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Bud Theodocion was a coach at Bass High School when I went there. I was on the B team but hardly ever played.
Published: Saturday, June 20th, 2015 @ 12:01 am
By: Bobby Tony
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The clinical practice of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has been recognized for significantly improving patient care through the use of their electronic medical record system.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2015 @ 11:58 pm
By: ECU News Services
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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 Proto Labs, Inc., will be expanding in Wake County and creating 170 new jobs over the next five years.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2015 @ 9:06 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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It's rate-filing season for health insurance companies, and this week marked the deadline for carriers to disclose and explain any proposed rate increases of ten percent or more for 2016 Obamacare plans sold on the individual market. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina made the cut.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2015 @ 8:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yesterday, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) spoke with Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Michele Thoren Bond regarding the State Department’s recent computer system failure, which has resulted in the State Department’s inability to issue new visas worldwide.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2015 @ 8:56 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Governor Pat McCrory visited North Carolina Central University today to discuss Connect NC projects that will benefit the university and surrounding region.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2015 @ 7:36 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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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: Friday, June 19th, 2015 @ 7:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mrs. Lillian Copley Bobbitt, aged 99, a resident of Washington, NC, died at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville on Thursday, June 18, 2015.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2015 @ 1:32 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Geneva Ann Braddy Morgan, age 88, a resident of 201 Oak Drive, Washington, died Thursday, June 18, 2015 at her home.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2015 @ 1:29 pm
By: Announcements
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One year after launching, East Carolina University's Tools for Advanced Manufacturing (TAMV) has empowered veterans throughout eastern North Carolina with the skills and tools needed to successfully transition into the civilian workforce.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2015 @ 8:31 am
By: ECU News Services
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Ask a modern-day American conservative to list his political heroes, and you're likely to hear names such as Ronald Reagan, William F. Buckley, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. Those who've studied 20th-century government might throw Calvin Coolidge and Barry Goldwater into the mix.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2015 @ 7:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory's Connect NC Bond Proposal will make significant, statewide investments in public safety.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2015 @ 7:16 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) applauded the U.S. Senate for passing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2016, 71-25.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2015 @ 6:50 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senator Harry Brown said the Senate would not have budget votes this week as originally planned. "It may get delayed a few days," he said last week. "There's a few pieces where the provisions are just difficult to put together - some education provisions and (health and human services) provisions."
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2015 @ 12:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The most important decision that the University of North Carolina system's Board of Governors will make this year is the selection of the next system president.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2015 @ 12:01 am
By: John William Pope Center
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North Carolina's economy grew slower in 2014 than in 2013, according to data released last week by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Published: Thursday, June 18th, 2015 @ 9:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Cumberland County is the latest county commission to pass a resolution expressing official support for placing the Governor's Connect NC bond proposal on November 2015 ballot.
Published: Thursday, June 18th, 2015 @ 8:05 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Senate leaders on Monday began rolling out their proposed $21.47 billion General Fund budget that has some stark differences from the spending plan put forth by their House counterparts.
Published: Thursday, June 18th, 2015 @ 6:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Once a cowboy always a cowboy
Published: Thursday, June 18th, 2015 @ 6:28 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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It now goes back to the Senate for further action, which is expected next week.
Published: Thursday, June 18th, 2015 @ 6:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Medical Center for the third annual Skedaddle for the Small Fries 5k and One Mile Fun Run.
Published: Thursday, June 18th, 2015 @ 5:29 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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State senators expressed strikingly differing opinions on whether government should start regulating transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft.
Published: Thursday, June 18th, 2015 @ 5:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Here is the "New Baptist Look." His father was at the Taylors (SC) FBC when I started at Easley in 1970.
Published: Thursday, June 18th, 2015 @ 12:19 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Charles Bennett Griffin, III passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on Tuesday, June 16, 2015.
Published: Thursday, June 18th, 2015 @ 11:17 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Brenda Kay Jackson Lockridge, age 66, a resident of Bath, NC died Wednesday June 17, 2015 at Vidant Medical Center of Greenville.
Published: Thursday, June 18th, 2015 @ 11:10 am
By: Announcements
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Pitt County has joined municipalities across the state in passing a resolution to express official support for placing Governor McCrory's Connect NC bond initiative on the ballot in November.
Published: Thursday, June 18th, 2015 @ 9:25 am
By: Christopher Maye
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It is well known that industrial wind turbines are a danger to large birds of prey like bald eagles, and bats. Indeed, the death and destruction that these massive propellers in the sky have been causing has led the Audubon society to to give then the nickname...
Published: Thursday, June 18th, 2015 @ 9:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The upcoming presidential election offers candidates of both major parties a chance to stake out real plans for tackling more than $18 trillion in federal debt.
Published: Wednesday, June 17th, 2015 @ 11:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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 Allegheny Technologies Incorporated will be constructing a new manufacturing facility adjacent to its current site in Union County.
Published: Wednesday, June 17th, 2015 @ 11:07 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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A rambling muse about self help
Published: Wednesday, June 17th, 2015 @ 11:01 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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I noted in last week's newsletter that the American left has abandoned its traditional support for free expression and now seems intent on criminalizing politically incorrect speech. One notable manifestation of this change is a growing consensus that "hate speech" ought to be subject to criminal...
Published: Wednesday, June 17th, 2015 @ 9:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Eastern North Carolina residents interested in discussing health-related issues for upcoming travel, whether domestic or abroad, can now visit Vidant Family and Sports Medicine-Edenton to get those questions answered.
Published: Wednesday, June 17th, 2015 @ 6:20 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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The N.C. Chamber is resurrecting an idea to pay for roads that eventually could confront concerns over the growing gap between increasing highway use and dwindling fuel tax revenues.
Published: Wednesday, June 17th, 2015 @ 6:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Please click on the link to access the agenda for the June 22, 2015 City Council meeting.
Published: Wednesday, June 17th, 2015 @ 1:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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