Wind-energy developers routinely deceive the public, a longtime critic of the industry told Carolina Journal. And the sales pitch surrounding the Amazon Wind Farm near Elizabeth City continues spreading those deceptions
Published: Friday, April 14th, 2017 @ 4:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senator Shirley Randleman and I filed Senate Bill 157 (Amend Laws Regarding Mental Commitment Bars) to address the issue of individuals who might have suffered from a major medical accident/event such as an aneurysm, major heart attack, stroke, car accident, and are not able to purchase a firearm up
Published: Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 @ 7:46 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Governor Roy Cooper announced today that Mountaire Farms will launch a feed mill operation that will bring 65 jobs to Scotland County
Published: Wednesday, January 25th, 2017 @ 7:01 pm
By: Governor's Office
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It's flattering when the executive editor of the News & Observer calls to ask if he could meet me to discuss a column I'd written
Published: Tuesday, December 27th, 2016 @ 3:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Frances Thompson Armstrong, age 78, a resident of Bath NC, passed away Thursday, Dec. 15, at home
Published: Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 @ 11:07 am
By: Announcements
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On October 18, the Civitas Center for Law and Freedom (CLF) filed suit against Roy Cooper in his capacity as North Carolina attorney general, alleging he illegally diverted money from public education to special interest groups.
Published: Friday, November 4th, 2016 @ 4:24 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The recently released American arms dealer Marc Turi said that the Obama administration tried and failed to make him the scapegoat for a 2011 covert weapons program to arm Islamic rebels in Libya that created chaos and death.
Published: Sunday, October 16th, 2016 @ 3:24 am
By: Jim Kouri
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Although Barack Obama and his wannabe successor Hillary Clinton believe a presidential priority is disarming Americans or at least minimizing their access to firearms, they are arguably two of the world's biggest gun-runners.
Published: Tuesday, September 20th, 2016 @ 9:45 am
By: Jim Kouri
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When the framers met in Philadelphia in the blazing summer of 1787, fierce debate ensued.
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016 @ 9:05 pm
By: Ryan Case
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Fear of gang violence helped pass the Federal Firearms Act of 1938. That law curbed the use of the infamous sub-machine gun, silencers and the like
Published: Monday, August 22nd, 2016 @ 12:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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After you have reconciled your need to own or carry a gun for self-defense, it becomes just a tool.
Published: Friday, April 8th, 2016 @ 9:33 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Socialist/Democrat Bernie Sanders, elected many times and sworn to protect and defend a U.S. Constitution that he does not have the cognitive resources to understand, believes that the Second Amendment is about hunting game.
Published: Sunday, February 28th, 2016 @ 5:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On December 21st, 2015 at approximately 12:20 PM, Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle near John Small Avenue in Washington, for an expired registration.
Published: Wednesday, January 13th, 2016 @ 2:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On July 25, 2015, the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office received numerous reports of a Breaking & Entering and Larceny that occurred at multiple residences in Bath, and Harvey Road in Washington
Published: Wednesday, September 16th, 2015 @ 1:47 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Nuclear Arms Treaty with Iraq is not getting the kind of public notice or disclosure of deatils we would all like to have. This morning the above report is up!
Published: Saturday, August 15th, 2015 @ 1:03 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Aldona Wos, MD, announced today that Robin Gary Cummings, MD, Deputy Secretary for Health Services and Medicaid Director, will step down from his position to accept the role of Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at...
Published: Friday, May 22nd, 2015 @ 11:45 am
By: Chris Downey
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) submitted a letter to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today seeking voluntarily withdrawal of the inpatient treatment beds at Walter B. Jones Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Center from participation in t
Published: Friday, April 17th, 2015 @ 12:28 am
By: Chris Downey
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Mrs. Verna Mae Brooks-Armstrong, 72, of 1135 N.C. Highway 45 South, Plymouth, died Saturday, March 28, 2015, at Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Published: Friday, April 3rd, 2015 @ 9:46 am
By: Announcements
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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla III and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. announced today that Sanderson Farms will construct a new state-of-the-art poultry complex in Robeson County. The new processing plant and hatchery will create approximately...
Published: Saturday, March 21st, 2015 @ 12:03 am
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla III and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. announced today that Jimbo's Jumbos, Inc. will expand its operations in Chowan County and create 78 new jobs over the next three years. The company plans to invest $30 million in...
Published: Thursday, March 19th, 2015 @ 9:22 pm
By: Chris Downey
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On February 23 around 9 am Washington Police responded to an armed robbery of Washington Coins and Pawn located at 828 Washington Plaza.
Published: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 @ 1:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Applications are now being accepted for the Basic Law Enforcement Training Day Academy at Beaufort County Community College that will begin in January, college officials announced this week.
Published: Friday, September 5th, 2014 @ 12:06 am
By: Judy Jennette
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Mrs. Cleata Linton Armstrong Roach, age 78, a resident of the Ponzer Community of Belhaven died Sunday August 31, 2014 at Vidant Outer Banks Hospital in Nags Head, NC.
Published: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014 @ 5:42 pm
By: Announcements
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The Durham gun owner registry may have been repealed during the short session of the General Assembly, but gun advocates remain uneasy about the fate of the personal (and public) records of those who registered firearms.
Published: Thursday, August 14th, 2014 @ 9:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On December 19th, 2013, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of Breaking & Entering and Larceny from a residence on Hassell Avenue in Washington, NC. Deputies responded to the scene and learned that several firearms were stolen from the residence.
Published: Thursday, April 17th, 2014 @ 3:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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During most of its history, North Carolina was a state of widely dispersed residents. There were no truly big cities, many small towns, and fewer sparsely populated counties than, say, Virginia or Georgia had. Particularly along the state's rivers and streams, you'd find a thriving mill town or...
Published: Saturday, April 5th, 2014 @ 8:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Almost as much awaited as the yearly U.S. News & World Report college rankings is the annual Princeton Review ranking of the top "party schools." By Princeton Review's analysis, the top party school this year is (drumroll)...the University of Iowa. Congratulations, Hawkeyes. You beat out the Univers
Published: Friday, March 7th, 2014 @ 2:34 am
By: John William Pope Center
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I am writing to reassure you that there is no connection whatsoever between the Civitas Institute and a newspaper chain that reportedly was planning to create a nationwide database of people with legal permits to carry concealed firearms.
Published: Sunday, January 26th, 2014 @ 6:19 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Armstrong Marine, Inc. is building a welded aluminum boat manufacturing operation in Onslow County.
Published: Tuesday, December 17th, 2013 @ 3:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Occupational therapy students at East Carolina University have started a "Person First" campaign to encourage health care professionals to avoid labeling people as their disability or condition.
Published: Thursday, September 26th, 2013 @ 4:39 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. will establish a new manufacturing facility in Rockingham County.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2013 @ 1:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, while touring Beaufort County, recognized the "Helping Others Help Themselves" project sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Washington Housing Authority.
Published: Tuesday, July 9th, 2013 @ 11:52 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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