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Edward John Mullen, Sr., age 80, a resident of Croatan Avenue in Bath, passed away on Monday, March 9, 2015 at his home
Published: Sunday, March 15th, 2015 @ 8:13 am
By: Announcements
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During the progressive era, federal antitrust enforcement agencies were known as "trustbusters." They were usually depicted as righteous warriors courageously fighting to rescue helpless ordinary citizens from the machinations of rich and powerful monopolists. In reality, federal trust busting...
Published: Sunday, March 15th, 2015 @ 6:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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East Carolina University is moving ahead with plans to rehabilitate a seven-block area in Greenville's warehouse district as a millennial campus - a site where the university can collaborate with private companies to commercialize research discoveries and offer advanced training to benefit the...
Published: Sunday, March 15th, 2015 @ 1:17 am
By: ECU News Services
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The common complaint about economic incentives is that they amount to having the government pick winners and losers. That's certainly true. However, as recent events in Charlotte show, another problem with incentives is that government handouts can go to winners and losers.
Published: Sunday, March 15th, 2015 @ 12:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Having a dependable and safe waterway passage for commercial and recreational boats is of paramount importance.
Published: Saturday, March 14th, 2015 @ 11:51 pm
By: Bill Cook
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House Minority Leader Larry Hall's bill imposing new financial accountability measures on charter schools is regulatory overkill that will hinder the schools' operation, critics warn.
Published: Saturday, March 14th, 2015 @ 11:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Twenty-one BCCC students were inducted into the Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society in a ceremony held at the college Wednesday night. Congratulations to Caitlyn Andrews, Bethany Ange, Marlen Avelar Gomez, Ashleigh Boyd, Frances Cahoon, Sanfara Christian, Erica Clark, Michael "Andy" Crisp...
Published: Saturday, March 14th, 2015 @ 11:13 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today the positive results of a study measuring the statewide economic impact of the unprecedented back-to-back 2014 U.S. Open and U.S. Women’s Open Championships, conducted by the United States Golf Association at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club in North Carolina June
Published: Saturday, March 14th, 2015 @ 11:10 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Gov. Pat McCrory yesterday released his budget proposal for the next biennium. In odd-numbered years like this one, the legislature passes a two-year budget plan, and the following year will make adjustments to the second year of the plan.
Published: Saturday, March 14th, 2015 @ 8:17 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Senator Thom Tillis returned home this evening from a trip to the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he was joined by Senators Tom Cotton (Arkansas), James Lankford (Oklahoma), Joni Ernst (Iowa), and Mike Rounds (South Dakota).
Published: Saturday, March 14th, 2015 @ 8:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla III and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. announced today that Global Packaging will expand its facility in Richmond County.
Published: Saturday, March 14th, 2015 @ 6:48 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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We have three great workshops planned for this March. Please see attached flyers and follow the links below to register.
Published: Saturday, March 14th, 2015 @ 6:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I have a new friend in Fayetteville by the name of Jim Johnson. I have known of him for years. For the first time I was able to call and talk with him. The result was his sending to me his new book: “Combat Trauma - A Personal Look at Long Term Consequences.”
Published: Saturday, March 14th, 2015 @ 5:37 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Dorcas Gray Woodley Craddock, age 93, a resident of Plymouth, NC died Thursday, March 12, 2015 at Roanoke Landing Nursing Center in Plymouth.
Published: Friday, March 13th, 2015 @ 4:13 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Fred Maxline "Max" Rayburn, Jr., age 75, a resident of 106 Cedar Circle, Washington, died Thursday, March 12, 2015 at Beaufort Vidant Hospital in Washington.
Published: Friday, March 13th, 2015 @ 4:03 pm
By: Announcements
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Miss Bonnie Janay Ward, age 20, a resident of Bath, NC died Tuesday March 10, 2015 at Vidant Medical Center of Greenville.
Published: Friday, March 13th, 2015 @ 3:49 pm
By: Announcements
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"We're in trouble" in the Middle East, according to the retired U.S. Army brigadier general and best-selling military thriller author who also happens to oversee the N.C. Department of Transportation.
