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Writer Spotlight

 
Diane Rufino
 
If you meet me and think I talk funny, it’s because I’m from north Jersey. I spent most of my adult life up there.  I went to college at the University of Pennsylvania for my undergraduate degree in ... (Read More)
I am the Flag
 
A poem from Diane Rufino, Originally entitled, My Name is Old Glory by Howard Schnauber
 
Saturday, September 12th, 2026 @ 9:21 am
 
Stan Deatherage
 
Stan Deatherage serves as chief administrator and Publisher of Eastern NC NOW. ... (Read More)
Ten Years (now 25 years later) After 9/11: a Recollection, a Time to Remember
 
It was a clear beautiful, royal blue sky day on Wall Street. The S & P futures were up markedly, awaiting a positive open, as I turn to get my first cup of coffee. I return to CNBC to get the
 
Saturday, September 12th, 2026 @ 8:47 am
 

Editorials

Chief Justice John Roberts issued an administrative stay allowing the Trump administration to continue construction of the ballroom as SCOTUS waits.

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Bloodless Warfare: Politics

On Thursday September 17 at 6:00 PM we will have mayor Robert Burns, candidate for governor, to speak and take questions for one hour.
Republicans have consistently backed the blue and new data shows President Trump's strong leadership has led to the fastest decline in violent crime in modern American history.
Sanctuary county for the unborn resolution to be presented by Stan Deatherage at tonight’s (Monday August 3) Beaufort County commissioner meeting.
Queen Garris has made a post on the Beaufort County GOP site that you should read. It is disloyal to conservative candiates key in the following: https://www.Facebook.Com/beaufortcountygop
(RALEIGH) Today, Governor Stein announced he has signed one bill into law.
If you are covering Roy Cooper in Greensboro today, please consider the following statement from the Republican National Committee:
It has been several days since a deranged left-wing lunatic attempted to assassinate President Trump and other members of his administration and yet Roy Cooper is STILL silent out of fear of alienating his base, who is perfectly okay with violence.

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Our Founding Principles

There are many people who overlook the brilliance of the US Constitution. They argue that it is outdated and unfit to adequately govern such a modern nation as ours in the 21st century.
In a self-governed Representative Republic, elections have supreme and often severe consequences.
On Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024, Diane Gentile-Rufino, 64, peacefully departed from this world to be with our Lord and Savior. A beloved wife, mother, sister, and friend, her legacy will be eternally remembered by all who knew her.
I’m a long-time activist. I started a Tea Party group in 2009 in my area of North Carolina and have been running it ever since.
The leader of the wolfpack, of any herd, of any pride, and of any tribe is always an amalgamation of qualities that sets that animal or human above its peers, and, on rare occasion, the leader is not only the top teacher of how to better survive, but how to protect one another in desperate times.
To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms and be taught how to use them.
This article is dedicated to our great Founding Fathers - men who had the courage, the foresight, and the wisdom to secure the freedom that I exercise and enjoy every single day. - Diane Rufino

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Words with the Publisher

Today, Alex Pretti, a promising protestor within the "mostly peaceful protest" of ICE performing their Constitutional duties in Minneapolis, Minnesota, became the leading candidate to win the 2026 Darwin Award, but, of course, Alex had to die to move into that first place pole position.
I'm Charles Hickman and I have filed for election to a second term on the Board of Education. My wife and I reside in Blounts Creek.
Beaufort County Board of Education District 6 member Steven P. Rader has filed for election to another term on the board. He is a resident of Washington, residing on Harvey Street in the city's Historic District.
My name is Clinton Travis Martin, and I have filed to run for Beaufort County Commissioner because I believe our communities deserve strong practical leadership that delivers results.
NC House Bill 1009 proposes repeal of Extraterritorial Jurisdicitons








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