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Three Beaufort County Early College High School students have been recognized for their writing efforts by the North Carolina Reading Association. Those cited are sophomores ToneAsia Roberson of Washington and Zach Sireci of Blounts Creek and junior Rebecca Williams of Washington. Each student...
Published: Sunday, February 8th, 2015 @ 6:15 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Extraterritorial jurisdictions have been a source of controversy for years. Muncipal leaders and their advocates LOVE them. They gain influence over territory and residents who can't even vote for them.
Published: Saturday, February 7th, 2015 @ 9:41 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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First, we recommend that the Board direct the County Attorney to petition for Court Order 13 R 85 to be vacated. To leave the Order in force and subject the County to potential contempt of court liability is a potentially serious mistake.
Published: Sunday, February 8th, 2015 @ 3:41 pm
By: Harold Smith
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On February 2nd, 2015 at approximately 3:48 pm the School Resource Officer assigned to Washington High School received a report of a weapon offense that occurred on the school campus earlier that day.
Published: Saturday, February 7th, 2015 @ 3:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Monday night, February 2nd, 2015, at 5:00 PM, a Beaufort County commissioners' meeting was engaged, and promptly discussion of procedure, rules of public meeting engagement, and even what constituted proper representation in a democratic republic broke out.
Published: Monday, February 9th, 2015 @ 4:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Kudos to Senate leader Phil Berger for his incisive answer as to whether he would support an independent redistricting commission. According to Gary Robertson of the Associated Press, Berger said...
Published: Monday, February 9th, 2015 @ 11:09 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Duke Energy and Beaufort County Community College today announced a $248,302 investment from the Duke Energy Foundation to upgrade the equipment used in the Welding Technology Program at BCCC.
Published: Wednesday, February 4th, 2015 @ 1:40 am
By: Chris Downey
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Members of the North Carolina General Assembly returned to Raleigh last Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 to begin the official business of the 2015-2016 legislative session.
Published: Wednesday, February 4th, 2015 @ 12:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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When East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine was awarded a $1 million grant by the American Medical Association in 2013 to help shape how future doctors are trained, AMA leaders cited the school's reputation for bold innovation.
Published: Friday, February 6th, 2015 @ 1:48 pm
By: ECU News Services
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A light snow fell on East Carolina University's newest dental service learning center in Spruce Pine on Jan. 30, as stakeholders gathered for a ribbon cutting to celebrate the facility for dental education and oral health care.
Published: Monday, February 2nd, 2015 @ 11:46 am
By: ECU News Services
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We've provided extensive coverage of the political drama around the state Sea Level Rise (SLR) panel and its revision - mandated by the GOP majority in the legislature - of the projected sea level rise on the North Carolina coast.
Published: Monday, February 2nd, 2015 @ 6:08 am
By: Brant Clifton
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An East Carolina University program that assists college students with learning disabilities will get an important boost from a two-year grant recently awarded by the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust.
Published: Sunday, February 1st, 2015 @ 9:39 pm
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University sophomore Katherine Corbett may be best known for her ballet and tap skills, but she also can sew.
Published: Sunday, February 1st, 2015 @ 2:44 pm
By: ECU News Services
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"Praise the Lord and pass the hand grenades", Synbiotic Networks Inc. is proud to announce that BCN is now the top website originating from Beaufort County.
Published: Thursday, February 19th, 2015 @ 12:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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"Birdman" is the fast paced glimpse into the drama behind the drama that is ultimately fleshed out on one of the smaller, but venerable stages in New York's major theater district - Broadway.
Published: Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 @ 12:17 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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A record-setting 1,145 Pirates braved temperatures in the 40s Jan. 22 to jump into the icy waters of the outdoor swimming pool at East Carolina University's Student Recreation Center.
Published: Saturday, January 31st, 2015 @ 9:51 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Today, I salute Mitt Romney for backing out of the race for the Republican nomination to stand for the election of president of these states united.
Published: Sunday, February 8th, 2015 @ 3:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A new state requirement brought more than 40 physical education teachers to East Carolina University recently for a daylong workshop.
Published: Saturday, January 31st, 2015 @ 10:28 am
By: ECU News Services
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This is a more important question than you can imagine. All around us voices are competing for attention. Turn on the TV.
Published: Friday, January 30th, 2015 @ 11:36 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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Patrons of Todd Dining Hall at East Carolina University were entertained by ECU alumnus Chris Grymes' "pop-up performance" on Jan. 21.
Published: Thursday, January 29th, 2015 @ 8:47 am
By: ECU News Services
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The second of two public forums was hosted by East Carolina University Tuesday to allow Board of Trustees members to hear community viewpoints on the possible renaming of Aycock Residence Hall.
Published: Wednesday, January 28th, 2015 @ 7:17 pm
By: ECU News Services
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If one understands the military, or the quasi-military, which a well run sheriff's office is, one knows that rank is important, but mostly in a relative sense.
Published: Friday, February 27th, 2015 @ 12:17 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On 01-23-2015, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit arrested Philip Zachary Tankard, 34 years of age, of 1092 Old Bath Highway in Washington.
Published: Monday, January 26th, 2015 @ 8:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Benedictine monks who founded Belmont Abbey College 138 years ago are better known for peacefulness than for trend-setting.
Published: Monday, January 26th, 2015 @ 5:40 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Tynita Butts, the record-setting high jumper on ECU's track and field team who won the Penn Relays twice and was named an NCAA All-American six times, was inducted into her high school's sports hall of fame. The ceremony was held Dec. 8 at T.C. Williams High School in her hometown of Alexandria, Vir
Published: Monday, January 26th, 2015 @ 5:27 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Renee Ellmers (Ellmers for Congress)Salon's Joan Walsh leaped into the breach today to defend the honor of our very own Big GovtBarbie.
Published: Monday, January 26th, 2015 @ 5:31 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Often described as the modern day Jimmy Stewart, Tom Hanks has the versatility of character adaptation to play roles that his audience identify with, especially in roles that offer him the range to be the quintessential American.
Published: Saturday, February 28th, 2015 @ 10:23 am
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Goose Creek State Park Calendar of Events for February, 2015.
Published: Saturday, February 7th, 2015 @ 9:12 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Since early November, it has been a quantifiable losing streak for Amateur Obama, and The Amateur ain't helping.
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 @ 3:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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East Carolina University archivists are in the middle of a yearlong project to catalogue everything from film reels to financial statements from more than 600 outdoor theaters across the nation.
Published: Tuesday, January 27th, 2015 @ 9:29 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Robert Duvall has the rarefied purpose of being among a handful of my favorite actors.
Published: Monday, February 16th, 2015 @ 2:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Accept responsibility when it comes, the editor-in-chief of Ebony magazine Mitzi Miller told a crowd at East Carolina University Tuesday night. Even though a task may seem overwhelming, she said, "You accept it; you move forward."
Published: Sunday, January 25th, 2015 @ 3:44 pm
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University will host two public forums to gather feedback on the naming of Charles B. Aycock Residence Hall — one session focused on students' opinions and the other for employees, alumni and the community.
Published: Saturday, January 24th, 2015 @ 9:32 am
By: ECU News Services
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If you were tuning in to discover the direction of your nation for the next year, you would have been sadly misinformed.
Published: Friday, January 30th, 2015 @ 8:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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