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The Republican party has transformed in a number of ways over the past 20 years.
Published: Tuesday, February 24th, 2026 @ 2:03 pm
By: Dave Hudson
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The county needs better leadership in community issues from education to economic development.
Published: Monday, May 5th, 2025 @ 1:28 pm
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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It is an open secret that there are two active Republican Parties in Beaufort County.
Published: Thursday, October 1st, 2020 @ 8:50 am
By: Hood Richardson
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One of the biggest open secrets in Beaufort County is that County Residents are going to have their trash picked up house to house at no additional cost.
Published: Saturday, September 5th, 2020 @ 1:56 am
By: Hood Richardson
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I am getting complaints about the quantity and quality of the filming of commissioner meetings.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2020 @ 10:19 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Among the medium to small populated counties in North Carolina, Beaufort County is blessed to have a huge, valuable, unique and un movable asset.
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2020 @ 7:55 am
By: Hood Richardson
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We are less than one week away from the beginning of the Primary Elections.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2020 @ 8:30 am
By: Hood Richardson
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The Hood Challenge is Working and is a Fine Work in Progress
Published: Saturday, February 8th, 2020 @ 3:00 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Conservative Club will meet on Thursday January 9 at the King Chicken Restaurant.
Published: Thursday, January 9th, 2020 @ 9:19 am
By: Hood Richardson
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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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The Vidant Hospital System dominates northeastern North Carolina. It is the largest employer and takes in about 1.3 billion dollars each year
Published: Thursday, June 27th, 2019 @ 2:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The jail is not intended to be a resort hotel or to bring aid and comfort to criminals. It is to keep dangerous people away from the public and for convicted criminals to serve up to 90 days.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2019 @ 9:47 am
By: Hood Richardson
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The fiscal year that ended on June 30. 2018 audit was presented. Like all other government audits it reported a glowing success for the commissioners and staff.
Published: Thursday, February 14th, 2019 @ 2:57 am
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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If we re-elect Frankie Waters as county commissioner, we can expect four more years like we have gotten the last four years. How do we know that? He has warned us of just that.
Published: Saturday, October 27th, 2018 @ 9:21 am
By: Hood Richardson
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On July 26, 2018 a gospel singing group Called Big Daddy Weave came to town. They performed at Washington High School from 7:00 until 10:00 PM.
Published: Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018 @ 3:43 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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Once upon a time there was a former banker who decided he would run for a public office.
Published: Sunday, September 23rd, 2018 @ 4:32 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Within the last 7 or 8 years the Washington Beaufort Chamber of Commerce the Belhaven Chamber of Commerce along with an assortment of Beaufort County's self appointed smart guys and intellectuals were preaching the merits of welcoming a single non profit provider to give medical services.
Published: Wednesday, September 12th, 2018 @ 2:18 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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When Frankie Waters ran for election four years ago, he promised not to raise taxes. He ran as a conservative Republican. He told people things were gong to change when he was elected.
Published: Tuesday, September 11th, 2018 @ 9:00 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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I have written a couple of articles about the County Manager signing the Social Services memorandum of understanding without the approval the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners.
Published: Sunday, September 2nd, 2018 @ 4:12 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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The answer is "none." In Beaufort County, our Board of Commissioners is going to send the help to do it, with little or no oversight.
Published: Friday, August 3rd, 2018 @ 6:45 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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During the fast and furious fray at the July Commissioners meeting about charging the $350,000 of surprise billing for a jail inmates medical costs to last year's expenses six commissioners suddenly started accusing me of covering up stealing in the Social Services Department.
Published: Tuesday, July 17th, 2018 @ 5:20 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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There has not been a lot a talk about Belhaven not having a hospital since the first of the year.
Published: Sunday, March 13th, 2016 @ 10:10 am
By: Hood Richardson
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