WASHINGTON, NC— The Beaufort County Community College Foundation received a $40,000 donation from the First Annual Belhaven Trout Tournament and Festival.
Published: Tuesday, February 27th, 2024 @ 5:02 pm
By: Attila Nemecz
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Coming on the heels of a second-quarter report that saw losses of $526.7 million, VinFast reported Thursday that it lost an additional $623 million for the third quarter of 2023.
Published: Saturday, February 3rd, 2024 @ 2:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Charlotte has joined a list of major US cities who recently placed a formal bid to designate the Queen City as a nationally recognized regional tech hub.
Published: Monday, December 4th, 2023 @ 3:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As North Carolina is America’s ninth most populous state, film and television producers are working with the Tarheel State in mind.
Published: Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 @ 4:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Beaufort County officials on Thursday helped the Beaufort County Committee of 100 welcome renowned e-commerce, digital marketing, and consulting firm BTW Global, LLC to its new headquarters in Washington.
Published: Sunday, November 5th, 2023 @ 5:50 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Disney plans to eliminate thousands of jobs next week, dismissing as many as 15% of entertainment staffers, according to a recent report from Bloomberg.
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2023 @ 1:05 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Neuralink founder Elon Musk said he hopes implanting wireless brain-computer chips in humans will play a role in the existential risk of population reduction posed by artificial intelligence.
Published: Thursday, October 12th, 2023 @ 8:48 am
By: Daily Wire
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Ford announced on Monday that it is pausing construction on a multi-billion dollar battery plant in Marshall, Michigan that had drawn scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers over the company’s partnership with Chinese battery-maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., or CATL.
Published: Thursday, October 5th, 2023 @ 10:23 am
By: Daily Wire
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On Tuesday, for the second year in a row, North Carolina earned the top spot in CNBC’s annual “America’s Top States for Business” rankings out of all 50 states.
Published: Sunday, October 1st, 2023 @ 11:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina is one of six southern states that, together, have become an economic powerhouse, overtaking the once dominant Northeast region of the United States. That’s according to a new analysis from Bloomberg.
Published: Monday, September 25th, 2023 @ 10:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina is set to receive over $1.53 billion in federal funding to help with expanding high-speed internet across the state. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) made the announcement Monday.
Published: Monday, September 11th, 2023 @ 7:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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With such a business-friendly climate, why would NCInnovation even be necessary?
Published: Friday, September 8th, 2023 @ 12:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It’s not just young people who are getting screwed by the current economy.
Published: Tuesday, August 29th, 2023 @ 1:23 am
By: Daily Wire
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The Federal Reserve hiked interest rates to the highest level in 22 years on Wednesday, despite easing inflationary pressures.
Published: Sunday, August 13th, 2023 @ 12:10 pm
By: Daily Wire
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David Stevens, a senior housing official under former President Barack Obama, condemned a proposal from President Joe Biden that will effectively penalize financially stable homebuyers to subsidize those with higher risk.
Published: Thursday, August 3rd, 2023 @ 11:08 am
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina benefitted from the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of small business migration. That’s according to a new Bureau of Labor Statistics report.
Published: Monday, July 31st, 2023 @ 1:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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"Feels like the beginning of something special."
Published: Friday, July 21st, 2023 @ 11:56 am
By: Daily Wire
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Last week, Beer Serves America reported that the beer industry contributes 75,082 jobs and brings in about $1.8 billion in taxes to the state of North Carolina.
Published: Friday, July 21st, 2023 @ 11:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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It is quantifiable that BCN is the No. 1 website originating in Beaufort County - on every level, at every metric - we are at the apex, and we really don't have any competition at this point, and, remarkably, we have 'escape velocity' here ... yet ... there is a truth that few nonprofits will deal with SNI, even though our website functionality, of those we construct for ourselves, and others, may well be the best in northeastern North Carolina, and yet, few nonprofits will even talk us after being contacted.
Is there any wonder that sometimes things just don't work out around here in Beaufort County - a theater whose seats are barely filled, a handful of people attending a public event, much of that constant failure paid for with public money!
The truth of the matter is this: Should, and when, BCN and SNI need to reach out, beyond Beaufort County, to other regional counties, to their vendors, both public and private, to offer them the superior products to promote their products, we can and we will; however, does that enrich Beaufort County, excepting me and my employees getting raises?
It does not.
Yet ... Beaufort County's events, theaters, art galleries, even small 'shop local' stores, homes for sale and property are stationary, immovable, fixed. You are stuck here pleading for public money, or the kindness of those that can be duped into 'shopping local', while you do not, and still, you do not reaching out beyond your small circle of friends.
One thing that I have learned over the years: If I work hard enough, smart enough and long enough, I can find smart people to deal with, where ever they may reside. They will have the wisdom to procure the superior products, they will better compete, and rather than Beaufort County vendors, and public/nonprofits drawing customer from others areas, you may find Beaufort County residents being drawn away to those other area to spend their hard earned dollars outside of the county.
I, for one, won't fault them.
And then: What happens when the public money runs out, because your public/nonprofit group is so poorly managed?
Think about it. What then?