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Governor Pat McCrory ordered the POW/MIA flag flown above the state capitol in commemoration of National POW/MIA Day.
Published: Monday, September 22nd, 2014 @ 7:51 am
By: Chris Downey
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Some internal docs at NCDOT are shedding some light on what happens to all of that money we shell out at the pump. For 2013-14, NCDOT got $4.4 BILLION in funding.
Published: Monday, September 22nd, 2014 @ 7:39 am
By: Brant Clifton
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In terms of traffic, Beaufort County NOW (BCN) has hit a lull in expansion - more than we have experienced in the past. I blame myself for not promoting the product in sales, but that will come, beginning the second week in September, 2014.
Published: Monday, September 22nd, 2014 @ 6:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Our intrepid Secretary of State didn't want to call going after ISIS a war. If it was a war the DOD would seem to be the more sensible organization to be running it.
Published: Monday, September 22nd, 2014 @ 6:24 am
By: Jim Bispo
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James Kenneth Paschall (Clayton James) 73, of Norfolk, Va. went to sing with the Angels on September 18, 2014, at Thornton Hall Nursing Home, Norfolk.
Published: Monday, September 22nd, 2014 @ 12:02 am
By: Announcements
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homas Anthony "Tom" Saccio, age 72, a resident of Maules Point Rd.., Blounts Creek, NC, died Thursday, September 18, 2014.
Published: Sunday, September 21st, 2014 @ 11:59 pm
By: Announcements
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The question of whether North Carolina education spending has increased or decreased is front and center in the race for U.S. Senate. Supporters of Democrat Kay Hagan's campaign have bombarded the airwaves with claims that Republican candidate Thom Tillis cut $500 million from the state education...
Published: Sunday, September 21st, 2014 @ 8:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory and First Lady Ann McCrory will illuminate the Executive Mansion in purple this Sunday, September 21, in commemoration of World Alzheimer's Day.
Published: Sunday, September 21st, 2014 @ 8:25 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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It made me sick to my stomach to read about and hear about the arrest of Michael Speciale, Jr. this morning.
Published: Sunday, September 21st, 2014 @ 8:22 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The NC Department of Administration announced the 11 members of the Academic Standards Review Commission and provided notice of its inaugural meeting.
Published: Sunday, September 21st, 2014 @ 8:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory is partnering with our state's U.S. senators and representatives to raise awareness among young North Carolina students about the rewarding educational opportunity available through attendance at one of our nation's Service Academies.
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2014 @ 6:58 pm
By: Chris Downey
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State budget writers looking for ways to save taxpayers dollars should continue to examine the University of North Carolina system.
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2014 @ 6:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 2013 N.C. Youth Tobacco Survey, released today, delivers both good and bad news to those working to prevent tobacco use among North Carolina students. Results show the lowest teen cigarette smoking rates ever recorded, along with a significant increase in teen use of certain non-cigarette...
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2014 @ 6:35 pm
By: Chris Downey
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On August 1, 2014 at approximately 12:10 a.m., Deputy Linwood Waters with the Beaufort County Sheriffs Office assisted a Trooper with the NCSHP on a traffic stop on Highway 33 East in Chocowinity, NC.
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2014 @ 6:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It appears that The Raleigh News & Observer has partnered with The Daily Kos in its political coverage.
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2014 @ 5:53 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper visited East Carolina University on Thursday as part of an initiative to educate college consumers on making wise financial choices.
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2014 @ 2:29 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement today on why he will allow House Bill 1086, which establishes the North Carolina and South Carolina rail compact, to become law without his signature
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2014 @ 2:29 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Now in its 30th year, the North Carolina Biotechnology Center uses taxpayer money in "support of biotechnology research, business, education and strategic policy statewide."
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2014 @ 1:02 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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If anyone you love is mentally ill God help you, because the odds of getting adequate help elsewhere are about as good as winning the lottery. I speak from experience. My brother is bi-polar.
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2014 @ 12:45 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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I don't have one. Those of my Baby Boomer Generation were taught that they were ugly and a form of self-abuse. Only sailors or roughnecks had them. The women who did were supposed to be circus performers or other "low" forms of society in the female side.
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2014 @ 11:53 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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Political prognosticator, cable TV talking head, and UVa political scientist Larry Sabato is seeing things trending Kay Hagans way this year.
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2014 @ 11:36 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The BCCC Board of Trustees and the Foundation Board of Directors held a joint retreat on Wednesday. During the morning session, Rick Smith, dean of Institutional Advancement at Sandhills Community College, gave the two boards an overview of foundation successes in Pinehurst and suggested a road...
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2014 @ 11:35 am
By: Barbara Tansey
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This week Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) hosted the first ever Special Operations Caucus meeting focused on Marine Special Operations Forces (MARSOC).
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2014 @ 8:58 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Those who want to place government-mandated limits on carbon dioxide (often erroneously and sometimes maliciously referred to as just "carbon") emissions claim that their goal is to keep the planet from overheating that is, to prevent global warming.
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2014 @ 12:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Giving a prisoner a cell phone is now a felony under legislation signed into law today by Governor Pat McCrory.
Published: Friday, September 19th, 2014 @ 11:52 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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The Prius-driving, low-T, latte-sipping NPR-swooning lefty-snobs at The Charlotte Observer, one of McClatchy's many failing media holdings in The Carolinas, are aghast that this state might become more like *GASP* Alabama.
Published: Friday, September 19th, 2014 @ 11:49 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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When the Common Core state standards for K-12 were rolled out in 2009, few foresaw the impact on higher education. Alarms about the takeover of the entire educational system with the new national standards and tests in math and English language arts were often dismissed.
Published: Friday, September 19th, 2014 @ 10:34 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Come learn more about one of the best resources in our region... your community college.
Published: Friday, September 19th, 2014 @ 10:06 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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The office of Sen. Bill Cook (R-District 1) announced Friday, September 19, 2014, that he has been appointed to serve as an advisory member on the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee by Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham).
Published: Friday, September 19th, 2014 @ 10:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina can continue the positive economic momentum of its recent tax reforms by reducing or repealing the state's tax on capital gains.
Published: Friday, September 19th, 2014 @ 6:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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How much can be said about the state of health care in 18 minutes or less? You might be surprised.
Published: Friday, September 19th, 2014 @ 6:23 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that HCL Technologies Ltd (HCL), a leading global IT services provider will be expanding its presence in Wake County. The company plans to expand its existing center and create an additional 1,237 jobs in Cary
Published: Friday, September 19th, 2014 @ 5:03 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Mr. Morris Lee Garrett, 84, of 2748 Woodlawn Road, Roper, died Monday, Sept. 15, 2014 at River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Washington.
Published: Friday, September 19th, 2014 @ 4:17 pm
By: Announcements
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