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If you're a parent of a child starting school this fall, you have plenty to worry about. First of all, you hope your child likes school, can make friends and gets a good teacher, and, oh yeah, can also find their way onto the right bus. Once that gets taken care of, parents can also worry about...
Published: Saturday, September 26th, 2015 @ 10:59 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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After several major revisions, Medicaid reform that had delayed budget approvals during recent years passed the General Assembly on Tuesday. Gov. Pat McCrory on Wednesday signed the measure.
Published: Saturday, September 26th, 2015 @ 9:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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American law needs fixed rules and formal boundaries, not an ever-changing set of guidelines based on a judge's whims. Richard Epstein, professor of law and director of the Classical Liberal Institute at New York University, explained why during a recent public presentation for the John Locke Founda
Published: Saturday, September 26th, 2015 @ 9:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In its largest ever donation, The Service League of Greenville has pledged $2 million to Vidant Medical Center Foundation to help build the new cancer center and bed tower currently under construction on the Vidant Medical Center campus. This contribution to the new facility, which is set to open...
Published: Saturday, September 26th, 2015 @ 12:53 am
By: Chris Downey
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Two weeks ago, I listed some actions by California State Attorney General Kamala Harris that had brought her notoriety, but I ran out of space before I could list them all. One of the actions I omitted pertains to the case of Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association. As I explained last week...
Published: Saturday, September 26th, 2015 @ 12:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Goose Creek State Park Calendar of Events for September, 2015
Published: Saturday, September 26th, 2015 @ 12:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory has signed the following bills into law.
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2015 @ 10:31 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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I need to work on that Comb over or Blow over, whatever the heck it is called.
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2015 @ 10:09 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Constitutional conservatives who are legal residents of North Carolina and who are 18 years old or older are invited to participate in New Bern in a state wide TEA Party Constitutional Caucus on Saturday, October 17, at the Double Tree Hotel located at 100 Middle Street.
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2015 @ 10:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Additional funding allocated in the state's two-year budget for the North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Program could more than double the number of students taking advantage of vouchers to attend private schools by the 2016-17 school year.
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2015 @ 5:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On March 4th, 2015 at approximately 10:00 PM, the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office received a report of a Breaking, Entering, and Larceny from a residence on Sandpoint Drive in Washington. Deputies responded to the scene and learned a suspect gained entry into the residence, damaging the property an
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2015 @ 5:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Just trying to keep you “Weather Aware”.
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2015 @ 3:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Lest you are going to assume I am saying the Pope forced the Speaker of the House (3rd in line as President), you are jumping to far too much a conclusion about a so-called "liberal."
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2015 @ 3:02 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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WRAL's Laura Leslie wrote about an Energy Forum held at the Legislature yesterday organized by opponents of renewable energy programs. (Translation from WRAL speak: opponents to taxpayer-funded renewable energy programs.) The central theme of Leslie's article seems to be the famous "Koch Brothers."
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2015 @ 2:40 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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As a longtime observer of the North Carolina legislature, I have a pet peeve: lawmakers, lobbyists, and reporters alike focus too much attention on the General Fund of the state budget, those expenditures funded largely by state taxes on incomes and retail sales.
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2015 @ 11:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory accomplished another major goal of his administration by signing into law major reform of North Carolina’s Medicaid system.
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2015 @ 6:39 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) today issued the below statement following Pope Francis' address to Congress
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2015 @ 6:21 am
By: Thom Tillis
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For the fourth consecutive year, East Carolina University has been recognized by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine with its Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award.
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2015 @ 6:13 am
By: ECU News Services
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Airbnb and similar short-term rental services are illegal under Raleigh's existing bed and breakfast zoning rules, said Eric Braun, chairman of the City Planning Department's Text Change Committee, at a Sept. 15 meeting.
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2015 @ 2:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sometimes it just takes a woman’s touch.
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2015 @ 1:57 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Hillary B. Clinton, the curator of the Benghazi Cover-up, now must face the proverbial music that began with much talk about that 'despicable video'.
Published: Thursday, September 24th, 2015 @ 6:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Richard Burr (R-NC) wrote to Army Chief of Staff Mark A. Milley, expressing concern that the Air Force's plan to dismantle the 440th Airlift Wing at Fort Bragg's Pope Airfield
Published: Thursday, September 24th, 2015 @ 1:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In the famous book Imation of Christ, the Monk advises us to avoid worldly distraction like business, family and possessions in order to concentrate on the Lord’s work.
Published: Thursday, September 24th, 2015 @ 1:04 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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Christopher Columbus Jones, 69, of 2071 Spring Creek Rd., Aurora died Friday, September 18, 2015 at his residence.
Published: Thursday, September 24th, 2015 @ 12:59 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Verona D. Smallwood, formally of Washington, died Friday, September 18, 2015 in Pennsylvania.
Published: Thursday, September 24th, 2015 @ 12:51 pm
By: Announcements
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Donald Stephen Wadase, age 81, a resident of Washington, NC passed away on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, NC.
Published: Thursday, September 24th, 2015 @ 12:45 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Henry Edward Jefferson, age 76, a resident of 426 Ambrose Road, Pinetown, died Tuesday, September 22, 2015.
Published: Thursday, September 24th, 2015 @ 12:35 pm
By: Announcements
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Mike Huckabee was a large church pastor in Arkansas who has become governor since. He and Jerry Falwell are theological and political twins. They believe in a thorough mixing of Church and State with only the Fundamentalist view of the Bible and Christian religion in charge.
Published: Thursday, September 24th, 2015 @ 12:04 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Hillary B. Clinton, and her husband, Bill, according to her, have long been the political victims of the 'Vast Right Wing Conspiracy', and never more now as Obama's Department of Justice seeks her infamously scrubbed server.
Published: Thursday, September 24th, 2015 @ 11:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The flu vaccine is the most effective method to prevent the spread of influenza. Vidant Health is committed to protecting its employees, patients and the community by offering flu shot clinics through November. Community members, ages 9 and up, may receive the flu shot for a $30 fee. The flu mist...
Published: Thursday, September 24th, 2015 @ 11:16 am
By: Chris Downey
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Rod has lived or visited the nations of Greece, Spain, Italy and Turkey. His father is a 21 year veteran of the United States Air Force and saw active duty in Vietnam and Thailand.
Published: Thursday, September 24th, 2015 @ 10:41 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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