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The Civitas 2015 Conservative Leadership Conference (CLC) this past weekend kicked off on Friday with thought-provoking insights from a range of speakers, including two potential presidential candidates, Dr. Ben Carson and former Sen. Rick Santorum.
Published: Saturday, April 4th, 2015 @ 9:06 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Researchers from East Carolina University, N.C. State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Coastal Studies Institute will begin work this summer on a project that could derive energy from coastal waters while also cleaning wastewater.
Published: Saturday, April 4th, 2015 @ 8:13 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The annual Collaborative Conference for Student Achievement allows public school employees to hear from practitioners, experts, and advocates who share the goal of ensuring that all public school students are successful. I enjoy reviewing the presentations from the conference because they are...
Published: Saturday, April 4th, 2015 @ 7:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory sent best wishes out to Durham native Lowell Oakley as he continues his competition on the NBC program, "The Voice."
Published: Saturday, April 4th, 2015 @ 4:03 pm
By: Chris Downey
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North Carolina's presidential preference primary would be held March 8, 2016, under House Bill 457, filed by Rep. David Lewis, R-Harnett, in a move intended to prevent the state from losing delegates in the presidential nominating process.
Published: Saturday, April 4th, 2015 @ 12:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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So, the speaker of the NC House is concerned about how protecting people's religious freedom will affect "our brand" in North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, April 4th, 2015 @ 12:25 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Registration for Summer Term 2015 and Fall Semester 2015 began this week and early reports indicate that registration is going well.
Published: Friday, April 3rd, 2015 @ 12:49 pm
By: Barbara Tansey
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Mrs. Verna Mae Brooks-Armstrong, 72, of 1135 N.C. Highway 45 South, Plymouth, died Saturday, March 28, 2015, at Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Published: Friday, April 3rd, 2015 @ 9:46 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. John Wesley Tripp, of 601 Gray Road, Washington, died Thursday, March 26, 2015, at River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation, Washington.
Published: Friday, April 3rd, 2015 @ 9:17 am
By: Announcements
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Evelyn Nance Scalf, a resident of Bath, NC passed away on Thursday, April 2, 2015 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Friday, April 3rd, 2015 @ 9:02 am
By: Announcements
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GLADYS FAYE FRAILEY CLANTON (78) AURORA, NC, died in her home in the arms of her family on April 1, 2015 at sunrise.
Published: Friday, April 3rd, 2015 @ 8:36 am
By: Announcements
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Economist and syndicated columnist Thomas Sowell - a North Carolina native, by the way - is fond of denying that there are permanent solutions to problems. Instead, he insists, "there are only tradeoffs."
Published: Friday, April 3rd, 2015 @ 4:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory and First Lady Ann McCrory will light both the Executive Mansion and the Western Residence in Asheville in blue this evening after sunset to commemorate World Autism Awareness Day.
Published: Friday, April 3rd, 2015 @ 4:16 am
By: Chris Downey
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College of The Albemarle in Elizabeth City will present Steel Magnolias, as part of its 2014/15 Performing Arts Center season, April 9 - 12, 2015. The cast is made up of 6 talented actresses and the action of the play takes place in Truvy's beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana. The show is...
Published: Friday, April 3rd, 2015 @ 4:15 am
By: Chris Downey
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It was announced on Tuesday that Mercedes-Benz has decided to move its corporate headquarters from New Jersey to Atlanta, GA, and not to the Raleigh area, as many were hoping. According to this article in the Triangle Business Journal, Georgia offered the company $23 million in corporate welfare...
Published: Friday, April 3rd, 2015 @ 4:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Indebtedness due to student loans is one of the most pressing issues in higher education today. I believe strongly that we must face this issue head on, and my institution, Adrian College, has developed a plan to do that.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 @ 5:44 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The most recent Civitas Flash Poll shows Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker with a lead among likely North Carolina Republican primary voters in a survey of selected candidates for the 2016 GOP nomination for president.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 @ 5:41 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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While the world looks quite different than it did in March 1965 during their first official meeting, East Carolina University's Faculty Senate still convenes to guide university policy exactly as it did back then.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 @ 5:36 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that an average decrease in workers' compensation insurance premium rates paid by North Carolina businesses will take effect in April 2015. The North Carolina Rate Bureau's request for a rate reduction was approved in late November 2014.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 @ 5:33 pm
By: Chris Downey
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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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