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During late September of last year I wrote an article complaining about a $346,000 medical bill for one prisoner held by Beaufort County.
Published: Saturday, March 30th, 2019 @ 11:58 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Beaufort County Community College cut the ribbon on a disc golf course that stretches across its campus on March 20
Published: Friday, March 29th, 2019 @ 8:00 am
By: Daniel Bunting
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The BCCC Foundation has awarded over $150,000 in scholarships during the 2018-2019 academic year
Published: Friday, March 29th, 2019 @ 2:08 am
By: Daniel Bunting
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The "anti-Folwell" bill, HB184 made it out of the Health Committee yesterday, putting it on a course to possibly become law. It is a bill that 2 sides see very differently.
Published: Thursday, March 28th, 2019 @ 4:26 am
By: Diane Rufino
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I am certainly ecstatic that the good people that comprise the best fabric of this nation can now move on from the certain damage that would have occurred if President Trump had been indicted in Conspiracy to Defraud the Presidential Election.
Published: Wednesday, March 27th, 2019 @ 12:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Before I knew it, the work week had passed til now it is Saturday, It has been a week of chill, light rain and wind.
Published: Wednesday, March 27th, 2019 @ 11:57 am
By: Michele Rhem
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Each county in North Carolina has a Grand Jury as required by law. One of the requirements of every Grand Jury is to inspect the county jail on a regular basis.
Published: Tuesday, March 26th, 2019 @ 7:53 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Beaufort County Community College congratulates Leah Beth Warren for winning the Phi Theta Kappa All-USA Scholarship.
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2019 @ 9:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It is Saturday morning, early enough, that it seems like me and the mockingbird, are the only ones in the world.
Published: Thursday, March 21st, 2019 @ 7:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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During the February Beaufort County Commissioners meeting the County manager, Brian Alligood, took issue with those of us who think continuation budgets are bad things, maybe even evil.
Published: Thursday, March 21st, 2019 @ 3:53 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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It has become a tradition for me to complain about the time change, every year. Several days have passed and I am just now feeling a bit acclimated to the "changing of the clocks".
Published: Thursday, March 21st, 2019 @ 10:50 am
By: Michele Rhem
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Those who want to build a new Beaufort County jail are back. They are the same kind of scheme that cost Beaufort County taxpayers over 40 million dollars in new schools about ten years ago.
Published: Saturday, March 16th, 2019 @ 1:05 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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This Thursday, March 14 will mark the new beginnings of the Beaufort County Conservative Club. Meeting 6:30 pm at King Chicken in Washington NC.
Published: Wednesday, March 13th, 2019 @ 8:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A straw poll was held at the 3rd Congressional District Meeting on Saturday, March 2 to see which candidate for the US House (to fill the seat vacated by Congressman Walter Jones' untimely passing) and Michael Speciale was the winner.
Published: Tuesday, March 12th, 2019 @ 10:00 am
By: Diane Rufino
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March 2019 Calendar
Published: Monday, March 11th, 2019 @ 11:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Tanner Boyd was like most of his peers in his teens. He had a vague idea that he wanted to stay in Beaufort County, but he had no clue what he could do as a career.
Published: Monday, March 11th, 2019 @ 7:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On 3-1-2019, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit arrested Shawn Michael Smith, 27 years of age, of 1043 Zeke Rhodes Lane in Williamston and Justin Petrosky, 35 years of age, of 1043 Zeke Rhodes Lane in Williamston.
Published: Monday, March 11th, 2019 @ 4:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Friday is never a dull day when I am working. It is easier to get up in the morning, no matter the conditions . . .for it is Friday!
Published: Monday, March 11th, 2019 @ 4:26 am
By: Michele Rhem
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Representative Michael Speciale's Fundraiser Event for the 3rd District Congressional Election will be help by fellow NC House Representative Keith Kidwell.
Published: Monday, March 11th, 2019 @ 4:07 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On 02-12-2019, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit arrested James Earl Moore, 51 years of age, of 273 Franklin Avenue in Mount Vernon New York and Kenyaan Marks 39 years of age, of 501 Old Country Road in Elmsford New York.
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2019 @ 8:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gamma Beta Phi, the honor society at Beaufort County Community College, inducted 64 new members into its organization on February 27.
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2019 @ 8:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Michael Speciale, candidate for the Third District, the seat last held by Walter Jones, will be our speaker.
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2019 @ 6:42 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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After much encouragement and prayer, Michael Speciale of Craven County has decided to run for the U.S. House seat for District 3. This seat was left vacant by the untimely passing of Walter B. Jones.
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2019 @ 2:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It was raining Sunday morning, when we woke. I knew snow was a long shot, but I had hoped for it anyway.
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2019 @ 1:51 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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Beaufort County Community College will start offering a manicuring certificate for new students or current students who want to add the certificate to an existing degree or pathway.
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2019 @ 10:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Tillis says he sees the national emergency declaration as an issue of separation of powers.
Published: Friday, March 8th, 2019 @ 6:08 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Washington City Council Meeting Agenda for March 11, 2019
Published: Friday, March 8th, 2019 @ 11:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It is hard to say whether or not "March came in like a lion", for February made such a spectacle of itself, masquerading like the late days of April.
Published: Friday, March 8th, 2019 @ 8:30 am
By: Michele Rhem
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North Carolina voters have tried for a long time now to enact a common-sense voter identification law.
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2019 @ 10:36 am
By: Diane Rufino
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I came to Elizabeth City, on Friday, after school with high hopes, of all sorts. The drive was really beautiful.
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2019 @ 10:35 am
By: Michele Rhem
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This past Monday, February 25, US Senate Democrats blocked a Republican bill - The BORN-ALIVE ABORTION SURVIVORS PROTECTION ACT - that would have threatened prison time for doctors who don't attempt to save the lives of infants born alive during failed abortions.
Published: Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 @ 7:14 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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On Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at about 2:10 pm, Beaufort County EMS Personnel and Beaufort County Deputies were dispatched to a report of an unconscious woman, inside a car at the Travel Store #7 with a syringe in her lap.
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2019 @ 3:52 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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