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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today.
Published: Monday, December 9th, 2013 @ 8:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory and Secretary of Transportation Tony Tata have called on environmental groups to drop their legal challenges to the construction of a replacement for Bonner Bridge.
Published: Sunday, December 8th, 2013 @ 2:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Moore County's Richard Morgan set the standard for hard-nosed vindictive political tactics during his tenure in the NC House. If a legislator dared to "cross" him, Morgan would personally seek out a primary challenger for said legislator.
Published: Sunday, December 8th, 2013 @ 10:01 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Internship opportunities are available to North Carolina residents attending a college, university, technical institute or community college until December 16.
Published: Sunday, December 8th, 2013 @ 1:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor McCrory met with high-ranking military officials, including the Commandant of the Marines Corps, and congressional leaders in Washington, D.C. today, urging continued support for military personnel and installations in North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, December 7th, 2013 @ 6:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) joined with Governor Pat McCrory and other officials in a press conference at the Oregon Inlet Fishing Center in Dare County, held Friday, Dec. 6.
Published: Saturday, December 7th, 2013 @ 5:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger and Speaker Thom Tillis applauded Gov. Pat McCrory and Transportation Secretary Tony Tata for their leadership and joined their call for the Southern Environmental Law Center to stop obstructing construction of the economically vital new Bonner Bridge.
Published: Friday, December 6th, 2013 @ 7:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory has announced the following appointments.
Published: Friday, December 6th, 2013 @ 2:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A meeting of the Washington City Council will meet, Monday, December 9, 2013, at 5:30 pm, to discuss a number of actions listed here within.
Published: Thursday, December 5th, 2013 @ 2:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Most of North Carolina’s congressional staffers - the men and women who work for the state’s two U.S. senators and 13 members of the U.S. House of Representatives - will be entering the District of Columbia’s health care exchange once the Affordable Care Act takes effect in January.
Published: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 @ 9:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory will meet with military and congressional leaders Wednesday in Washington, D.C. to highlight the importance of the military and veterans in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 @ 10:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners will meet to discuss a variety of issues in their General Meeting on Monday, December 2, 2013
Published: Monday, December 2nd, 2013 @ 1:25 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The federal health care law known as Obamacare creates more problems for North Carolinians than just the faulty website that has generated recent headlines.
Published: Saturday, November 30th, 2013 @ 3:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We should continue to use caution when traveling as we could receive another one-half inch of rain and many culverts are plugged or flow is reduced and standing water can cause hydroplaning in vehicles.
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2013 @ 11:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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With a few notable exceptions, government agencies in North Carolina do not expect a major hit from Obamacare mandates in the coming year. But that could change in 2015, when large employer requirements kick in for organizations such as the UNC system, where as many as 10,000 temporary employees...
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2013 @ 8:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today.
Published: Tuesday, November 26th, 2013 @ 7:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The main part of this Nor'easter like storm will impact us from about 7:00pm tonight through 7:00am tomorrow morning.
Published: Tuesday, November 26th, 2013 @ 5:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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For those traveling or working outside late Tuesday and all day Wednesday please do so with extreme caution.
Published: Tuesday, November 26th, 2013 @ 1:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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To address the concerns of smaller states, representation was equally assigned to all of the states in the Union. Every state got TWO.
Published: Saturday, November 23rd, 2013 @ 11:32 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Beaufort County is soliciting qualifications statements for a contract in both Architectural Design Services as well as Construction Management At Risk for construction of a facility that will house a new detention center and Sheriff’s Office.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 6:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Legislative Democrats took a few jabs at state Auditor Beth Wood, a fellow Democrat, at a Tuesday meeting of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 11:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory congratulated recipients of the state's highest civilian honor tonight at the North Carolina Awards Program in Durham.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 1:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Educators, wildlife officers, law enforcement officials and office workers were among the state employees from all across the state to be honored Tuesday afternoon with the Governor's Award for Excellence at a ceremony at the North Carolina Museum of History. Ten of the award recipients were ...
Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2013 @ 12:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper sounded much like a candidate for governor Monday morning when the four-term Democrat addressed the media at the UNC Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
Published: Wednesday, November 20th, 2013 @ 2:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Dr. Julius L. Chambers will be honored posthumously today by the State of North Carolina with the presentation of the Spirit of North Carolina Award. Dr. Chambers died in August 2013.
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 @ 3:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Legislation limiting assertive regulatory actions by executive branch agencies is gaining interest in the General Assembly and in state capitals around the country. Supporters say a state-focused version of the federal Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny, or REINS, Act, could...
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 @ 2:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new report from State Auditor Beth Wood says that the State Surplus Property office likely isn't getting all the revenue it could for taxpayers because of its bidding process, and suggests that the office move to an online bidding process similar to eBay.
Published: Sunday, November 17th, 2013 @ 10:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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First Lady Ann McCrory visited the Humane Society of Charlotte this afternoon with her and Governor Pat McCrory's chocolate lab Moe. The first lady joined the Humane Society to raise awareness for dog adoptions and the Dog Adoption and Humane Awards taking place Saturday, November 16 at the ...
Published: Sunday, November 17th, 2013 @ 10:45 pm
By: David Winstead
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At the November 4, 2013 Beaufort County Commissioners' meeting William (Buzz) Cayton spoke during the Public Comment section of the agenda on how the board has gone about making a decision to build a new jail in the Chocowinity Industrial Park. You can listen to his comments below.
Published: Friday, November 15th, 2013 @ 9:10 am
By: Buzz Cayton
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The November 4th monthly Beaufort County Commissioner's meeting started off with some strong public comments by civic leader "Buzz" Cayton stressing the need for County Commissioners to use common sense in their ongoing pursuit of new jail plans.
Published: Friday, November 15th, 2013 @ 8:38 am
By: Betty Murphy
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Governor Pat McCrory welcomed members of the bipartisan North Carolina Metropolitan Mayors Coalition to the Executive Mansion in Raleigh for a series of meetings today to discuss transportation and other major issues facing the state's largest cities.
Published: Thursday, November 14th, 2013 @ 6:21 pm
By: David Winstead
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