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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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February /March 2019 Calendar
Published: Saturday, March 2nd, 2019 @ 9:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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High school students on a college campus are no longer rare. In fact, high school juniors and seniors attending community college may become the new norm.
Published: Thursday, February 28th, 2019 @ 2:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It is Friday again and it seems it was just Friday, a few days ago! Here we are in the "short rows" of winter, already. I notice that seasons, now seem but a few weeks, and the years zip pass, too.
Published: Wednesday, February 27th, 2019 @ 7:59 am
By: Michele Rhem
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In 2017, top North Carolina Democrats Rep. Meyer, Rep. Fischer, Rep. Cunningham, Sen. Chaudhuri, Sen. Van Duyn, and Sen. Woodard sponsored a bill called the "Whole Woman's Health Act" that sought to remove most of the state's protections for women and children on abortion.
Published: Tuesday, February 26th, 2019 @ 10:58 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office has learned this morning that Brenda Hamilton has died.
Published: Sunday, February 24th, 2019 @ 10:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On September 3, 1783, representatives from the American states, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay, and a representative of King George III signed the Treaty of Paris to officially end the American Revolutionary War against Great Britain.
Published: Sunday, February 24th, 2019 @ 12:09 am
By: Diane Rufino
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On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court handed down one of the most controversial opinions in its history. It issued its opinion regarding the constitutionality of state laws banning and even criminalizing abortion.
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 @ 3:36 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Most people are born and die without knowing one big political secret. That secret is that our American form of government provides all of us with an opportunity to influence government in addition to just voting.
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 @ 2:49 am
By: Hood Richardson
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February is Black History Month and the Beaufort County Community College library will host Dr. Jason Miller as part of its community voices series on February 28 at 3:30 p.m
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2019 @ 8:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I drove home, from Elizabeth City, a bit later in the day, than I usually do, on Sunday.
Published: Thursday, February 21st, 2019 @ 11:02 am
By: Michele Rhem
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For those who aren't familiar with Margaret Sanger and her influence on the Eugenics movement and on the Women's Rights movement, here is an excellent article
Published: Thursday, February 21st, 2019 @ 12:58 am
By: Diane Rufino
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For some gathering time now the Beaufort County GOP has had a heck of a time getting out of its own way, and often acts as a social club rather than a principled party apparatus charged to guide elected victory toward its candidates of a Conservative pedigree.
Published: Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 @ 4:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Try not to think of this day as an opportunity to find a good sale, to finally get the new stove you'd been wanting for years or the new dining room set you've had your eyes on. I'm certainly guilty of that myself.
Published: Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 @ 10:07 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Friday has a different "feel" to it, in months like February, when the school year is in full swing.
Published: Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 @ 2:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Washington City Council Meeting Agenda for February 25, 2019
Published: Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 @ 2:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I attended Congressman Walter Jones' funeral service today at St. Peter's Catholic Church.
Published: Sunday, February 17th, 2019 @ 11:31 am
By: Diane Rufino
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I am not sure whether it was "Beginners' Luck" or what . . . but I made apple dumplings that are good enough to brag about.
Published: Sunday, February 17th, 2019 @ 10:56 am
By: Michele Rhem
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When did the politicians of the 2019 Democrat Party become completely devoid of morals, ethics and raw human intelligence?
Published: Sunday, February 17th, 2019 @ 10:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In a recent article titled "With friends like these, we don"t need enemies", I explained how the Democrats have managed to keep control of the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners when they have only two votes.
Published: Saturday, February 16th, 2019 @ 12:07 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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