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Forty-Six years ago 11 were killed at a local Georgia dragstrip. I was there.
Published: Thursday, July 16th, 2015 @ 5:13 am
By: Bobby Tony
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As someone who views constitutional government as a basic institution of freedom, and constitutions as wielding near-divine authority, I retain what to some might be a surprising or even cavalier openness to constitutional amendment.
Published: Thursday, July 16th, 2015 @ 4:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The drivebys and the “wise men” in DC and on Wall Street are tut-tutting about the mess in Greece.
Published: Thursday, July 16th, 2015 @ 4:08 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The faculty and staff of Beaufort County Community College work constantly to ensure that the college keeps up with the times.
Published: Thursday, July 16th, 2015 @ 3:49 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Jaquay Omestic B. Hill, age 25, a resident of Washington, NC, passed away on July 11, 2015
Published: Wednesday, July 15th, 2015 @ 10:22 pm
By: Announcements
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Robert G. Sturdevant, age 65, a resident of Plymouth, NC passed away on July 14, 2015 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Wednesday, July 15th, 2015 @ 10:05 pm
By: Announcements
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today Eric Guckian, his Senior Education Advisor, has accepted a leadership position with a national education advocacy group.
Published: Wednesday, July 15th, 2015 @ 9:59 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Walter Howard Smith, age 85, passed away on Wednesday morning at the Palliative Care Unit in Greenville, NC. He was a resident of 106 Pinecrest Ct., Washington, NC.
Published: Wednesday, July 15th, 2015 @ 9:57 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. George A. Sullivan, age 63, a resident of 978 Harvey Road, Washington, NC died Wednesday July 15, 2015 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Wednesday, July 15th, 2015 @ 9:51 pm
By: Announcements
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Dr. Ivar Giaever, 1973 Nobel Prize winner in the field of Physics and an Obama voter, argued recently at a conference of Nobel Laureates in Germany that global warming was a "non problem." According to a story published at ClimateDepot.com...
Published: Wednesday, July 15th, 2015 @ 6:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory established today the North Carolina Mental Health and Substance Use Task Force, a panel that will bring together the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of government
Published: Wednesday, July 15th, 2015 @ 6:40 am
By: McCrory Communications
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For the second time in a little over three years, Tim Moore’s ethical choices have made him an easy target for Blinkin’ Chris’s comedy website.
Published: Wednesday, July 15th, 2015 @ 1:16 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Beaufort County NOW, originating in Beaufort County, has registered four straight months of traffic exceeding 180,000 page views per day, and, henceforth, must NOW claim the mantel of regional publication here in northeastern North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, July 15th, 2015 @ 12:50 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) released the following statement in response to the announcement of the Obama Administration’s nuclear agreement with Iran
Published: Wednesday, July 15th, 2015 @ 12:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services' (DHHS) State Cancer Registry is being recognized by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a Registry of Excellence for collecting complete, timely and high quality data for the 2012 diagnosis year.
Published: Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 @ 11:52 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Last week, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) became a cosponsor of H.R. 3011, Kate’s Law, introduced by Congressman Matt Salmon (AZ-5).
Published: Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 @ 11:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory will join leaders from Iberdrola Renewables and Amazon tomorrow to break ground on North Carolina’s first commercial-scale wind energy facility, Amazon Wind Farm U.S. East.
Published: Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 @ 11:10 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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As the name implies, North Carolina's 2007 renewable energy and energy-efficiency portfolio standards, REPS, mandate involves a portion of energy efficiency. As described in a 2008 John Locke Foundation report on the subject, the belief from the start was that the...
Published: Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 @ 10:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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An East Carolina University art professor has been recognized once again by the Smithsonian Institution Archives of American Art, which is cataloguing his papers, photographs, sketches and letters.
Published: Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 @ 7:24 pm
By: ECU News Services
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SCOTUS may have saved Obamacare from having to operate as written, but the landmark decision on King v Burwell has not deterred those on the right side of things from focusing on making health insurance (and more importantly health care) more affordable for more Americans.
Published: Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 @ 6:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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With so many more Americans going to college than in the past, you would think that anti-intellectualism would be a distant, rapidly fading memory.
Published: Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 @ 6:39 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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North Carolina's historic 2013 tax reform drastically improved our state's tax climate, making the Tar Heel State far more competitive for job and investment growth. The Tax Foundation credited the tax changes for North Carolina's dramatic increase from the 7th worst business tax climate in the...
Published: Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 @ 6:39 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory's Connect NC bond proposal will enhance North Carolina National Guard facilities by investing in much needed upgrades and renovations at statewide armories.
Published: Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 @ 5:29 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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American evangelicals have been portrayed as a monolithic bloc that opposes science and believes in the literal truth of every word of the Bible.
Published: Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 @ 5:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Reportedly, he has crossed the border into the USA. Does anyone remember when escapees ran to Mexico to get away from the law.
Published: Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 @ 12:21 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Mrs. Constance Anita Midyette "Connie" Cuthrell, age 82, a resident of 234 Riverside Road, Washington, NC died Sunday July 12, 2015 at Ridgewood Nursing Center.
Published: Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 @ 11:54 am
By: Announcements
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I recently returned from the United Kingdom, where there's much talk of historical commemorations.
Published: Monday, July 13th, 2015 @ 8:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Let me see if I can clarify some things about life and society as we struggle to get along in 2015.
Published: Monday, July 13th, 2015 @ 8:44 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Everyone sometime or another feels the need to display a symbol but it may not convey what they want it to. It could offend others and that would be bad, very bad
Published: Monday, July 13th, 2015 @ 8:35 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Today, the Fayetteville Observer reported that the Air Force is delaying its plans to deactivate Fort Bragg's 440th Airlift Wing for one year as a result of a sustained push by North Carolina's Congressional delegation to stop the deactivation.
Published: Monday, July 13th, 2015 @ 8:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I took this photo while serving in the USN in 1967.
Published: Monday, July 13th, 2015 @ 7:17 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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Governor Pat McCrory has appointed Susan DeVore and Fred Klein to the University of North Carolina Charlotte Board of Trustees.
Published: Monday, July 13th, 2015 @ 7:03 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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We just got this updated graphic, but I thought you would like to see both the written version and the translated version.
Published: Monday, July 13th, 2015 @ 6:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The new slate of officers guiding East Carolina University's Student Government Association has made transparency in campus leadership activities a top priority for the upcoming school year.
Published: Monday, July 13th, 2015 @ 6:10 pm
By: ECU News Services
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