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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Despite being vastly outspent by the campaign and supporters of Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump won the 2016 election. Some are suggesting that the outcome has transformed the practice of American politics in fundamental ways - and that the television ad, in particular, has outlived its usefulness
Published: Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 @ 10:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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During today's Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) questioned General Robert Neller, Commandant of the Marine Corps, about misconduct on the "Marines United" website
Published: Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 @ 10:06 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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An additional 17 flu deaths were reported in North Carolina for the week ending March 4, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Published: Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 @ 8:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senator Shirley Randleman and I filed Senate Bill 157 (Amend Laws Regarding Mental Commitment Bars) to address the issue of individuals who might have suffered from a major medical accident/event such as an aneurysm, major heart attack, stroke, car accident, and are not able to purchase a firearm up
Published: Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 @ 7:46 pm
By: Bill Cook
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In his first State of the State address tonight, Governor Cooper plans to lay out his hopeful vision for North Carolina and emphasize areas of common ground to move North Carolina forward
Published: Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 @ 7:20 pm
By: Governor's Office
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When March comes to the rabbit patch, and wakes up all the earth.
Published: Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 @ 7:19 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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A recent issue of Raleigh’s News & Observer featured an opinion-page piece titled “Keep politics off the bench.” It started with one of the silliest declarations one could find in an op-ed attempting to make a serious argument
Published: Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 @ 5:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Keith Edwin Bassett, 69, of Chocowinity, NC passed away on Wednesday, March 8, after suffering a heart attack on the golf course at Cypress Landing
Published: Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 @ 11:00 am
By: Announcements
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Tyson Lawrence Such, age 3, of Greenville, NC, peacefully gained his wings surrounded by family on Sunday, March 12, 2017
Published: Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 @ 10:51 am
By: Announcements
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Linda Pearl Williams Craig, age 67, a resident of Blounts Creek, NC died Friday March 10, 2017 after a year and a half battle with illness
Published: Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 @ 10:45 am
By: Announcements
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J.C. Morgan, Jr., age 80, a resident of 1867 Bayview Road, Bath, died March 10 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital of Washington
Published: Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 @ 10:41 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Teresa "Tessie" Bonner Peele, age 91, a resident of 239 Peele Road, died Friday morning, March 10, 2017 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital
Published: Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 @ 10:38 am
By: Announcements
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Earl Wade Scherer, age 73, a resident of 220 Trails End North, Washington, NC, died Thursday March 9, 2017 at Vidant Inpatient Hospice
Published: Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 @ 10:35 am
By: Announcements
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Alma Dean Whitley Jewell, affectionately known as MaDean, age 87, a resident of Washington, NC, died peacefully Thursday, March 9, 2017 surrounded by loved ones at her home
Published: Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 @ 10:34 am
By: Announcements
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On 02-16-2017, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit arrested Margie Lee Roberson, 55 years of age, of 708 James Drive in Washington
Published: Monday, March 13th, 2017 @ 7:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As hundreds of bills are filed in the General Assembly, I ask: What problem are lawmakers trying to solve? If there is one, what should government do about it
Published: Monday, March 13th, 2017 @ 5:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Richard Burr (R-NC) joined a bipartisan group of Senators, including the leadership of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC), to send a letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin in response to a troubling Inspector General report earlier this month
Published: Monday, March 13th, 2017 @ 3:43 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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But you would think it was only invented on November 8, 2016. The word originally was used in horse-racing when it referred to checking all horses in a race by a veterinarian. The original term was to 'VET' because of the examination.
Published: Monday, March 13th, 2017 @ 11:27 am
By: Bobby Tony
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This article is to remind folks of the loss of freedom we suffered at the hands of President Obama and his administration with the unconstitutional and universal healthcare scheme he misrepresented and then forced on the American people.
Published: Monday, March 13th, 2017 @ 10:43 am
By: Diane Rufino
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A host of luminaries led by UNC system President Margaret Spellings used a Thursday press conference to announce a newly branded North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program
Published: Monday, March 13th, 2017 @ 9:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The sun is up at the rabbit patch, and the wind is brisk and has a chill.
Published: Sunday, March 12th, 2017 @ 6:37 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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Rep. Jimmy Dixon, R-Duplin, wants to scale back North Carolina’s renewable energy mandates and find out how much renewable power actually goes on the grid.
Published: Sunday, March 12th, 2017 @ 6:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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She was one of the founding members of the group Sister Sledge, which was another Philadelphia group founded in 1971. Joni and her sisters came from a musical family. Her father was a tap dancer and he mother was an actress. Her grandmother was an opera singer.
Published: Sunday, March 12th, 2017 @ 5:24 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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