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Please take into account the wind when crossing high level winds the further East you are in the County. Wind Chill is an issue as the temperature drops.
Published: Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 @ 5:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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For the first time, the state has assigned letter grades to each public school in North Carolina. The grades are designed to allow parents and taxpayers to be better informed about the performance of public schools in their areas and statewide.
Published: Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 @ 4:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) today announced key legislative staff hires, including Legislative Director Katy French Talento and Senior Advisor Robert Wilkie.
Published: Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 @ 4:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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American consumers are no better than children when it comes to making financial decisions.
Published: Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 @ 2:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On 2-4-2015, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit arrested Michael Wayne Stocks, Paula Christine Watson, and Christopher Lee Sutton, charged with Manufacturing Methamphetamine
Published: Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 @ 2:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today.
Published: Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 @ 2:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The renewal of a private funding source for research at East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine will support work related to diseases that most impact the lives of eastern North Carolinians.
Published: Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 @ 2:10 am
By: ECU News Services
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The drive-bys are telling us that the medical school at East Carolina is in deep trouble.
Published: Monday, February 9th, 2015 @ 11:09 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Kudos to Senate leader Phil Berger for his incisive answer as to whether he would support an independent redistricting commission. According to Gary Robertson of the Associated Press, Berger said...
Published: Monday, February 9th, 2015 @ 11:09 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Mrs. Shirley Adams Potter, age 79, a former resident of NC Hwy 33 W Chocowinity, NC, died Friday, February 6, 2015 at River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Washington.
Published: Monday, February 9th, 2015 @ 4:17 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Evelyn B. Parrish, age 87, a resident of Cypress Glen of Greenville and a former resident of Bath, NC died Sunday February 8, 2015.
Published: Monday, February 9th, 2015 @ 4:01 pm
By: Announcements
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) and Congressman James P. McGovern sent a letter to Speaker Boehner calling for him to schedule a full debate when President Obama submits a request for the use of military force to fight ISIS in Iraq and Syria in the coming days.
Published: Monday, February 9th, 2015 @ 2:17 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: Monday, February 9th, 2015 @ 4:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Democrats have, for decades, made mincemeat out of GOP nominees simply because they disagreed with them.
Published: Monday, February 9th, 2015 @ 4:12 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The modern university has had a great 200-year run
Published: Monday, February 9th, 2015 @ 4:10 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Over the years, North Carolina law has defined "life sentences" in a variety of ways, some of which have treated those convicted of capital crimes differently depending on when they were sentenced.
Published: Monday, February 9th, 2015 @ 4:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Monday night, February 2nd, 2015, at 5:00 PM, a Beaufort County commissioners' meeting was engaged, and promptly discussion of procedure, rules of public meeting engagement, and even what constituted proper representation in a democratic republic broke out.
Published: Monday, February 9th, 2015 @ 4:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) wrote a letter to the director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Abigail Ross Hopper, requesting a public meeting in Dare County, North Carolina regarding the federal government’s proposal to conduct an offshore oil and gas lease sale.
Published: Monday, February 9th, 2015 @ 4:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Attached for your reading please find the February, 2015 edition of Campus Connections.
Published: Monday, February 9th, 2015 @ 3:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement on the passing of former University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill basketball coach.
Published: Sunday, February 8th, 2015 @ 9:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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With a philosophical gulf still separating the state House and Senate on how best to reform the costly Medicaid program, Illinois is reporting multibillion-dollar success in a reform plan that closely resembles North Carolina Senate Republicans' framework for the future.
Published: Sunday, February 8th, 2015 @ 9:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Jim Arch always stood out in a crowd. His red hair, blue eyes and bushy mustache attracted attention, but his engaging, charismatic personality drew people to him.
Published: Sunday, February 8th, 2015 @ 9:34 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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We have a problem in NC over voter turnout in the midterm. We know how much money was spent by special interests to elect Thom Tillis our new Senator from NC.
Published: Sunday, February 8th, 2015 @ 9:17 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Senator Thom Tillis issued the following statement today on the passing of Coach Dean Smith
Published: Sunday, February 8th, 2015 @ 8:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The question of whether our state government ought to subsidize historic preservation is distinguishable from the question of how government should deliver those subsidies.
Published: Sunday, February 8th, 2015 @ 7:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Problems with Workers Compensation: Workers compensation claims have cost the taxpayers $896 million dollars during the past six years...
Published: Sunday, February 8th, 2015 @ 7:56 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Three Beaufort County Early College High School students have been recognized for their writing efforts by the North Carolina Reading Association. Those cited are sophomores ToneAsia Roberson of Washington and Zach Sireci of Blounts Creek and junior Rebecca Williams of Washington. Each student...
Published: Sunday, February 8th, 2015 @ 6:15 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Today, I salute Mitt Romney for backing out of the race for the Republican nomination to stand for the election of president of these states united.
Published: Sunday, February 8th, 2015 @ 3:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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First, we recommend that the Board direct the County Attorney to petition for Court Order 13 R 85 to be vacated. To leave the Order in force and subject the County to potential contempt of court liability is a potentially serious mistake.
Published: Sunday, February 8th, 2015 @ 3:41 pm
By: Harold Smith
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North Carolina has the third highest active duty military presence in the country. 35% of North Carolina's population is military, veteran, spouse, parent or dependent...
Published: Sunday, February 8th, 2015 @ 3:28 pm
By: Chris Downey
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President Obama's most recent budget makes it clear, the Wall Street Journal says, that while Republicans need his signature "to arrest America's coming fiscal crackup," they're "unlikely to get even the back of his hand."
Published: Sunday, February 8th, 2015 @ 11:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As the John Locke Foundation celebrates its 25th anniversary this month, it can look back on a quarter century of change, change in the state and in the organization itself.
Published: Sunday, February 8th, 2015 @ 6:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The College of The Albemarle COAST Players are bringing the timeless classic West Side Story to the Performing Arts Center in Elizabeth City, February 26 - March 8, 2015. The cast is made up of over 30 actors, singers, and dancers. The show is being directed by Jeffrey Emmerich, drama director...
Published: Sunday, February 8th, 2015 @ 6:08 am
By: Chris Downey
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Ralph George Williams, Sr., 79, of 322 Beechridge Rd., Belhaven died, Friday, February 6, 2015 at his residence.
Published: Sunday, February 8th, 2015 @ 5:57 am
By: Announcements
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