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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) released the following statement on President Obama’s veto of the Keystone XL Pipeline Act.
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 @ 11:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory activated the State Emergency Response Team for the second time in two weeks to respond to a statewide winter storm.
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 @ 7:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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What the heck are talking about now ... Deatherage? It's simple: You help us and we'll help you.
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 @ 3:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Wanda Chauncey Cratch, 55, a resident of 717 Dan Taylor Road, Washington, died Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015.
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 @ 2:13 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. James David Wiggins, Sr., age 65, a resident of West Fifth Street, Washington, died Monday, February 23, 2015 at his home.
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 @ 1:49 pm
By: Announcements
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Ella Phrosene Latham Jackson, age 80, a resident of 1749 S. Asbury Church Road, Washington died Monday, February 23, 2015 at Ridgewood Manor Nursing Home.
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 @ 1:46 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. William Stancil Seymour, Jr., age 65, a resident of Chocowinity, died Sunday, February 22, 2015.
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 @ 1:41 pm
By: Announcements
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Julius Frank "Frankie" Jones, age 62, a resident of Main Street, Edward, NC died Monday, February 23, 2015.
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 @ 1:33 pm
By: Announcements
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Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced today he is co-sponsoring the American Liberty Restoration Act and the American Job Protection Act to lessen the negative impact President Obama’s health care law will have on American families and small businesses.
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 @ 1:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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America's first Affirmative Action president, America's first truly bona fide Socialist president, and if Barack Hussein can just hold his course on dealing with the threat of Islamic Terrorists, he could just become America's first Idiot president, which will surely transform this nation.
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 @ 12:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If the recent review of campus-based centers by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors was all an elaborate ruse to silence a critic of state Republicans, it would probably qualify as the most improbable, elaborate, and ineffective conspiracy in North Carolina history.
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 @ 11:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Due to the cancellation of last weeks precinct meetings we have rescheduled the precinct meetings and convention as follows
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 @ 11:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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See Below. Her comes Round 2!
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 @ 10:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Please find current updated PDF from the NWS Newport. The only caution I would give is that if the track moves our way 20 miles we will see more snow than freezing rain or sleet.
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 @ 10:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Early closures/late openings due to inclement weather.
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 @ 10:24 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Back-to-back winter storms will bring measurable snowfall to much of the state twice in three days, a rarity for North Carolina. By the weekend, two separate winter storm systems will have moved across the state. Today's band of snow showers is expected to bring 1-2 inches of snow in the Triangle...
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 @ 10:01 am
By: Chris Downey
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On 2-19-2015, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit arrested Johnny De-Angelo Smith, 37 years of age, of 158 Short Drive in Chocowinity. Smith was charged with Possession with Intent to Sell and Deliver Cocaine, Possession with Intent to Sell and Deliver Marijuana...
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 @ 9:50 am
By: Chris Downey
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It's easy to understand why a group of environmental activists would support new government rules promoting the use of "renewable," "green," or "clean" energy sources. Misguided as the rules might be, they would appear to align government policy more closely to the environmentalists' goals.
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 @ 3:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Since early November, it has been a quantifiable losing streak for Amateur Obama, and The Amateur ain't helping.
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 @ 3:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On February 23 around 9 am Washington Police responded to an armed robbery of Washington Coins and Pawn located at 828 Washington Plaza.
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 @ 3:52 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The dean emeritus of the College of Allied Health Sciences at East Carolina University was recently honored with one of North Carolina's most prestigious civilian awards for his outstanding service to the state in the area of health equity.
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 @ 3:50 am
By: ECU News Services
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New Bern may be best known as the birthplace of Pepsi Co., the world's third largest food and beverage company. But it is also home to one of North Carolina's most financially unstable tourist attractions — Tryon Palace — and the neighboring North Carolina History Center.
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 @ 12:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It has been a very busy day for everyone today, however, the next storm is coming. The NWS has issued the enclosed Winter Storm Watch, which includes Beaufort County, and is issued 24-36 hours prior to the arrival of a Winter Storm.
Published: Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 @ 11:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We support community-based groups from down east where the Ocracoke Foundation is engaging the community in revitalizing its historic square on the Ocracoke Harbor to Craven County, where a joint effort is underway to create a small business incubator for potential entrepreneurs.
Published: Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 @ 7:14 pm
By: Leslie J. Winner
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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 RAUMEDIC, Inc. will be locating its first U.S. production facility and headquarters in Henderson County and creating 138 new jobs over the next five years...
Published: Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 @ 6:54 pm
By: Chris Downey
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NWS says it is going to snow one to two inches in parts of Beaufort County before switching over to a wintry mix later this afternoon around or near 4:00pm.
Published: Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 @ 2:22 pm
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, February 24th, 2015 @ 4:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Craft breweries and wineries in North Carolina can sell their products to people who take a tour of their facilities. Senate Bill 24 would allow distilleries to follow suit.
Published: Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 @ 1:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ron Mitchelson has been named provost at East Carolina University after serving in the role on an interim basis since last year. The ECU Board of Trustees made Mitchelson's position permanent at their meeting today. After a national search, Chancellor Steve Ballard selected Mitchelson from what...
Published: Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 @ 12:35 am
By: ECU News Services
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It's particularly disgusting to see our state's drive-by media try to compare the UNC Board of Governors' decision to shut down a scam on the Chapel Hill campus to McCarthyism or the state's one-time speaker ban.
Published: Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 @ 12:23 am
By: Brant Clifton
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North Carolina has fewer hospital beds and MRI scanners than other states, and restrains psychiatric services because of a regulatory process that protects legacy health care providers
Published: Monday, February 23rd, 2015 @ 10:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Kathy Marden, and Jackie Dean pause beside a sculpture by Spanish artist Jean Miró during a recent trip sponsored by the Beaufort County Community College Foundation. Trip participants attended an exhibit, Miró: The Experience of Seeing, at the Nasher Museum on the Duke University campus in...
Published: Monday, February 23rd, 2015 @ 9:56 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) is leading a bipartisan coalition urging Speaker Boehner to schedule a full debate on President Obama’s AUMF request to combat ISIS, as well as allowing an open amendment process.
Published: Monday, February 23rd, 2015 @ 9:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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East Carolina University's Board of Trustees voted Feb. 20 to transition the name of Charles B. Aycock from a residence hall to a new space where the building's namesake and others will be recognized.
Published: Monday, February 23rd, 2015 @ 8:29 pm
By: ECU News Services
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