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Mr. Charles Henderson Byrd, Jr., age 52, a former resident of Beaufort County and a current resident of Wilmington, NC died Saturday March 8, 2024, at New Hanover Reginal Hospital in Wilmington.
Published: Tuesday, June 11th, 2024 @ 6:56 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Pauline Vosburg Mazza, age 95, a resident of Beaufort County, died Sunday, November 20, 2022 at ECU Health Beaufort Hospital in Washington.
Published: Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022 @ 8:15 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Hugh Gordon Woolard, Sr., age 85, a resident of Courtland, VA and a former resident of Virginia Beach, VA and Beaufort County died Saturday April 3, 2021 at Southampton Memorial Hospital in Virginia.
Published: Tuesday, April 6th, 2021 @ 10:51 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Richard Swindell Craig, age 92, a resident of Beaufort County, died Thursday February 4, 2021 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Friday, February 5th, 2021 @ 11:46 am
By: Announcements
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Commissioner Stan Deatherage took issue with Vidant shutting down the Psych Ward at the Beaufort County Hospital.
Published: Sunday, September 29th, 2019 @ 3:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I have written several articles over the past few years addressing the financial viability of the Vidant Health System.
Published: Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019 @ 1:01 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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It happened at the Commissioners meeting on October 1, and again at a special called meeting on October 22 2018.
Published: Sunday, November 11th, 2018 @ 1:39 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Fake Frankie Waters, also known as King Frankie and Zip Code Waters was the guest speaker at the September 27 Beaufort County Republican Club meeting which was held at La Bella's Italian Restaurant.
Published: Tuesday, October 9th, 2018 @ 11:31 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Beaufort County Commissioners by a vote of 5 to 2 requested Sheriff Ernie Coleman present a policy providing for a notice to be given by his department to the person(s) designated by the inmate should the inmate be admitted to the hospital.
Published: Sunday, September 30th, 2018 @ 11:10 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Vidant Beaufort Hospital in Washington recently received a $43,000 grant from the nonprofit North Carolina Stroke Association (NCSA) as part of its Time is Brain, Time for Change initiative
Published: Friday, June 1st, 2018 @ 8:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Hospital Authority Board will hold a meeting on January 22, 2018 at 1:30 PM. The meeting will be held at the Beaufort County Economic Development Center (Skill Center) located at 750 Page Road, Washington, NC 27889
Published: Thursday, January 18th, 2018 @ 7:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Hospital Authority Board will hold a regular meeting on Wednesday, February 01, 2017 at 1:30 PM
Published: Tuesday, January 24th, 2017 @ 12:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Belhaven Mayor Adam O'Neal drove nearly 30 miles west from his Town of Belhaven to present the news from his hamlet on Pantego Creek, and, right now, the news is not good.
Published: Friday, January 20th, 2017 @ 9:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Vidant Beaufort Hospital will hold its annual Lights of Love Tree Lighting Ceremony Tuesday, December 6th beginning at 6:00 pm in front of the Hospital at 628 East 12th Street in Washington
Published: Friday, December 2nd, 2016 @ 2:23 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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The Hospital Authority Board is scheduled to meet Monday, November 21, 2016 at 10:30 AM in the boardroom located at 121 W. 3rd Street, Washington, NC 27889
Published: Tuesday, November 15th, 2016 @ 6:25 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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The Beaufort County Hospital Authority Board will hold a regular meeting on Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 3:00 PM.
Published: Thursday, August 18th, 2016 @ 3:55 am
By: Russell Allen
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On Saturday (April 30, 2016) the NAACP/Belhaven's Press Conference was a "Come to Jesus" moment for the "Save Our Hospital" movement.
Published: Monday, May 23rd, 2016 @ 9:02 am
By: Betty Murphy
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On November 12, 2015 at approximately 7:11 PM, the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office received a report of a shooting at a residence on Core Point Road in Blounts Creek. Responding Deputies located one male suffering from a single gunshot wound. The victim was transported to Vidant Pitt Hospital...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 1:41 am
By: Chris Downey
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Police are investigating a shooting incident that has left one man deceased.
Published: Wednesday, October 21st, 2015 @ 4:06 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Washington Police has identified the victim in yesterdays shooting as Cortez Lavon Ebron, age 26, of Washington N.C.
Published: Tuesday, October 20th, 2015 @ 11:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Hospital Authority Board will hold a Special Called Meeting on Friday, October 16, 2015 at 9:00 AM. The meeting will be held in the board room at 121 W. 3rd Street, Washington, NC 27889. The public is welcome to attend.
Published: Friday, October 16th, 2015 @ 3:24 am
By: Chris Downey
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Beaufort County Commissioners voted 5 to 2 to bequeath its public hospital to University Health Systems.
Published: Friday, July 24th, 2015 @ 12:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Unless the commissioners dissolve the authority board the county will loose the 6.4 million dollars. This false representation by Commissioner Ron Buzzeo during an open meeting.
