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Regional councils of government spanning the state have joined the growing contingent of supporters favoring Governor Pat McCrory's Connect NC bond proposal. The Albemarle Commission, the Eastern Carolina Council of Governments, the Mid-Carolina Council of Governments, the Mid-East Commission...
Published: Tuesday, July 21st, 2015 @ 5:20 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Jesus used the image of wine to convey a basic concept of who he was and what he was here to do.
Published: Tuesday, July 21st, 2015 @ 3:10 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Executive Director Todd Poole today announced that Kara Carter has joined the North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) as Press Secretary.
Published: Tuesday, July 21st, 2015 @ 2:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Concerns about the costs of a fiscal transparency measure in the Senate budget raised by local governments and some McCrory administration officials are misplaced, says Sen. Andrew Brock, R-Davie, who introduced the plan.
Published: Tuesday, July 21st, 2015 @ 1:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory has instructed the Department of Public Safety and the North Carolina National Guard to step up security measures at the NCNG recruiting centers, armories and readiness centers statewide. The heightened security measures are in response to the shootings at the two military...
Published: Tuesday, July 21st, 2015 @ 1:02 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Jeremy Lloyd Davenport, age 32, a resident of NC Highway 32 North in Pinetown, NC passed away on July 20, 2015 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Tuesday, July 21st, 2015 @ 10:05 am
By: Announcements
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Dallas W. Keech, age 78, a resident of Pinetown, NC passed away on July 18, 2015 at his home.
Published: Tuesday, July 21st, 2015 @ 9:55 am
By: Announcements
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A farmer stopped by the local mechanics shop to have his truck fixed.
Published: Tuesday, July 21st, 2015 @ 6:41 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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Governor Pat McCrory will attend the quarterly meetings of the Republican Governors Association. The meetings will begin Monday and continue through Wednesday and be held in Aspen, Colorado.
Published: Tuesday, July 21st, 2015 @ 2:05 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Over the course of the last two weeks, conservative legal scholar Kurt Lash and libertarian legal scholar Damon Root have treated readers to a lively online debate about how best to interpret Section 1 of the 14th Amendment, which reads...
Published: Tuesday, July 21st, 2015 @ 1:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The East Carolina University College of Nursing's first Massive Open Online Course, or MOOC, attracted a global audience of more than 700 to learn about the science behind caring.
Published: Tuesday, July 21st, 2015 @ 1:06 am
By: ECU News Services
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Today, following the vote by the United Nations Security Council to pave the way to lift economic sanctions on Iran, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement
Published: Tuesday, July 21st, 2015 @ 12:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The physical resemblance is uncanny, but it's not the only thing Jay Faison and Tom Steyer have in common. They both are wealthy political environmental activists who have decided they will spend their millions/billions to support the politics of environmentalism and the agenda of Big Solar - one...
Published: Monday, July 20th, 2015 @ 3:48 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement regarding the death of Maggie Valley Mayor Ron DeSimone.
Published: Monday, July 20th, 2015 @ 3:38 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Higher education is by definition a place for advanced learning; it is not intended to be the place to learn basic skills such as the "three R's."
Published: Monday, July 20th, 2015 @ 3:00 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Governor Pat McCrory ordered the lowering of the North Carolina flag to half-staff in honor of four United States Marines and a United States Navy petty officer slain in a Chattanooga, TN shooting attack, an incident being investigated as an act of domestic terrorism.
Published: Monday, July 20th, 2015 @ 8:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Conversations I've had with non-academics about university employment practices usually evoke surprise and skepticism.
Published: Monday, July 20th, 2015 @ 7:09 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Mrs. Mamie Jackson Alligood, age 97, a resident of 40 Magnolia School Road, Washington passed away peacefully Thursday evening July 16, 2015 at River Trace Nursing Center.
Published: Sunday, July 19th, 2015 @ 4:00 pm
By: Announcements
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Coming and Going, a Vietnam Story
Published: Sunday, July 19th, 2015 @ 3:00 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Working on a publication takes a lot of work. For the students at Beaufort County Community College, this takes at least a semester. However, that tenacity is about to pay off, as the 2015 edition of Life on the Pamlico has recently been published online.
Published: Sunday, July 19th, 2015 @ 2:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It is indeed time to rethink a relic of the South's legacy of racism - progressivism.
Published: Sunday, July 19th, 2015 @ 2:08 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Many cheered when the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that independent redistricting commissions are Constitutional.
Published: Sunday, July 19th, 2015 @ 2:03 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Governor Pat McCrory has signed into law House Bill 766. The law amends the exemption for the use or possession of hemp extract and authorizes certain neurologists to use hemp extract to treat intractable epilepsy without participating in a pilot study.
Published: Sunday, July 19th, 2015 @ 2:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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New research from the Institute for Energy Research shows more than ever before how the Obama administration's approach to energy policy is fulfilling the president's 2008 vision of "necessarily skyrocket[ing]" electricity rates.
Published: Sunday, July 19th, 2015 @ 7:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Someone has said the real measure of a man's ministry is what happens when he leaves.
Published: Sunday, July 19th, 2015 @ 7:17 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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A video showing a Planned Parenthood employee purportedly negotiating to sell body parts of dead babies is dominating the news right now.
Published: Sunday, July 19th, 2015 @ 2:10 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory's Connect NC bond initiative will pump $734 million into our state's distinguished universities and community colleges for facility upgrades and improvements. Of that, $534 million will be directed to the University of North Carolina System and $200 million will be allocated...
Published: Saturday, July 18th, 2015 @ 9:59 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Vidant Home Health And Hospice Earns 4.5 Star Rating From Centers For Medicare And Medicaid ServicesThe home health portion of Vidant Home Health and Hospice has earned 4.5 stars for Home Health Quality of Patient Care through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Patients are admitted to home health with a referral from their doctor often after illness, injury or surgery, to...
Published: Saturday, July 18th, 2015 @ 9:57 pm
By: Vicky Austin
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"'It was a nightmare': Man warns NC homeowners about little-known land rule," blared a headline from WRAL this week. Here is a snippet from the story...
Published: Saturday, July 18th, 2015 @ 3:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In an interview published on the Capital and Main website, former U.S. Labor Secretary and University of California at Berkeley public policy professor Robert Reich opined that, despite the importance of their jobs, teachers are underpaid compared to supposedly less important professionals.
Published: Saturday, July 18th, 2015 @ 10:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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One of the things that most frightens non-tenured faculty members is the prospect of getting too low an average on end-of-term student course evaluations.
Published: Saturday, July 18th, 2015 @ 3:01 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Monte Kemp a Former Petroleum salesman passes at 94 year old. Stories must be told
Published: Saturday, July 18th, 2015 @ 2:57 am
By: Bobby Tony
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We expect an announcement soon that Superior Court Judge Howard “Howdy” Manning, Jr. will be retiring upon reaching the mandatory judicial retirement age.
Published: Saturday, July 18th, 2015 @ 2:19 am
By: Tom Campbell
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