Mrs. Thelma Olsen Prentiss Bergh, age 97 a resident of Washington, NC died Sunday November 30, 2014 at Ridgewood Manor Nursing Center of Washington.
Published: Sunday, November 30th, 2014 @ 5:16 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Thelma Olsen Prentiss Bergh, age 97 a resident of Washington, NC died Sunday November 30, 2014 at Ridgewood Manor Nursing Center of Washington.
Published: Sunday, November 30th, 2014 @ 5:12 pm
By: Announcements
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If he's not careful, Gov. Pat McCrory may be on course to have a "Pence problem" in 2015. In the days immediately following the mid-term elections, Gov. Pat McCrory insisted that - in spite of his party maintaining strong supermajority status in both houses of the General Assembly...
Published: Sunday, November 30th, 2014 @ 4:32 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Last night my wife and I went to see a movie. It was a very popular movie and we were required to wait our turn in a long line to purchase our tickets. After purchasing our tickets we proceeded through the metal detector to ensure we were not carrying weapons.
Published: Sunday, November 30th, 2014 @ 4:30 pm
By: Doc Halliday
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Beaufort County, here in Eastern North Carolina, is sparsely populated county that is deceptively lovely if you know where to look.
Published: Sunday, November 30th, 2014 @ 8:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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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, November 29th, 2014 @ 5:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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East Carolina University researchers are in the second year of a long-range alcohol consumption study aimed at helping students make safer choices.
Published: Saturday, November 29th, 2014 @ 2:53 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The holiday season is upon us and I hope all of our students, faculty, staff and community supporters have a safe and happy Thanksgiving. As we take time to give thanks for our blessings, I hope we will remember what a blessing Beaufort County Community College is for the people in our community...
Published: Saturday, November 29th, 2014 @ 2:34 pm
By: Barbara Tansey
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A rightward shift. That's how two sources - who both had votes in today's leadership vote - described the final results to me.
Published: Saturday, November 29th, 2014 @ 8:50 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Already socked with rising premium costs due to Obamacare, Southern Elevator has delayed planned growth and job creation as it contemplates up to $800,000 in added annual health insurance costs a year from now, when employer mandates for medium-size businesses kick in.
Published: Saturday, November 29th, 2014 @ 8:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Born in Wilmington on December 29, 1915, Robert Chester Ruark was known as the "poor man's Hemingway" and he became one of North Carolina's most prominent twentieth-century writers.
Published: Saturday, November 29th, 2014 @ 8:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lena Rivers Bennett Carter, 95, formerly of Gatesville, and more recently of Commonwealth Assisted Living in Kilmarnock, VA, died Thursday, November 27, 2014.
Published: Saturday, November 29th, 2014 @ 2:55 am
By: Announcements
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Cherie Berry is in all of our elevators, but apparently she's not in the hearts of the proletariat in The N&O newsroom.
Published: Friday, November 28th, 2014 @ 9:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As part of her effort make healthy eating look cool, First Lady Michelle Obama recently posted of short video of herself dancing to a hip-hop song with a turnip in hand.
Published: Friday, November 28th, 2014 @ 9:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory has proclaimed Saturday, November 29, 2014 as "Small Business Saturday," encouraging North Carolinians to celebrate small businesses and the valuable contributions they make to the economy.
Published: Friday, November 28th, 2014 @ 8:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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So much is going on downtown throughout the holidays - it is impossible to list everything here!
Published: Friday, November 28th, 2014 @ 4:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Starting next fall, N.C. Central University, Elizabeth City State University, and Fayetteville State University will be allowed to admit students with SAT scores as low as 750 (the current systemwide minimum is 800).
Published: Friday, November 28th, 2014 @ 12:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Then-speaker Thom Tillis, Skip Stam, the Black Caucus, and The John Locke Foundation were all quite passionate about passing reparations for people sterilized by the state of North Carolina from the 20s to the 70s.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 6:25 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Mr. William Tooley Jr. died Thursday, November 20,2014 at Cancer Treatment Centers of America Newnan GA.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 3:39 pm
By: Announcements
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Patricia Ann "Paddy" Connors Pagnani, 76, passed away peacefully in the presence of her family on Saturday, November 22, 2014, in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 3:36 pm
By: Announcements
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Ms. Norma Jean Taylor, 57 resident of 670 Pine St. Belhaven, died Friday, Nov. 21, 2014.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 3:32 pm
By: Announcements
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North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory and First Lady Ann McCrory invite you to celebrate the joy of the Christmas season in the Blue Ridge Mountains for the annual Holiday Open House at the Governor's Western Residence.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 3:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Clark Morris ( Sis Clark) of 504 Hundell Street Washington, NC died Saturday, November 22, 2014 at home.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 1:13 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Glenda Edwards Landen, age 69, a resident of 75 Cypress Shores Rd., Washington, NC died Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 1:10 pm
By: Announcements
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Hyacinth Rowe Lewis passed peacefully on November 25, 2014 at Waldrop Personal Care in Cartersville, GA. at the age of 92.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 1:02 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Melvin Mayo Davenport, age 59, a resident of Kill Devil Hills, NC and a former resident of Belhaven died Monday November 24, 2014.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 12:54 pm
By: Announcements
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Mary Etta Floyd Watson, age 86, a resident of 201 Haven Way S., Washington, NC went to be with the Lord on Monday, November 24, 2014.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 12:19 pm
By: Announcements
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement in celebration of Thanksgiving.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 11:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Our proprietary Content Management System, Symbiotic Publisher, which powers Beaufort County NOW, has just gone through a major upgrade, and we are done for now. We will be adjusting BCN's template to one that can be more easily replicated and hopefully fully Responsive to all devices.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 10:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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When the news broke that Rep. Tim Moore would be the Republican nominee for speaker of the North Carolina House and Rep. Mike Hager would be majority leader, the usual suspects did the usual things.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 10:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Terry Holland, who led the East Carolina University athletics department during one of the Pirates' most successful periods, was honored by the school today as it named one of its sports venues after him.
Published: Wednesday, November 26th, 2014 @ 10:52 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The Map Act is "like a drug" for the N.C. Department of Transportation, allowing the department to limit development and other uses of targeted properties until the time and price are right for DOT acquisition.
Published: Wednesday, November 26th, 2014 @ 4:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new report from the Center for American Progress alleges that the "Great Recession" that began in 2008 devastated public university investments nationwide.
Published: Wednesday, November 26th, 2014 @ 4:24 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Congrats, drive-bys. You demagogued a local crime story for months and months. You did all you could to inflame emotions.
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 11:12 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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