In a surprise legal move, a Texas court has ruled any marriage totally and completely invalid if the country classic "Cotton Eye Joe" is not played at least once during the wedding reception.
Published: Saturday, February 10th, 2024 @ 8:58 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Mrs. Yvonne Carney Edwards, age 81, a resident of Chocowinity, NC died Monday November 27, 2023, at her home with family by her side.
Published: Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 @ 9:45 am
By: Announcements
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A man recently made the discovery of a lifetime when he unearthed a massive cache of rare Civil War-era coins — the majority of them gold — on his Kentucky farm earlier this year.
Published: Friday, July 28th, 2023 @ 12:09 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Hope Regala is this weekend at beautiful River Dunes in Oriental! We are looking forward to celebrating you, your generosity, and the lifesaving work being done at Hope Clinic.
Published: Friday, May 5th, 2023 @ 10:13 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Polls indicate that the American public’s support for endless Ukrainian aid is waning and that the issue is not even in the top 10 of most pressing concerns, but that has not stopped Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
Published: Saturday, February 25th, 2023 @ 5:01 am
By: Daily Wire
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Country star Ricky Skaggs said concert goers at his shows are more open these days to hearing about the gospel after all “the latest craziness,” “the virus,” and more.
Published: Saturday, January 28th, 2023 @ 10:54 am
By: Daily Wire
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Mark O'Connor has bridged two worlds of music; consequently, for those of us that appreciate both traditional and progressive bluegrass / Classical string movements expanding our moods or spirits, we well appreciate the "An Appalachian Christmas" concept of lofty melodic expression.
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2022 @ 1:09 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mark O'Connor has bridged two worlds of music; consequently, for those of us that appreciate both traditional and progressive bluegrass / Classical string movements expanding our moods or spirits, we well appreciate the Appalachian Christmas concept of lofty melodic expression.
Published: Wednesday, December 21st, 2022 @ 11:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I never really knew of Kathy Mattea until this last Saturday night, December 21, 2011, when I saw her perform on PBS's "Song of the Mountains."
Published: Thursday, December 15th, 2022 @ 6:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As I grow older, I am reverting back to my years of listening to music.
Published: Monday, November 14th, 2022 @ 9:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Nine of the nation’s top ten most popular governors are Republicans, according to a new survey.
Published: Monday, October 17th, 2022 @ 9:43 am
By: Daily Wire
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The renovated and recently revived Turnage Theater has fallen on some pretty hard times as of late, and is being forced to shutter its doors.
Published: Sunday, January 23rd, 2022 @ 11:26 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Missy brought the boys to town to play the Turnage Theater and their unique, functioning blend of jazz, rock, country, and bluegrass blew me away.
Published: Thursday, January 20th, 2022 @ 10:56 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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The Barefoot Movement returned to the region to play Greenville's Concert in the Park, Sunday, July 29, 2012, and it was a rousing success.
Published: Tuesday, January 18th, 2022 @ 10:39 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Leo Kottke has been a personal favorite of mine for decades. The baby-faced acoustic guitar picker, who managed to create his own robust expressive style, has grown older as I have, but, he is still the master, maybe better.
Published: Monday, January 10th, 2022 @ 10:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I'm sure this is not a first, maybe it is: But when has Bath, NC ever had a musician at the precipice of talent as Missy Raines with her New Hip in tow?
Published: Tuesday, January 4th, 2022 @ 6:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I happened upon an early recording of Iris Dement's "Our Town" from the early 1990's, a song that played a large part in classic TV series Northern Exposure's swan song. That memorable last TV show signing off this beautiful classic really stuck with me.
Published: Wednesday, December 29th, 2021 @ 1:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A temporary mobile vaccination unit that operated across Western North Carolina since July has ended its operations this week after providing more than 9,300 vaccinations, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced.
Published: Friday, December 17th, 2021 @ 7:26 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Face it. Everyone has someone on their list for whom it is difficult to shop. What do they like? Is it the right color or size? Do they already have it?
Published: Wednesday, December 8th, 2021 @ 3:57 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Mason Via of Danbury is having a lot of fun.
Published: Sunday, May 30th, 2021 @ 9:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Judge Extends Consent Decree beyond Another Federal Election
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2021 @ 1:42 pm
By: Judicial Watch
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This begins a new series of images from across North Carolina from my travels, and from the long intervals that I have spent with my camera making a record of where I have been.
Published: Monday, January 4th, 2021 @ 1:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Cultural Arts LIVE Conference will feature virtual learning on art, music, writing, dance and more
Published: Monday, November 30th, 2020 @ 10:42 am
By: Governor's Office
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Let’s try something new. New for me anyway. A different path, if you will.
Published: Friday, October 23rd, 2020 @ 9:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In the Age of Covid, the 2020 CMA awards finally were aired in empty music halls all around Nashville, which much of the music presented, representing this New Country genre served up within these empty spaces, actually deserved.
Published: Monday, September 21st, 2020 @ 9:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Jens and Uwe Kruger, with bandmate Joel Landsberg, are three of the best string musicians on the planet.
Published: Monday, May 25th, 2020 @ 5:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Remarks by President Trump at the Presentation of the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal
Published: Saturday, November 23rd, 2019 @ 9:50 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On November 21, 2019, President Donald J. Trump will award the National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal to the following individuals and organizations
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 @ 5:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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What do you know, I just found a fine little performance by The Barefoot Movement of "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas", Bluegrass style.
Published: Saturday, December 15th, 2018 @ 4:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Undoubtedly, we will continue to hear a lot about the growing urban-rural divide in North Carolina and across the nation. We’ve seen it continually in our electoral presidential vote maps for decades. It’s now reaching more of a breaking point culturally and politically
Published: Sunday, November 25th, 2018 @ 6:46 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Roy Cooper today announced 25 more appointments and elections to North Carolina commissions and boards
Published: Wednesday, August 9th, 2017 @ 12:16 pm
By: Governor's Office
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It's now a full-scale debate - about property rights, the free market, and, in fact, freedom of choice
Published: Saturday, July 1st, 2017 @ 10:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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