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Supporters of North Carolina's fledgling Opportunity Scholarships program see the motion granted Friday by a Superior Court judge placing the plan on hold as little more than a temporary setback. Advocates of the 2013 measure, which would have provided up to 2,400 low-income public school...
Published: Wednesday, February 26th, 2014 @ 4:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On March 28th and 29th we will hold our 2014 Conservative Leadership Conference at the Marriot Crabtree Hotel in Raleigh. Tickets are on sale now, but you can win two of them, plus a one-night stay at the conference hotel...on us!
Published: Sunday, March 9th, 2014 @ 12:08 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A visit earlier this month to a community college in Jakarta, Indonesia, provided valuable insights into college operations that can be of use to Beaufort County Community College, according to BCCC President Barbara Tansey.
Published: Tuesday, February 25th, 2014 @ 5:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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When the Woolard girls opened their business, Cottage Junkies, a year and a half ago, Landis Woolard saw it as a way to pursue her interest in interior design.
Published: Sunday, February 23rd, 2014 @ 11:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governments at all levels have injected themselves into the debate over childhood obesity, with everything from rules about school lunches to higher taxes on candy and soft drinks, even a proposed tax on large, sugary sodas in New York City. Earlier this year, the North Carolina Institute of...
Published: Sunday, February 23rd, 2014 @ 10:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Several East Carolina University staff members were recognized for outstanding work during the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District III awards in Orlando, Fla., earlier this week.
Published: Sunday, February 23rd, 2014 @ 9:47 am
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory celebrated heroes of World War II (WWII) today with French Consul General Denis Barbet who presented 14 North Carolinians with the Legion of Honor, the highest decoration in France, in a ceremony at the State Capitol.
Published: Sunday, February 23rd, 2014 @ 12:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Performances of "For God So Loved..." will be held March 22 through April 15, 2014 at the Rocky Hock Playhouse, now located at the Leon Nixon Catering & Banquet Facilities on Hwy. 32 in Edenton, NC.
Published: Tuesday, July 8th, 2014 @ 9:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Students from Mattamuskeet Early College High School recently visited Beaufort County Community College to get a tour of the campus, where many of them will attend classes for the first time in the fall.
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 @ 6:12 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that $500,000 from the Office of State Budget and Management's Repair and Renovation Contingency Reserve has been allocated to the Battleship NORTH CAROLINA, the state's World War II memorial, to repair its hull.
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 @ 3:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Commissioners' retreat, held today and again tomorrow (February 20 - 21, 2014) at the North Carolina Estuarium, will not be attended by Commissioners Hood Richardson and Stan Deatherage.
Published: Sunday, March 9th, 2014 @ 3:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Goose Creek State Park Calendar of Events for February, March, 2014.
Published: Sunday, March 9th, 2014 @ 12:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Researchers at East Carolina University will spend another year studying the causes of Gulf War illness and medicines that might be able to treat it.
Published: Wednesday, February 19th, 2014 @ 10:52 am
By: ECU News Services
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February 21, 22 and 23rd Beaufort County Emergency Management will be hosting the 14th annual eastern search exercise.
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 6:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A new space for collaborative medical research and robotics training was lauded by East Carolina University officials this week as a visionary project at the heart of the university's mission and talents.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2014 @ 11:59 pm
By: ECU News Services
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North Carolina will be challenged to support a convention of states to amend the U.S. constitution. You need to understand both side of this issue.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2014 @ 11:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Early career teachers will get pay raises starting in the fiscal year beginning July 1, and teachers with up to seven years of service will collect double-digit percentage increases, Gov. Pat McCrory announced Monday. The package is expected to cost less than $200 million and will not require a...
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 5:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Education leaders from Washington and Tyrrell counties met at Beaufort County Community College recently for an update on new programs at the college.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 1:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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"When guns are outlawed," the adage goes, "only outlaws will have guns."
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 1:14 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Following a narrow defeat in her run for NC House Representatives for District 6 in 2012, long-time Republican and Dare County resident Mattie Lawson has maintained an active role in local issues of concern to Eastern North Carolina citizens.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 2:02 am
By: Mattie Lawson
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Sen. Bill Cook (R-District 1) announced today his support for a plan unveiled by Gov. Pat McCrory, Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, Senate Leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Thom Tillis to make North Carolina’s starting teacher salaries among the highest in the Southeast.
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2014 @ 11:47 am
By: Bill Cook
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A select group of tutors at East Carolina University are now embedded in eight key college courses to provide a tutoring experience that reaches a greater number of students and is more meaningful to both faculty members and struggling students.
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2014 @ 1:18 am
By: ECU News Services
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Why release hypothetical November matchup results when filing hasn't started and we still have a May primary election?
Published: Friday, February 14th, 2014 @ 11:20 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Building a road and building better health care require a community to work together. That was the message from keynote speaker Dr. Lori Carter-Edwards at the 10th annual Jean Mills Health Symposium held Feb. 7 at East Carolina University. Using a road-building project in three towns to...
Published: Thursday, February 13th, 2014 @ 11:00 pm
By: ECU News Services
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State House speaker and US Senate candidate Thom Tillis has been catching some flak from GOP activists — and finally from the mainstream media — for skipping out on candidate debates in the GOP primary race.
Published: Wednesday, February 12th, 2014 @ 11:30 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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A team of College of Technology and Computer Science students worked hard to overcome a few obstacles and place third in 2013 Association of Technology, Management and Applied Engineering's (ATMAE) national robotics competition in New Orleans.
Published: Wednesday, February 12th, 2014 @ 9:03 am
By: ECU News Services
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Today's updated numbers show that North Carolina continues to make significant progress toward meeting federal requirements for processing FNS (food stamp) applications and recertifications.
Published: Tuesday, February 11th, 2014 @ 5:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A group of East Carolina University faculty members will spend the next 12 months exploring ways to educate students about patient safety, quality improvement and team-based care along with new ways of teaching that engage students more actively in their own education.
Published: Tuesday, February 11th, 2014 @ 12:51 am
By: ECU News Services
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The Civitas Partisan Index has been updated to show the political balance of power in North Carolina as revealed in the 2012 elections.
Published: Monday, February 10th, 2014 @ 9:07 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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In December of 2013, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office began receiving reports of Fraud and Identity Theft that involved a suspect using a victim’s legitimate bank account information to create fraudulent checks.
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 @ 11:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Provost Marilyn Sheerer often uses her "First Monday" e-newsletter to campus to announce new programs or highlight advancements on campus. On the first Monday in February, she reported something personal to East Carolina University.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 10:50 am
By: ECU News Services
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First Citizens Bank of Washington recently contributed $1,000 to the campaign mounted by the Beaufort County Community College Foundation to build a digital sign at the front of the campus along U.S. Highway 264.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 10:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Jean Mills earned two college degrees, taught French and Spanish, and studied and traveled throughout the United States and abroad during her short life.
Published: Friday, February 7th, 2014 @ 1:45 am
By: ECU News Services
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