Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), members of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, introduced the LEGION Act, bipartisan legislation that would extend American Legion membership to honorably discharged veterans who served since World War II.
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2019 @ 8:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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February is Black History Month and the Beaufort County Community College library will host Dr. Jason Miller as part of its community voices series on February 28 at 3:30 p.m
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2019 @ 8:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today ends the last "slow week" at the Legislature. Many of us attended services for Congressman Walter B. Jones, Jr. in Greenville, NC.
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2019 @ 11:22 am
By: S. Henri McClees
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We have a tremendous relationship, long term, with Austria. And we're going to be discussing numerous things - immigration - today.
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2019 @ 10:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In 1908, North Carolina voters passed statewide prohibition in 1908, making North Carolina the first Southern state to institute prohibition. The 18th Amendment didn't usher in Prohibition nationwide until 1919.
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2019 @ 10:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Help is now available for local governments working to recover from Hurricane Florence, with more than $7 million in grants and loans already provided, Governor Roy Cooper announced today.
Published: Thursday, February 21st, 2019 @ 1:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Monday, former chief foreign affairs correspondent for CBS News Lara Logan dropped a bombshell on the media: she told retired Navy SEAL Mike Ritland that the media are wildly biased to the political Left.
Published: Thursday, February 21st, 2019 @ 12:57 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Our destiny, beyond the Earth, is not only a matter of national identity, but a matter of national security.
Published: Thursday, February 21st, 2019 @ 12:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I drove home, from Elizabeth City, a bit later in the day, than I usually do, on Sunday.
Published: Thursday, February 21st, 2019 @ 11:02 am
By: Michele Rhem
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For those who aren't familiar with Margaret Sanger and her influence on the Eugenics movement and on the Women's Rights movement, here is an excellent article
Published: Thursday, February 21st, 2019 @ 12:58 am
By: Diane Rufino
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It’s no secret that Americans pay more for health care than any other industrialized country in the world
Published: Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 @ 4:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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For some gathering time now the Beaufort County GOP has had a heck of a time getting out of its own way, and often acts as a social club rather than a principled party apparatus charged to guide elected victory toward its candidates of a Conservative pedigree.
Published: Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 @ 4:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A Durham woman is going to federal prison for bilking the Medicaid system out of more than $900,000, U.S. Attorney Robert Higdon announced on Friday
Published: Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 @ 3:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While caution remains the budgetary watchword this session, legislative leaders will look for ways to sustain the momentum for tax reform
Published: Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 @ 12:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Try not to think of this day as an opportunity to find a good sale, to finally get the new stove you'd been wanting for years or the new dining room set you've had your eyes on. I'm certainly guilty of that myself.
Published: Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 @ 10:07 am
By: Diane Rufino
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I am thrilled to be back in the state I love with so many proud, freedom-loving patriots.
Published: Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 @ 8:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Friday has a different "feel" to it, in months like February, when the school year is in full swing.
Published: Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 @ 2:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As the Cooper administration engaged in negotiations involving the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a national governors' group warned a Cooper adviser against a state agency taking action comparable to extortion
Published: Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 @ 2:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced that the EPA will move forward with additional regulatory actions as part of its comprehensive PFAS management plan
Published: Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 @ 2:46 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Washington City Council Meeting Agenda for February 25, 2019
Published: Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 @ 2:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On January 29, 2019, Chicago Police opened a hate crime investigation into the alleged assault of Empire actor Jussie Smollett.
Published: Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 @ 10:39 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released a policy paper and a Request for Information (RFI) to invite feedback on the Healthy Opportunities Pilots — a groundbreaking program that will test and evaluate the impact of integrating evidence-based, non-medical services
Published: Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 @ 5:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Commonly known as the "anti-monopoly clause," this provision has been part of North Carolina's constitutional endowment from the very beginning
Published: Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 @ 5:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mrs. Brenda Lee Allen Hamilton, age 77, a resident of Pantego, NC died Monday February 18, 2019 at Vidant Medical Center of Greenville
Published: Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 @ 2:26 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Kenneth Columbus Snow, age 85, former President of Beaufort Equipment Company, died Monday, February 18, 2019 at his home
Published: Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 @ 2:23 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Lester Paul Brooks, age 63, a resident of Washington, NC, died Sunday February 17, 2019 at his home
Published: Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 @ 2:18 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Leona Kline Brown Harris Pugh, age 87, a resident of 29 Mt. Pleasant Village Road, Engelhard, NC died Sunday February 17, 2019 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital of Washington
Published: Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 @ 2:16 pm
By: Announcements
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Betty Jean Woolard, age 90, a resident of Bayleaf Plantation in Washington, died Friday, February 15, 2019, at her home surrounded by her family
Published: Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 @ 2:11 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Ernestine Laughinghouse Woolard, age 86, a former resident of Woolard Avenue, Slatestone community, Washington, died Friday, February 15, 2019 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital in Washington
Published: Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 @ 2:08 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. John Richard Hamilton, age 71, a former resident of Elizabeth City and Winton, died Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at Ridgewood Rehabilitation and Living Center in Washington, NC
Published: Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 @ 2:06 pm
By: Announcements
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U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, held a joint committee hearing with the Senate Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee on the current condition of privatized military housing.
Published: Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 @ 10:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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