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Governor Pat McCrory is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murder of Stanley Ray Richardson, Jr., of Warrenton, North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 10:36 am
By: McCrory Communications
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It has been in our faces as the replacement story for the prisoner escape near the Canadian Border of New York State.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 9:55 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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The prescription for improving North Carolina's Medicaid program has been a repetitive talking point for the past two years. The initial game plan back in April 2013 was for the state to contract with at least three private managed care organizations (MCOs) to take on full risk for managing...
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 9:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Building on the preceding month of March, 2015, which was a monster month by any regional measure, BCN has settled into an incredible traffic pattern that has continued, and will keep BCN as the top website originating from Beaufort County for the foreseeable future.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 9:09 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The two things that make a guy stand out in a crowd can also cause him the most trouble.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 9:03 am
By: Bobby Tony
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As government agencies continue to push for growth, with the help of their special-interest allies and mainstream media outlets, advocates for free markets and limited government have to work hard to get their messages heard in the public policy debate.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 3:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 3:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory was at Time Warner Cable Arena to help announce that Charlotte will host the 66th annual NBA All-Star Game in 2017.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 3:09 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Commissioner Hood Richardson has long found his political center at the heart of debate of just who pays for government and how much they will be accorded that responsibility.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 2:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Choice and competition in education yield stronger schools, better academic performance, and better community outcomes. But can robust school choice actually drive economic growth? That's the topic of an evening event that promises a lively discussion.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 2:44 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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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 Blue Bloodhound, LP is establishing operations in Catawba County and plans to create 191 new jobs over the next three years.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 2:41 am
By: McCrory Communications
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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: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 2:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Vidant Medical Center is the first hospital in the state of North Carolina to participate in the Abiomed Mobile Learning Lab (MLL) program.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 2:20 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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How can we differentiate the pay of teachers on the basis of their performance while also treating them fairly? This familiar education-policy debate used to play out at the Hood family dinner table.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 1:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A lack of talent and skill is one of the best reasons to pursue some other career than music.
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 11:43 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Many in academia bemoan the increasing and overwhelming focus on graduates’ job prospects.
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 9:44 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Americans often complain about executive overreach or congressional encroachment on individual liberties.
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 9:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement after learning of the passing of real estate entrepreneur and community leader Allen Tate.
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 9:34 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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The recently passed budget of Beaufort County's government has now formed into a budget ordinance, and we have the simple details for your perusal. I mean, it is 5 pages long rather than the 9 pages that comprise Beaufort County's budget for the 2015/2016 fiscal year.
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 9:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Liberal/progressive legislators look to add yet another official form of identification to the already lengthy list of acceptable voter photo IDs with HB 240. This bill would amend the list of acceptable voter photo IDs to include college and university ID's when the new voter ID law goes into...
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 8:36 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Incredible. It is amazing that something that is sooooo common sense is having such difficulty navigating through the conservative revolution
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 8:33 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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I have been covering the history of the "Conservative Resurgence" conquest of the Southern Baptist Convention as well as the NC Baptist State Convention.
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 5:59 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Since the end of the Cold War, Space Programs haven't been as active, or at least not in the way they once were. When NASA had their systematic annual budget cuts, NASA in a way many fear they are fading away. Because of this the private space travel industry has begun.
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 5:54 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Parents are used to report cards for their school-aged kids. Now, in North Carolina, public schools themselves receive letter grades, A through F.
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 5:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory joined 300 MetLife employees, government officials, community stakeholders and business executives today at the MetLife Global Technology and Operations Center ribbon cutting ceremony.
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 3:44 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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More than 450 people attended a community celebration to kick-off the Gaston County Critical Time Intervention (CTI) program. CTI is part of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' Crisis Solutions Initiative which focuses on identifying and implementing the best known...
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 3:40 pm
By: Chris Downey
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A column this week in The News & Observer argues for the North Carolina Senate to reject a measure that would direct environmental officials to develop a state implementation plan with pending U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations.
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 3:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ann Cartwright Johnson, age 74, a resident of 111 Shad Bend Dr., Washington, passed away Friday June 19, 2015.
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 10:57 am
By: Announcements
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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 Carolina Nonwovens, LLC will be expanding its facilities in North Carolina and doubling its workforce with the creation of 35 new jobs over the next three years. Th
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 9:08 am
By: McCrory Communications
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The N.C. Senate's budget plan would increase state funding for public schools by $450 million over the next two years.
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 12:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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For the third year running, a Beaufort County Community College alumnus has been recognized by Vidant Beaufort Hospital for nursing excellence throughout the year.
Published: Monday, June 22nd, 2015 @ 11:56 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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The newly-minted chairman of the NCGOP took to the airwaves this morning on Greenville-based WTIB's "Talk of the Town."
Published: Monday, June 22nd, 2015 @ 11:50 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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A bill that would allow the state to gather more detailed information on why teachers leave the state and the profession - a topic that has become a political football for both parties - is in conference committee as lawmakers attempt to resolve differences in the House and Senate versions.
Published: Monday, June 22nd, 2015 @ 10:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement after his transportation team reached an agreement that gives the go-ahead for the construction of a parallel bridge to replace the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge.
Published: Monday, June 22nd, 2015 @ 10:21 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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