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Electricity is one of the most basic household necessities. It isn't a luxury item. That means it is something that every household must buy, regardless of income level - and as such, its costs are especially burdensome on the poor.
Published: Saturday, April 11th, 2015 @ 10:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A researcher in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the pathogen responsible for Lyme disease.
Published: Thursday, April 9th, 2015 @ 5:17 am
By: ECU News Services
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Former Hewlett-Packard CEO and possible 2016 Republican primary candidate Carly Fiorina closed out the Civitas Institute's annual Conservative Leadership Conference with a rousing talk about the need for a return to individual value in America, along with acknowledgement she is indeed pondering a pr
Published: Friday, April 10th, 2015 @ 11:14 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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I have have attended two free shows at the Turnage Theater recently - a few months ago one where about 30 folks attended a free show, and then just recently where tickets were extended to me.
Published: Sunday, April 26th, 2015 @ 8:40 am
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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East Carolina University is receiving praise at the national level for its innovation in preparing teachers for the classroom.
Published: Saturday, April 18th, 2015 @ 12:38 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Similar to many other coastal counties, Beaufort County (then known as Pamptecough Precinct) was formed out of the larger Bath County in 1705.
Published: Sunday, April 5th, 2015 @ 11:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week, Senate Bill 90 (Required Number of Operating Brake Lights), legislation that I'm sponsoring unanimously passed on the floor of the Senate on Thursday, April 02, 2015.
Published: Wednesday, April 8th, 2015 @ 2:33 am
By: Bill Cook
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Please see the attached flyer for details about this event. You may register for this workshop here…
Published: Sunday, April 5th, 2015 @ 8:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Amateur Obama has made his mark once again, setting new lows in negotiating prowess.
Published: Friday, April 17th, 2015 @ 8:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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My wife and I enjoyed a special day of remembering and looking back at the Methodist Church in Bath. Some 100 people gathered to celebrate the Easters of long ago in the early 1900's.
Published: Monday, April 13th, 2015 @ 5:29 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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The 11th Annual Youth Arts Festival brought children of all ages to campus March 28 despite cold, damp weather that moved the festival inside the Jenkins Fine Arts Building.
Published: Monday, April 13th, 2015 @ 11:45 pm
By: ECU News Services
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With close to 5,000 guests in attendance for Pirates Aboard! Admitted Student Day, campus was buzzing with activity on March 28. Future students and their families spent the day gathering information from financial aid, orientation, and campus life, touring campus and residence halls and engaging in
Published: Friday, April 10th, 2015 @ 12:37 am
By: ECU News Services
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Barry Obama likes it. Renee Ellmers likes it. John Boehner LOVES IT. So does Nancy Pelosi. (We should ALL be worried.)
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 8:02 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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While the world looks quite different than it did in March 1965 during their first official meeting, East Carolina University's Faculty Senate still convenes to guide university policy exactly as it did back then.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 @ 5:36 pm
By: ECU News Services
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One week before they found out where they were headed to complete residency as doctors-in-training, the Brody School of Medicine's Class of 2015 had only others' futures on their minds.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2015 @ 2:42 am
By: ECU News Services
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Last week, I presented Senate Bill 112 (Commercial Fishing Courses/Coastal Colleges) to the Senate Committee on Workforce and Economic Development.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2015 @ 2:11 am
By: Bill Cook
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Homes are many things to many people: the repository of memories good and bad; the shelter that sustains us, shields us when we are laid bare; it is indeed a component at the core of our very being. The stories told within these many walls are numerous, frivolous, poignant and incredible.
Published: Monday, May 25th, 2015 @ 12:54 am
By: Liz Partrick
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The four donors and recipients involved in a recent kidney exchange at Vidant Medical Center met all together for the first time March 27 on the medical center campus.
Published: Sunday, April 5th, 2015 @ 11:10 pm
By: ECU News Services
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College of The Albemarle in Elizabeth City will present Steel Magnolias, as part of its 2014/15 Performing Arts Center season, April 9 - 12, 2015. The cast is made up of 6 talented actresses and the action of the play takes place in Truvy's beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana. The show is...
Published: Friday, April 3rd, 2015 @ 4:15 am
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory and First Lady Ann McCrory hosted military families from throughout the state at the Executive Mansion in Raleigh today for an Easter Egg Hunt.
Published: Sunday, March 29th, 2015 @ 5:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Well, the crotch-sniffing finished over on Jones Street today, and we have ourselves a new slate of candidates for the UNC Board of Governors.
Published: Friday, March 27th, 2015 @ 7:23 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Jeff Zyburt's virtual reality goggles helped him experience the sensation of steering a military vehicle down a dusty road in a combat zone.
Published: Sunday, March 29th, 2015 @ 6:14 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The Lemonade Art Gallery is having its grand opening beginning at 5;30 pm. The ribbon cutting ceremony will be at 6 pm. The artists will be in their studios to welcome visitors and show you their work. Please drop by and help us celebrate Washington's newest gallery.
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2015 @ 3:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Noted independent filmmaker Cynthia Hill will spend two days at East Carolina University to speak with students about her documentary on domestic violence and her PBS cooking series, "A Chef's Life."
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2015 @ 12:43 am
By: ECU News Services
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Goose Creek State Park Calendar of Events for April, 2015.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 2:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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America needs a better-educated work force - but President Obama's plan for "free" community college is not the way to get it.
Published: Wednesday, March 25th, 2015 @ 3:57 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Approximately 375 undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdoctoral scholars are expected to present their research and creative work this week to fellow students, colleagues, faculty and the community at East Carolina University's Mendenhall Student Center.
Published: Friday, March 27th, 2015 @ 10:51 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Goose Creek State Park Calendar of Events for April, May, June, 2015.
Published: Tuesday, March 24th, 2015 @ 6:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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After 1,313 days as students in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, members of the Class of 2015 found out March 20 where they will be training as resident physicians later this year.
Published: Monday, March 23rd, 2015 @ 11:43 pm
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University has been named the No. 1 "Best Bang for the Buck" among colleges and universities in the Southeast in a new report that ranks universities on outcomes and the degree of opportunity afforded students.
Published: Monday, March 23rd, 2015 @ 6:53 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Regardless of whether one appreciates the nuanced work of the eclectic Austin, Texas Writer /Director, one must admit that his films are at least unique in their construction, their quality.
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2015 @ 6:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week, a bipartisan coalition of House and Senate members unveiled legislation that would allow dozens of eastern North Carolina communities to proceed with a critical sales agreement that will reduce electricity rates and spur job growth and economic development across eastern North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, March 22nd, 2015 @ 8:01 pm
By: Bill Cook
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It was a beautiful snow, on this 24th day of February, 2015; a snow too long in the returning to this sleepy river town.
Published: Saturday, April 11th, 2015 @ 10:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On 3-20-2015, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit and Alcohol Law Enforcement Division executed a search warrant on Rodney Lamont Albritton’s residence located at 105 Anderson Place in Washington.
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2015 @ 6:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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