In this Table Talk segment, the speakers discuss major issues facing Beaufort County, North Carolina. They describe the county as large and geographically divided by major waterways, with about 50,000 residents spread across roughly 1,000 square miles.
( Published Thursday, June 18th, 2026 @ 11:04 am )]]> Stan Deatherage and Dave Hudson of Table Talk discuss the fundamentals of American civics, emphasizing that as a self-governed people, citizens must understand both their responsibilities as voters and the responsibilities of their elected representatives.
( Published Wednesday, June 17th, 2026 @ 10:56 am )]]> Stan and Dave opened the discussion by addressing the growing trend of protesters physically interfering with ICE officers performing their duties. Stan described scenes from Canal Street in New York City; an area in lower Manhattan near Chinatown; where illegal immigrants have been selling cou...
( Published Friday, May 29th, 2026 @ 2:02 pm )]]> Don Brown grew up in Plymouth, North Carolina, in Washington County. He spent his youth fishing in the Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds with his grandfather, including net fishing for herring.
( Published Friday, May 29th, 2026 @ 1:56 pm )]]> Dave Hudson led most of the questioning to avoid bias, as Deatherage openly supports Jarvis. Nothing was prearranged, and both candidates answered spontaneously.
( Published Thursday, May 28th, 2026 @ 3:34 pm )]]> The wide-ranging conversation covered local government spending, tax policy, education, economic development, immigration, and the role of elected officials in providing oversight of the bureaucratic class.
( Published Thursday, May 28th, 2026 @ 2:43 pm )]]> Rather than focusing on local Beaufort County politics, the conversation centers on how America is navigating an increasingly complex and dangerous world stage.
( Published Wednesday, May 27th, 2026 @ 2:30 pm )]]> Host Stan Deatherage welcomes Washington City Councilmen Nick Fritz and Max Perreault to discuss how they plan to reform local government in the city of Washington.
( Published Monday, May 25th, 2026 @ 11:50 am )]]> Memorial Day is a time when we as a nation pause to remember and honor the sacrifice of the men and women who gave their lives in the service of our nation.
( Published Sunday, May 24th, 2026 @ 9:47 am )]]> In this episode of Table Talk, host Stan Deatherage and co-host Dave Hudson explore the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution -- its original purpose, its modern applications, and its direct impact on voting practices in Beaufort County, North Carolina.
( Published Thursday, May 21st, 2026 @ 3:59 pm )]]> In this episode of Table Talk, host Stan Deatherage and co-host Dave Hudson sit down with Washington, North Carolina City Councilman Joe Davis for a wide-ranging, unscripted conversation. Originally planned as a joint discussion with fellow councilman Max Perreault, Davis appears solo after
( Published Thursday, May 21st, 2026 @ 3:55 pm )]]> On occasion, the election season has a way of bringing forth much good fruit, which is often the case when hard working and intelligent agents of stability, through changing the dynamic of our societal path, join the political paradigm to help we, the self-governed, do far better for ourselves.
( Published Friday, February 27th, 2026 @ 12:18 pm )]]> This Wednesday, August 27, 2025, three City of Washington Council Candidates joined Table Talk to discuss their non incumbent ambitions to serve the People of Washington, NC.
( Published Sunday, October 26th, 2025 @ 7:45 pm )]]> The evolving produced, directed, acted, and presented podcast here on Eastern North Carolina NOW begins with its first episode.
( Published Friday, July 18th, 2025 @ 9:54 am )]]> However, if one believes that Beaufort County government is in full command of the issues of our times, here locally, one might need to steel their resolve for a more perfect understanding of the intellect possessed by the Center-Left /Left Coalition.
( Published Tuesday, July 15th, 2025 @ 6:46 am )]]> This weekend we pause to remember our nation's fallen.
( Published Friday, May 23rd, 2025 @ 10:09 am )]]> DId you vote for any of these politicians that so easily wasted $500,000.00 of the public's money in this incredibly nonchalant manner?
( Published Wednesday, February 5th, 2025 @ 5:07 pm )]]> On Tuesday, January 14, 2025, there occurred a Special Called Meeting of the Beaufort County Commissioners regarding possible land acquisition for the Beaufort County Schools due to their inadequate planning at the most essential level.
( Published Monday, February 3rd, 2025 @ 9:42 am )]]> The Beaufort County Commissioners meet each month for one general meeting to do most of the People's business here in Beaufort County, and we present that meeting in full review here on ENC NOW.
( Published Saturday, December 16th, 2023 @ 8:35 am )]]> For decades in Beaufort County's government, a new chairman and vice chairman is selected by vote each year with only one criteria, constructively that there be a political agreement among certain key elected members of the Beaufort County Commissioners.
( Published Monday, December 11th, 2023 @ 12:11 am )]]> Beaufort County Commissioners have a myriad of responsibilities as Beaufort County's premier local government, and largest taxing authority providing the vast majority of public services in all corporate municipalities, and to a greater extent elsewhere beyond all town and city limits in this county
( Published Saturday, December 9th, 2023 @ 10:41 am )]]> Beaufort County Commissioner Hood Richardson is masterful in digging up issues that are often glossed over, or not brought to the attention of Beaufort County's Commissioners; this issue regarding the recordation of hardcopies manifesting the record of our People's precious documents is evidentiary.
( Published Saturday, December 2nd, 2023 @ 3:37 pm )]]> The Beaufort County Commissioners meet each month for one general meeting to do most of the People's business here in Beaufort County, and we present that meeting in full review here on ENC NOW.
( Published Monday, November 27th, 2023 @ 10:49 pm )]]> The Beaufort County Commissioners meet each month for one general meeting to do most of the People's business here in Beaufort County, and we present that meeting in full review here on ENC NOW.
( Published Monday, January 30th, 2023 @ 7:11 am )]]> The Beaufort County Commissioners meet each month for one general meeting to do most of the People's business here in Beaufort County, and we present that meeting in full review here on ENC NOW.
( Published Wednesday, December 14th, 2022 @ 7:02 pm )]]>