update on Hurricane Arthur preparations.
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2014 @ 9:06 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Not Much Cooling Linked to New CO2 Regulations
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2014 @ 9:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Beaufort County Mental Health Association has awarded a scholarship to a student attending Beaufort County Community College in honor of John and Geneva Morgan, long-time mental health advocates.
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2014 @ 9:04 am
By: Judy Jennette
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The governor of North Carolina is widely acknowledged to be the weakest and least powerful of any in the nation. Governor Pat McCrory is right in being concerned about possible further erosion of that power.
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2014 @ 8:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The John William Pope Foundation, one of the top-giving philanthropies in North Carolina, is proud to announce the 2014 class of Pope Family Eagle Scout scholars.
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2014 @ 8:25 am
By: John William Pope Foundation
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Beaufort County has dodged the proverbial bullet, and suffered only minor damage as Hurricane Arthur developed into a Category 2 storm, churned through the Pamlico Sound, and then, in the dead of darkness, exited the Outer Banks at Bodie Island Light Station.
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2014 @ 8:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Darrell Floyd Johnson (husband of Elaine Rouse-Johnson) died Monday, June 30, 2014 at Hospice Home at High Point, NC.
Published: Saturday, July 5th, 2014 @ 11:19 pm
By: Announcements
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The latest from Belhaven, NC is not good news. After Vidant Health Inc. reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and the North Carolina NAACP, a ally of Vidant Health called Pantego Creek, LLC announced that it would stand in the way of the hospital staying open.
Published: Saturday, July 5th, 2014 @ 6:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Within hours of the announcement last week that two Charlotte-based companies, LPL Financial and The Lash Group, would relocate thousands of jobs across the border to South Carolina, political and civic leaders in Charlotte and Raleigh began pushing the panic button on business incentives...
Published: Saturday, July 5th, 2014 @ 1:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory signed seven bills yesterday
Published: Saturday, July 5th, 2014 @ 9:57 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Much of the policy debate over education these days has been dominated by teacher pay.
Published: Saturday, July 5th, 2014 @ 9:52 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Goose Creek State Park Calendar of Events for July, 2014.
Published: Saturday, July 5th, 2014 @ 9:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Legislators are being told one thing by McCrory's staff about the governor's policy positions, and then are hearing something totally different from the governor in media coverage.
Published: Saturday, July 5th, 2014 @ 9:33 am
By: Brant Clifton
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