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The lefties tried to suggest that North Carolina's approval of an amendment to its state constitution defining marriage as between one man and one woman was going to be an economic development nightmare.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 @ 12:23 pm
By: Announcements
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Howard Mortman, C-SPAN communications director, pleasantly strolled me down Memory Lane during his recent lecture at William Peace University concerning the rise of social media. Then he slapped me back into a present and petrifying reality. More about that downpage.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 @ 4:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Live bands, a car show, arts and crafts and an appearance by the actor who played Cletus on a popular television show are just some of the events scheduled for Gullfest, a spring festival planned by Beaufort County Community College Saturday and Sunday, April 18 and 19.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 @ 4:07 am
By: Chris Downey
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today...
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 @ 4:05 am
By: Chris Downey
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Mildred "Gail" Cox Liverman, age 62, of Cofield, passed away on March 31, 2015 at the Vidant Medical Center of Greenville, NC.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 @ 2:22 am
By: Announcements
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Ms. Loneita Peele, of 147 Azalea Drive, Chocowinity, died Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at Vidant Inpatient Hospice, Greenville.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 @ 2:19 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Alberto Lusis Andugar of 201 Montclair Dr., Washington, died Monday, March 30, 2015, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 @ 2:12 am
By: Announcements
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Charles Templeton "CT" Bright, age 64, a resident of Jonesville, NC and a former resident of Washington, NC died on Friday, March 20th at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem, NC.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 @ 2:08 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Billy Neal Peele, Sr. of 5680 Sandridge Rd., Washington, died Monday March 30, 2015 at Vidant Medical Center Greenville.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 @ 2:00 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Gladys Faye Frailey Clanton, age 78, a resident of 10115 US Hwy 306 S. Aurora, NC died Wednesday April 1, 2015 at her home.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 @ 1:43 am
By: Announcements
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Beaufort County NOW (BCN) will no longer be a stand alone entity, with a concentration on all subjects on God's complicated earth; BCN will now stand with Beaufort County Business (BCB) to concentrate on serving the business community in Beaufort County and the region of northeastern North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 @ 1:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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UNC-Chapel Hill has launched Carolina Conversations, an initiative designed to provide forums for students to discuss sensitive topics. UNC-CH will do this in three ways: sponsor regular large-scale town-hall-style forums called My Carolina Voice, smaller gatherings called Carolina Pulse, and...
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 10:44 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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A bipartisan group in the N.C. House has introduced legislation that would transfer misdemeanor offenses by 16- and 17-year-olds from adult courts to the juvenile system.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 9:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory attended a graduation ceremony at the Executive Mansion for 11 participants of the North Carolina Contractors College. The college is conducted by the North Carolina Office of Small and Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUB). This year's graduates were part of the...
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 9:52 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Attached for your reading please find the April, 2015 edition of Campus Connections.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 9:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week's Bad Bill has a title only George Orwell would love. Senate Bill 354, sponsored by Angela Bryant (D-Nash) and Ben Clark (D-Cumberland) is titled "North Carolina Healthcare Jobs Initiative."
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 9:07 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Barry Obama likes it. Renee Ellmers likes it. John Boehner LOVES IT. So does Nancy Pelosi. (We should ALL be worried.)
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 8:02 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory celebrated a living legend today at the Executive Mansion, proclaiming March 31, 2015 "Richard Petty Day" in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 4:48 pm
By: Chris Downey
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When Gov. Mike Easley announced in May 2008 that Wichita, Kan.-based Spirit AeroSystems would open an aircraft component manufacturing plant at the Global TransPark in Kinston, he said the company would create 1,031 jobs within six years, but as of December 2014 the company employed only 375 people.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 4:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In recognition of National Public Health Week April 6 - 10, East Carolina University will present a series of events that will draw public health professionals from across North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 4:45 pm
By: ECU News Services
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There's an old saying that says "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink." The phrase is used to emphasize the fact that simply making something easy to do does not guarantee anybody will do it.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 3:20 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Sunday is a special day of Easter where we recreate the events day by day of Holy Week. It culminates with the first Sunday after the full moon when we sing "Christ Arose. . ." There will be Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday---and then Easter.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 3:03 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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Goose Creek State Park Calendar of Events for April, 2015.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 2:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory signed legislation that will immediately reduce North Carolina's gas tax as part of a finance plan that will stabilize revenue needed for the state’s transportation projects.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 2:40 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: Tuesday, March 31st, 2015 @ 11:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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So, if you no habla espanol, you will be out of luck trying to understand what's happening at that city sponsored meeting.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2015 @ 10:47 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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New innovation grants will assist 13 North Carolina companies in bringing new, cutting-edge products to the marketplace. Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III announced the One North Carolina Small Business Fund recipients today along with awards totaling...
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2015 @ 9:54 pm
By: Chris Downey
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The Golden LEAF Foundation, which assists tobacco-dependent, economically distressed and rural communities across North Carolina, will hold a meeting of its Board of Directors on Thursday, April 2, 2015 at The Duke Endowment in the Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Conference Center in Charlotte, NC.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2015 @ 7:37 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Governor Pat McCrory surprised Guilford County Sheriff BJ Barnes and his wife Dena Barnes with Order of the Long Leaf Pine awards today at a ceremony in Greensboro.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2015 @ 2:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Dr. Grant Hayes has been named dean and distinguished professor of the College of Education at East Carolina University.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2015 @ 4:31 am
By: ECU News Services
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To the extent that Roy Cooper has a reasonable chance of defeating Gov. Pat McCrory for reelection, it's because many of his fellow Democrats failed in their efforts to change the electoral process in 1980s and early 1990s.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2015 @ 4:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's so sad to hear Republicans mouthing platitudes similar to what you'd expect to hear from Barry Obama - or what you might read in the pages of Karl Marx's infamous manifesto
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2015 @ 4:05 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Dorothy Overton Potter, 88, of Aurora passed away Saturday, March 28, 2015, at Grantsbrook Nursing and Rehabilitation.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2015 @ 3:44 am
By: Announcements
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