Published: Friday, March 13th, 2015 @ 3:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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My budget incorporates initiatives from the North Carolina Government Efficiency and Reform program (NC GEAR) that will save more than $14 million in year one and more than $57 million in year two of the biennium, with a savings over ten years conservatively estimated at more than $615 million in...
Published: Friday, March 13th, 2015 @ 3:43 am
By: Chris Downey
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This week, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) cosponsored H.R. 1332, the Deny Amnesty Credit Act of 2015, which would prevent the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC) from being given to the four million illegal aliens granted amnesty under President Obama's executive actio
Published: Friday, March 13th, 2015 @ 3:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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House speaker Tim Moore and the rest of the GOP leadership in Raleigh are crowing about how much better off we’ll be now that they’ve approved an increase in the gas tax and the disbursement of even more corporate welfare.
Published: Friday, March 13th, 2015 @ 3:26 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Last week Gov. Pat McCrory released his budget proposal for the 2015-2017 biennium, his spending plan for $22 billion in each of the next two fiscal years. While there are some positive spending decisions in this budget, there are also some discouraging choices in certain areas of government...
Published: Friday, March 13th, 2015 @ 2:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, at Camp Lejeune, Governor Pat McCrory announced the NC Military Pipeline, a public-private pilot project aimed at keeping newly separated veterans in North Carolina by matching their military skills and experience to civilian employment, education and training opportunities.
Published: Thursday, March 12th, 2015 @ 4:23 am
By: Chris Downey
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Performances of At the Foot of the Cross will be held March 21 through April 18, 2015 at the Rocky Hock Playhouse now located at the Leon Nixon Catering & Banquet Facilities on Hwy. 32 in Edenton, NC. Ticket prices in Edenton include both the performance and an all-you-can-eat buffet...
Published: Thursday, March 12th, 2015 @ 4:19 am
By: Chris Downey
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Clinical data experts at Vidant Health are using sophisticated information collection and analysis to determine patterns that could identify which patients are most at risk for sepsis - and perhaps prevent them from getting sicker.
Published: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 @ 10:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Two years ago, the federal government quietly abandoned its $60 million effort to isolate "green jobs" from employment in other sectors of the economy, a campaign that one key congressman called little more than "propaganda designed to advance a misleading political narrative" and that a former...
Published: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 @ 9:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) filed a comprehensive property insurance reform bill, SB 208, Tuesday, March 10, 2015.
Published: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 @ 9:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On 3-8-2015, at approximately 1700 hours, Patrol Deputies and Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit responded to 167 Bradley Lane in Washington in reference to Bradley Keith Thompson's girlfriend finding suspicious items. Thompson's girlfriend believed the suspicious...
Published: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 @ 9:37 pm
By: Chris Downey
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My budget commits nearly $4.8 billion to lay the foundation for our 25-year transportation vision, which focuses on connecting small towns and economic centers to simplify citizens' commutes for work, school and recreation...
Published: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 @ 9:25 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Gov. Pat McCrory called on lawmakers to honor a promise to increase starting teacher salaries to $35,000 and included salary boosts for state troopers and corrections officers Thursday as he unveiled his $21.5 billion General Fund budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year.
Published: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 @ 9:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 2015 Oscar awards were most interesting this year on a variety of many levels. A new new, openly Gay, irreverent host; most of the awards going to one of the better films; grown men weeping, "American Sniper" shutout, J.K. Simmons finally wins, and Oprah is sovereign.
Published: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 @ 8:56 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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It is hard to believe how fast time flies. When I was 18 major things were happening in our country. I was fully aware of Selma and the march because Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a resident of Atlanta.
Published: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 @ 8:34 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Last week the John Locke Foundation received a letter from three US Senators as part of a nationwide witch-hunt targeting scientists, universities, advocacy groups, and think tanks who are skeptical of or have presented any evidence that contradicts the alarmist line on global warming. The letter...
Published: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 @ 8:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The taxpayers of North Carolina have historically made a tremendous commitment to education, and the next biennium will continue that legacy. More than 54 percent, or over $12 billion of our General Fund spending will be directed to education in each year of the biennium.
Published: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 @ 8:17 pm
By: Chris Downey
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The struggle to preserve donor intent in college gifts is often a melancholy tale of schools using every tool they have to reduce or ignore the wishes of donors.
Published: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 @ 8:11 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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