Published: Thursday, July 23rd, 2015 @ 3:08 am
By: Hood Richardson
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A resolution is on the Tuesday, July 7th, 2015, Beaufort County Board of Commissioners meeting agenda to dissolve the above described 9 member board, also known as the “Hospital Board”.
Published: Wednesday, July 8th, 2015 @ 5:07 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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For the third year running, a Beaufort County Community College alumnus has been recognized by Vidant Beaufort Hospital for nursing excellence throughout the year.
Published: Friday, July 3rd, 2015 @ 2:31 pm
By: Barbara Tansey
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For the third year running, a Beaufort County Community College alumnus has been recognized by Vidant Beaufort Hospital for nursing excellence throughout the year.
Published: Monday, June 22nd, 2015 @ 11:56 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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On April 2, 2015 at approximately 6:43 pm, the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office received a report from Vidant Beaufort Hospital stating an adult male was at the Emergency Department seeking treatment for a gunshot wound.
Published: Friday, April 10th, 2015 @ 12:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I have been trying to get a better handle on what is really going on between Vidant and Belhaven.
Published: Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014 @ 8:04 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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At the Beaufort County Commissioners on July 7, 2014, Mayor Adam O'Neal promised to walk to Washington, DC to seek relief from the Federal government to keep Belhaven's hospital open with a fully functional emergency room and a 10 bed facility.
Published: Thursday, July 17th, 2014 @ 1:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Since Vidant Health announced the closure of Pungo Hospital in September, 2013, Belhaven residents have been struggling with the uncertainty of future access to healthcare.
Published: Friday, June 6th, 2014 @ 10:25 am
By: Betty Murphy
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Hallie Daniels Perry 89, of 107 NC 45 South, died Saturday May 24, 2014 at Chowan Hospital. She was born in Bertie County November 30, 1924.
Published: Monday, May 26th, 2014 @ 1:55 pm
By: Announcements
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Vidant Medical Center’s President Steve Lawler was recently appointed vice-chairman of the North Carolina State Health Coordinating Council by Gov. Pat McCrory. Lawler’s term will expire Dec. 31, 2016.
Published: Wednesday, May 14th, 2014 @ 7:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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At a community meeting at Vidant Pungo Hospital in Belhaven, Dr. David Herman, president and CEO of Vidant Health, unveiled more details about the agreement to keep Vidant Pungo Hospital open and to transfer ownership of the hospital to the Belhaven community.
Published: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 @ 10:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Story of America contributors Eric Byler and Annabel Park are diligently preparing a documentary pursuant to Vidant's closing of Pungo District Hospital, and we have their first two installments here.
Published: Saturday, April 5th, 2014 @ 3:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Story of America contributors Eric Byler and Annabel Park are diligently preparing a documentary pursuant to Vidant's closing of Pungo District Hospital, and we have their first two installments here.
Published: Monday, March 31st, 2014 @ 9:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I suppose it's a good thing that several years ago we decided on a not-for-profit company (now Vidant) to take over the Washington Hospital and subsequently seemingly everything else "medical" in the County.
Published: Monday, March 31st, 2014 @ 9:22 am
By: Jim Bispo
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This morning at 9 a.m. the leadership of Vidant Health, the NC Conference of Branches of the NAACP, and the NAACP Branches in Hyde and Beaufort Counties are pleased to announce that they have worked out an agreement to keep Vidant Pungo Hospital open.
Published: Sunday, March 30th, 2014 @ 12:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This morning at 9 a.m. the leadership of Vidant Health, the NC Conference of Branches of the NAACP, and the NAACP Branches in Hyde and Beaufort Counties are pleased to announce that they have worked out an agreement to keep Vidant Pungo Hospital open.
Published: Sunday, March 30th, 2014 @ 10:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I am hearing a lot of chatter, actually criticism, about Beaufort County refusing to accept the $500,000 of so called "free money" offered to us by Vidant during the early stages of the closing of the Pungo District Hospital. Hyde County took the $250,000 offered to them.
Published: Sunday, March 30th, 2014 @ 7:02 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Today, Vidant Health purchased 19.4 acres in Belhaven for a new multispecialty care clinic. The new, 12,000-square-foot facility will be located at 601 Old County Road, between the Post Office and the Food Lion shopping center, south of Highway 264. Design and construction is expected to be complete
Published: Sunday, December 22nd, 2013 @ 7:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Here it is Tuesday evening, Sept 24, and I am driving into the quiet little town of Belhaven located in one of the most rural areas of northeast Beaufort County.
Published: Monday, November 4th, 2013 @ 10:41 pm
By: Betty Murphy
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Mr. Willie Ray O’Pharrow, of 516 Gates Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y., and formerly of Beaufort died, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, at Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn.
Published: Friday, October 18th, 2013 @ 12:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Board of Commissioners held a special called meeting on Monday (9-30-13) to discuss the closing of Pungo Hospital in Belhaven. At that meeting I read the following statement.
Published: Wednesday, October 9th, 2013 @ 9:50 am
By: Hood Richardson
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