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The state Senate has given its approval to a proposed constitutional amendment capping the income tax rate at 5.5 percent, but one lawmaker has a better idea
Published: Saturday, March 18th, 2017 @ 11:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate Bill 155 would, among many other things, allow restaurants to sell alcohol before noon on Sundays.
Published: Saturday, March 18th, 2017 @ 7:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor Cooper signed a veto of House Bill 100
Published: Saturday, March 18th, 2017 @ 7:24 am
By: Governor's Office
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Twenty flu deaths were reported in North Carolina for the week ending March 11, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Published: Friday, March 17th, 2017 @ 10:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Finance Committee will hold it's meeting on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 3:00 PM in the boardroom located at 121 W. 3rd St, Washington, NC
Published: Friday, March 17th, 2017 @ 10:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Jesse Robert "Jake" Rogers, age 89, a resident of Market Street Extension, died Thursday, March 16, 2017 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville
Published: Friday, March 17th, 2017 @ 6:21 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Russell Everette Zurface, age 64, a resident of Aurora, NC passed away Thursday, March 16, 2017 at Carolina East Medical Center in New Bern after a brave battle with cancer
Published: Friday, March 17th, 2017 @ 6:19 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Robert Lawrence Mey, age 95, a resident of Harvey Road, Washington, NC died Friday, March 17, 2017
Published: Friday, March 17th, 2017 @ 6:17 pm
By: Announcements
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Last week Duke’s Children Law Clinic released its study of North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP), School Vouchers in North Carolina: The First Three Years
Published: Friday, March 17th, 2017 @ 2:19 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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East Carolina University students on spring break took a trip to the beach, but instead of soaking up rays, helped build a living shoreline to protect habitat
Published: Friday, March 17th, 2017 @ 2:02 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Roy Cooper today announced that Renee Cahoon will serve as chairwoman for the state's Coastal Resources Commission
Published: Friday, March 17th, 2017 @ 2:00 pm
By: Governor's Office
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I did not see the sun rise this morning. Most days, I do. It felt odd to wake to "a bright and shining moment" on the rabbit patch.
Published: Friday, March 17th, 2017 @ 11:43 am
By: Michele Rhem
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Today at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) testified on behalf of Eastern North Carolina shrimpers in strong support of continuing anti-dumping duty orders against imported warmwater shrimp from Brazil, China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam
Published: Friday, March 17th, 2017 @ 9:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Newly elected Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper gave his first State of the State address on March 13
Published: Friday, March 17th, 2017 @ 1:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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DHHS Secretary Mandy Cohen, MD, is calling on thousands of clinicians across North Carolina to join the fight against opioid addiction in North Carolina, a crisis that has seen more than 13,000 North Carolinians die unnecessarily from unintentional overdoses since 1999
Published: Friday, March 17th, 2017 @ 1:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper today met with Edgecombe County leaders to push the process of helping families and communities recover from Hurricane Matthew and toured locations impacted by the storm
Published: Thursday, March 16th, 2017 @ 4:55 pm
By: Governor's Office
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During the early morning hours of February 7, 2017 William Tyler Ward, age 22 and Tyler Andrew Ayers, age 24, both of Chocowinity, were both arrested by the Washington Police Department and charged with multiple counts of Breaking and Entering a Motor Vehicle and Larceny of personal property includ
Published: Thursday, March 16th, 2017 @ 2:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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March has started off grandly with vibrant colorful works of art from the Students of the Pamlico Art Show, The Historic Port of Washington's Disply in the Art Cafe, Dueling Pianos, our first Jazz evening with Creech and Company and our Broadway Broadcast of "The Woodsman" all of which were so well
Published: Thursday, March 16th, 2017 @ 1:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I have felt glad all day today. Not a thing out of the ordinary, occurred.
Published: Thursday, March 16th, 2017 @ 1:23 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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Ms. Elizabeth "Betsy" Phillips Drummond, age 86, a resident of Camelia Dr, Washington, NC died Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at Palliative Care, Greenville, NC
Published: Thursday, March 16th, 2017 @ 12:40 pm
By: Announcements
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Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper sought common ground during his first State of the State address to the Republican-controlled General Assembly on Monday night
Published: Thursday, March 16th, 2017 @ 1:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Beaufort County is pleased to announce that Mr. Carnie E. Hedgepeth has been named the new Emergency Services Director for the County
Published: Thursday, March 16th, 2017 @ 1:07 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On 03-02-2017, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit served arrest warrants on Deshawn Weldon, 20 years of age, of 117 W 9th Street in Washington and Sharid Williams, 21 years of age, 108 W 9th Street in Washington
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2017 @ 10:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The following is Governor Roy Cooper's 2017 State of the State Address
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2017 @ 6:40 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), John McCain (R-AZ), and Jack Reed (D-RI) introduced bipartisan legislation to provide 2,500 more visas for the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program, which allows Afghans, including interpreters, who supported the U.S. mission in Afgha
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2017 @ 2:04 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Gov. Roy Cooper has proposed borrowing $350.7 million for state government structures and buildings in the University of North Carolina system
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2017 @ 10:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A teacher with real life experience, but I was too young to care
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2017 @ 10:43 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Lawmakers are trying to make it easier for broadband providers to reach that last lonely house on that far-away dirt road
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2017 @ 12:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I know that many have been anxiously awaiting the next version of the Bobby Tony Dictionary series. Well here is another installment. Most people would start at the front of the alphabet. A and work towards Z, but since I'm dyslexic I'm going the other way
Published: Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 @ 10:53 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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