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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that Art Pope will step down as state budget director.
Published: Thursday, August 7th, 2014 @ 8:29 am
By: Christopher Maye
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The Marion L. Shepard Cancer Center offers a variety of special programs and activities to help cancer patients, survivors as well as their primary caregivers deal with the emotional and physical challenges associated with having cancer.
Published: Tuesday, August 5th, 2014 @ 11:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Most sailors have a seasick story: This is mine.
Published: Tuesday, August 5th, 2014 @ 8:51 pm
By: Stanhope Deatherage
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It is clear to any observer that the Federal government has grown to an untenable size, and that it has become increasingly more abusive of its powers.
Published: Tuesday, August 5th, 2014 @ 4:36 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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East Carolina University’s first STEM to STEAM summer camp challenged 25 elementary to high school students to make connections between technology and art.
Published: Tuesday, August 5th, 2014 @ 4:47 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Today, Saturday, August 02, 2014, the House passed a $21.25 billion state budget. The Senate passed the same bipartisan state budget on Friday, August 01, 2014.
Published: Sunday, August 3rd, 2014 @ 12:31 pm
By: Bill Cook
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A recent blog post published by a liberal organization outlines the experiences of two students who sought to acquire free state-issued voter photo IDs from the NC DMV.
Published: Sunday, August 3rd, 2014 @ 11:27 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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I have been discussing teacher pay rankings for years. In fact, three years ago I wrote a newsletter piece titled, Education spending in North Carolina: The ranking problem. In that piece, I outlined the major problems associated with the National Education Association (NEA) rankings of teacher...
Published: Sunday, August 3rd, 2014 @ 9:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Marcus Luttrell wrote this titular story of his one life experience that would forever define who he was, who he is, and who he will remain.
Published: Sunday, January 9th, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Responding to a State Board of Elections investigation looking into the possible use of campaign funds for personal benefit, state Rep. Michael Wray, D-Northampton, has submitted a document to the board that is at odds with public statements he has made about his campaign fund spending.
Published: Saturday, August 2nd, 2014 @ 10:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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East Carolina University is taking steps to strengthen its record on campus security at the same time a University of North Carolina report has outlined system-wide best practices on safety and security.
Published: Friday, August 1st, 2014 @ 10:40 am
By: ECU News Services
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State Treasurer Janet Cowell, alongside bill sponsors Reps. Stephen Ross and Jeff Collins, joined Governor Pat McCrory at the State Capitol this morning for the signing of House Bill 1195.
Published: Wednesday, July 30th, 2014 @ 7:31 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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North Carolina attorney general Roy Cooper is starting to remind me of Peter Gibbons, the main character in the cult hit movie "Office Space."
Published: Saturday, August 9th, 2014 @ 1:33 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Children with communication delays related to autism and other disorders are learning about making friends while improving their verbal skills at East Carolina University’s Pirate Speech Camp.
Published: Monday, July 28th, 2014 @ 5:31 pm
By: ECU News Services
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This presidency, his pathetic staff, his inept cabinet and their respective departments, and, finally, his accompanying mainstream media are rotten to the core: But how can a nation save itself from itself when it is not smart enough to consider the question?
Published: Thursday, August 21st, 2014 @ 11:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Thursday, July 24, 2014, I presented Senate Bill - SB788 (Town of Duck Eminent Domain) and Senate Bill - SB877 (Exempt Time Shares/Rule Against Perpetuities) to the Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.
Published: Saturday, July 26th, 2014 @ 9:15 pm
By: Bill Cook
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As students head back to high school this fall, they and their parents will quickly discover that much of traditional American history taught in Advanced Placement (AP) courses for college credit is being rewritten with a distinctive left-leaning bias.
Published: Friday, July 25th, 2014 @ 2:39 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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n anonymous gift of $1 million will enable the Family Autism Center at East Carolina University to increase professional staff and expand services for people with autism in eastern North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, July 24th, 2014 @ 5:33 pm
By: ECU News Services
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As a student at Chocowinity High School, Stacey Cole Gerard was inspired by her business teacher, Judy McRoy.
Published: Thursday, July 24th, 2014 @ 1:01 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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Lone Leaf Gallery Celebrates 5 Years with a Showing by Alexandra Bloch's Everyday Beauty Series
Published: Friday, July 25th, 2014 @ 11:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Ten-year-old Tyrrek Grizzle took control of his paddle, maneuvering his miniature land mover with ease.
Published: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014 @ 11:20 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Well, the testosterone-challenged crowd in the McClatchy newsrooms have claimed the scalp of a poor, defenseless woman who made the horrific "mistake" of allowing Gov, Pat to appoint her poet laureate.
Published: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014 @ 7:20 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Twenty graduates of Beaufort County Community College's Practical Nursing program received their nursing school pins Wednesday, July 16, in a ceremony, which is a traditional rite of passage for nursing school graduates across the country.
Published: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014 @ 7:27 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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2033, Welcome to America,a nation reborn by the glorious New Founding Fathers. Tonight we will cleanse the hatred from our hearts with the sixth annual purge.
Published: Monday, September 8th, 2014 @ 10:33 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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A hearing that liberal groups hoped would undermine North Carolina voting reform instead appears to have revealed their true objectives.
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 6:07 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Continuing fiscal challenges were front and center during the regular meeting of the East Carolina University Board of Trustees held July 17-18 at the East Carolina Heart Institute at ECU.
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 4:34 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Ten rising high school juniors and seniors got busy this summer digging and sifting through 18th century dirt behind a standing slave cabin in Grimesland.
Published: Monday, July 21st, 2014 @ 8:57 am
By: ECU News Services
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This week, the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank located in D.C., released a new report on educational productivity. This study attempts to gauge the effectiveness of school district spending, that is, "bang for the buck."
Published: Sunday, July 20th, 2014 @ 9:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory congratulated more than 80 state government interns today at a reception at the governor's mansion.
Published: Saturday, July 19th, 2014 @ 5:22 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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I presented Senate Bill - SB 788, to the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday, July 15, 2014.
Published: Saturday, July 19th, 2014 @ 1:07 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Jeanne Martin, an instructor in the Associate Degree Nursing Program at Beaufort County Community College, who served as President of the Faculty Senate at BCCC for the 2013-2014 Academic Year will serve a second year as the organization's President in the 2014-2015 Academic Year.
Published: Saturday, July 19th, 2014 @ 1:06 am
By: Christopher Maye
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I see it in the same light as President Ford tripping on the steps of AF- 1 = brings him down to the "foot-in-mouth" disease of most of us. Those who speak publicly and the audience begins to snicker, immediately start to regret they ever said a word for idiots to criticize.
Published: Sunday, July 20th, 2014 @ 2:48 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Members of the Beaufort County Farm Bureau's agency force recently contributed $1,000 to the campaign to install a digital sign at Beaufort County Community College.
Published: Thursday, July 17th, 2014 @ 5:37 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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What does eastern North Carolina sound like? Three East Carolina University School of Music students attempted to answer that question this spring, and the region's residents now have the chance to decide who did the best job.
Published: Thursday, July 17th, 2014 @ 3:19 pm
By: ECU News Services
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