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Two of the more reliable conservative legislators in the state House are urging voters in their districts — and those outside — to vote down the proposed amendment to the state constitution on the November ballot.
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 1:55 am
By: Brant Clifton
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As fears about Ebola continue to spread much faster than the virus itself, experts from East Carolina University offered their perspectives on the issue during a panel discussion on Oct. 16.
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 1:47 am
By: ECU News Services
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An important deadline for compensating victims of North Carolina's forced-sterilization program may pass with very few victims qualifying. That isn't good news.
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 1:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory praised the economic and cultural impact of the Fall 2014 High Point Market today during a visit to the furniture exposition.
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 1:32 am
By: Chris Downey
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The Beaufort County Community College Board of Trustees earlier this month expanded its tobacco-free policy to include electronic cigarettes and other electronic delivery systems in its campus-wide tobacco ban.
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 1:29 am
By: Judy Jennette
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I enjoyed the Thursday opportunity to hear from all but one of the candidates for NC House and Senate.
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 1:20 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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The Supreme Court has taken up a North Carolina case that could have far-reaching impacts on state licensure. Given that occupational licensing is a modern-day guild system making it harder for people to find work – or find workers – that would be an effect greatly to be wished.
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 1:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Margaret Ann Stowe Hargett, 89, died peacefully October 17, 2014 at her home in Wilmington, NC.
Published: Tuesday, October 21st, 2014 @ 4:53 pm
By: Announcements
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Timothy Peele, of 7202 Terra Ceia Rd., Pantego, died Monday, Oct. 20, 2014 at Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Published: Tuesday, October 21st, 2014 @ 4:36 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Beverly June Brundage passed away peacefully at Cypress Glen Retirement Community on October 2, 2014.
Published: Tuesday, October 21st, 2014 @ 4:29 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Paul Lawrence Fehrenbacher, age 81, of 181 Hilltop Lane, Washington, N.C., died peacefully at his home Monday October 20, 2014.
Published: Tuesday, October 21st, 2014 @ 4:02 pm
By: Announcements
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Jessie Anna Cayton Archbell, age 87, passed away peacefully at DePaul Hospital located in Norfolk, Virginia on October 18, 2014.
Published: Tuesday, October 21st, 2014 @ 3:55 pm
By: Announcements
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Who says you shouldn't mix religion and politics? God and government were invoked Thursday night as solutions to the nation's ills during a three-way debate
Published: Monday, October 20th, 2014 @ 6:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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About 70 East Carolina University students were willing to forgo fall break for the chance to dance with an internationally-known company.
Published: Monday, October 20th, 2014 @ 6:51 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory has asked North Carolina education, law enforcement, mental health, government and business leaders to work together with the North Carolina Center for Safer Schools to focus the public's attention on methods to ensure all state schools are safe as Safer Schools Week is...
Published: Monday, October 20th, 2014 @ 6:42 pm
By: Chris Downey
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One of the Courthouse gang's favorite games is when the cops bust a low level grunt. They take him to the magistrate who sets a high bond and the poor stiff goes to jail.
Published: Monday, October 20th, 2014 @ 6:40 pm
By: Ray Leary
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For a long time, those of us who argue that higher education’s standards are eroding had to point to anecdotes to support our case.
Published: Monday, October 20th, 2014 @ 6:29 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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For decades people have been debating whether or not people have a "right" to health care. The notion of rights that is typically invoked is distinct from the question of whether people have a right to enter the market for health care services and engage in exchange activity in order to obtain...
Published: Monday, October 20th, 2014 @ 6:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has created an Ebola web page that provides information for the public and healthcare providers, updates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fact sheets and a list of FAQs.
Published: Monday, October 20th, 2014 @ 6:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yep. That's the verdict handed down by Washington Post columnist and drive-by media pundit E.J. Dionne regarding our US Senate race this year.
Published: Monday, October 20th, 2014 @ 4:19 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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On September 14, 2014, the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office received a report of a Breaking and Entering and Larceny from a residence on Highway 306 South in Aurora, NC. Deputies responded to the scene and learned numerous power tools had been stolen. On September 15th, the Beaufort County...
Published: Monday, October 20th, 2014 @ 1:26 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory helped Ashley Furniture celebrate a major expansion of its mid-Atlantic manufacturing and distribution center located in Advance.
Published: Monday, October 20th, 2014 @ 11:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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After state legislators approved a 10 percent reduction to the N.C. Department of Public Instruction's $70 million budget, state education officials and their boosters sounded the alarm.
Published: Monday, October 20th, 2014 @ 11:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week marks the first annual Healthcare Solutions Week - where public policy think tanks nationwide are raising awareness about how market-based principles can reduce health care costs while increasing quality and accessibility of care.
Published: Monday, October 20th, 2014 @ 10:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Beaufort County Community College Board of Trustees has expanded its tobacco-free policy to include electronic cigarettes and other electronic delivery systems in its campus-wide tobacco ban.
Published: Monday, October 20th, 2014 @ 9:12 am
By: Barbara Tansey
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State Secretary of Health and Human Services Aldona Wos has been crisscrossing the state with an optimistic message that she is preparing to recommend Medicaid expansion for North Carolina to Gov. Pat McCrory.
Published: Sunday, October 19th, 2014 @ 9:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Richard Burr's favorite judge legalized gay "marriage" in North Carolina around 5:30 PM on Friday.
Published: Saturday, October 18th, 2014 @ 1:04 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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After first agreeing to allow Carolina Journal to inspect the documents relating to a taxpayer-funded U.S. Department of Agriculture energy grant to a company owned by family members of U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, the USDA Rural Development office in Raleigh later said the matter was being handled in Washi
Published: Saturday, October 18th, 2014 @ 12:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Time was political candidates didn't spend all their money and energies telling us what a contemptuous scoundrel their opponent was.
Published: Saturday, October 18th, 2014 @ 12:03 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Vidant Health has been recognized as one of the nation's "Most Wired" health systems, according to the results of the 2014 Most Wired Survey released in Hospitals & Health Networks magazine.
Published: Saturday, October 18th, 2014 @ 11:27 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In the homestretch of the Senate race between incumbent Kay Hagan and challenger Thom Tillis the most expensive race in the country this year...
Published: Saturday, October 18th, 2014 @ 10:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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For the eighth straight year, East Carolina University's College of Business ranks among the best in the nation by The Princeton Review.
Published: Saturday, October 18th, 2014 @ 10:49 am
By: ECU News Services
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