On 6-21-2015, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit arrested Billy Dwayne Ellison Jr., 41 years of age, of 2181 Old New Bern Road in Chocowinity. Ellison was charged with Possession with Intent to Sell and Deliver Methamphetamine, Maintaining a Vehicle to Store/Keep a...
Published: Saturday, June 27th, 2015 @ 5:48 am
By: Chris Downey
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Well, the run-up to South Carolina's presidential primary is already underway. It's an every-four-years ritual.
Published: Saturday, June 27th, 2015 @ 5:47 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The Civitas Institute Center for Law and Freedom functions as North Carolina's conservative public interest law firm. In this capacity, we provide legal and educational services at no cost as a part of the Civitas Institute's overall charitable mission. To better understand who CLF is and what we...
Published: Saturday, June 27th, 2015 @ 5:37 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Yesterday’s news was full of the “Great Flag Controversy.” I was born in Pickens County. SC, while my father was Pastor of the Liberty First Baptist Church.
Published: Saturday, June 27th, 2015 @ 5:21 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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In recognition of its strong commitment to economic engagement, East Carolina University has been designated as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.
Published: Saturday, June 27th, 2015 @ 5:02 am
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory has signed the following bills into law.
Published: Saturday, June 27th, 2015 @ 4:46 am
By: McCrory Communications
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It does not make any difference what you meant, it is all about who does the translation
Published: Friday, June 26th, 2015 @ 11:34 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Starting back in the 1970s, officials at America's more selective colleges and universities began using racial preferences to increase the percentages of certain minority group students on campus.
Published: Friday, June 26th, 2015 @ 4:03 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Tom Carper (D-DE) introduced "The Treatment of Certain Payments in Eugenics Compensation Act," which would exclude payments from state eugenics compensation programs from consideration in determining federal benefits
Published: Friday, June 26th, 2015 @ 3:29 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Endorsements are pouring in from Eastern North Carolina municipalities in support of Governor Pat McCrory's Connect NC bond proposal.
Published: Friday, June 26th, 2015 @ 2:54 am
By: McCrory Communications
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On Tuesday, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), a 15-member panel created through Obamacare to cut Medicare payments.
Published: Friday, June 26th, 2015 @ 2:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina is the first state to lose a voter photo ID case and the Republicans in the state legislature were the deciding factor.
Published: Friday, June 26th, 2015 @ 2:00 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A review of an 1969 album and the music from a TV Series
Published: Thursday, June 25th, 2015 @ 10:08 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court released its decision on King v. Burwell
Published: Thursday, June 25th, 2015 @ 6:19 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Republican state senators want to make North Carolina's income tax system more progressive.
Published: Thursday, June 25th, 2015 @ 6:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Academia is notoriously resistant to major changes. Whereas private sector firms rise, fall, merge, reorganize, acquire, and cast off unprofitable divisions with amazing speed, colleges and universities are hampered by unwieldy systems of governance, iron-bound traditions, and intense resistance...
Published: Thursday, June 25th, 2015 @ 5:35 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The Uptown Greenville Umbrella Market announces the annual Umbrella Market Farm Tour will take place from Friday, June 26 to Sunday, June 28, with the following eight farms participating
Published: Thursday, June 25th, 2015 @ 5:33 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Mr. Keith Ward, 57, a resident of Fayetteville and formerly of Belhaven, died Monday, June 22, 2015.
Published: Thursday, June 25th, 2015 @ 3:57 pm
By: Announcements
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Governor Pat McCrory signed two bills into law today to support veterans and military families through in-state tuition at University of North Carolina (UNC) system universities and North Carolina Community Colleges and by improving job opportunities for veterans by extending the time period...
Published: Thursday, June 25th, 2015 @ 6:32 am
By: McCrory Communications
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The Raleigh City Council has halted discussion about its outdoor seating ordinance until August, but overcrowding and public safety issues must be addressed, Assistant City Manager Marchell Adams David told a June 18 meeting of the city's hospitality committee.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 10:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On a steamy Tuesday afternoon in Raleigh, the NC House of Representatives voted 112-0 not to concur with the Senate's version of the 2015-2016 Budget (House Bill #97). Now, hard core negotiating begins.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 10:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) spoke on the Senate floor to discuss the ever-failing Affordable Care Act and why President Obama’s current “one-size-fits-all” approach is simply not affordable and will not help deliver a health care system that works for everyone.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 9:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments to the North Carolina State Board of Certified Public Accountant Examiners.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 8:36 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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No matter how tough you think you are, something can whip you.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 7:26 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Lately there has been a great deal of discussion, even among conservatives and Republicans, about the possibility of implementing a carbon dioxide tax, incorrectly refereed to as a carbon tax. Of course carbon dioxide and carbon are quite different. But this is part of the manipulation of the...
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 6:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory attended the ribbon cutting ceremony at Columbiana Hi Tech today. Columbiana is a leading manufacturer for the nuclear industry.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 4:07 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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North Carolina school districts should face few challenges administering a split tenure system for teachers following a state Court of Appeals opinion which maintained job protection for long-term teachers while eliminating it for those entering the profession, one official says.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 4:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Registration is now available for Beaufort County Community College's Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) Night Academy for the Fall 2015 Semester.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 4:01 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' Secretary Aldona Wos, M.D. released the following statement regarding House Bill 372
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 4:00 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Just when we were beginning to trust that North Carolina's Medicaid program was better managed and actually spending within its allocated budget we learned the program hasn't been paying doctors and hospitals what they are owed.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 3:29 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Lois W. Roberson, age 70, a resident of Washington, NC passed away on June 20, 2015 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, NC.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 12:35 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Bobby Gene Wiggins, age 76, a resident of Chocowinity, died Tuesday June 23, 2015 at his home.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 12:07 pm
By: Announcements
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The court battle over the Voter Information Verification Act (VIVA), the landmark election reform legislation signed into law in 2013, will begin again in a few weeks. U.S. Judge Thomas D. Schroeder, from the United States District Court, Middle District of North Carolina, will begin to hear...
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 11:17 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The North Carolina Senate passed a balanced $21.47 billion state budget on Thursday, June 18, 2015.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 11:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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