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Just about anything the any government does gets complicated very quickly. All government functions, from federal to state to county are complicated. The average person has great difficulty in understanding the policies, the whys and wherefores of all those people and the decisions being made...
Published: Monday, February 29th, 2016 @ 3:39 am
By: Hood Richardson
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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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Last Thursday, July 18, 2013, a rather large delegation of Beaufort County's very best Republicans sojourned to Raleigh to the NC GOP headquarters to meet with recently elected chairman Claude Pope about egregious improprieties foisted upon the local party by the state party.
Published: Friday, August 16th, 2013 @ 10:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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While I am hardly a political animal - don't really have the time for it - I have, over the years, been rather astute in recognizing the obvious, especially the dubious moves of politicians. I see this odd behavior often from Democrats, and sadly, I now see it from some Republicans as well.
Published: Monday, July 15th, 2013 @ 9:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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And while it is a condition of behavior over substance; it is a malady most learned rather than a disorder born.
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2013 @ 9:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Often referred to as the "Blue Goose" because of the special colors it had been painted, it had become a "bad joke" and a financial black mark for Beaufort County.
Published: Monday, February 18th, 2013 @ 12:37 am
By: Betty Murphy
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The Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners will meet to discuss a variety of issues in their General Meeting on Monday, January 7, 2013.
Published: Saturday, January 5th, 2013 @ 8:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners will meet to discuss a variety of issues in their General Meeting on Monday, December 3, 2012
Published: Saturday, December 1st, 2012 @ 8:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners will meet to discuss a variety of issues in their General Meeting on Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Published: Saturday, November 10th, 2012 @ 9:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Please join us tonight for what may be the most important election of our collective lifetimes.
Published: Wednesday, November 7th, 2012 @ 12:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The article "Why do Beaufort County Republicans Beat Each Other Up?" by Larry Britt a former Chairman of the Beaufort County Republican Party is a study in split personality.
Published: Monday, November 5th, 2012 @ 11:44 am
By: Hood Richardson
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The newcomers down at the WDN have made a startling discovery: Not everyone who registers or gets elected as a "Republican" votes the way Republicans are supposed to vote.
Published: Sunday, September 30th, 2012 @ 11:32 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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During the June 4th Beaufort County Commissioners meeting Commissioner Jay McRoy made some astounding statements about the honesty of a company that finds unlisted tax property for a one time payment of a percentage of the taxes owed.
Published: Thursday, June 21st, 2012 @ 3:08 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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The least talked about race in Beaufort County elections may very well be the most important - the race for 4 seats on the Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners.
Published: Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 @ 3:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County residents are now faced with a ferry toll because some County Commissioners had to help their buds. Yes, Beaufort County politics are why our citizens are faced with ferry tolls.
Published: Sunday, March 11th, 2012 @ 12:03 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Beaufort County Commissioners have many duties, but the most important responsibility that is theirs to reconcile is the setting of an ad valorem (property) tax rate.
Published: Friday, July 8th, 2011 @ 2:22 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In their July General Meeting, held July 5, 2011, Beaufort County Commissioners voted 5 to 2 in support of not asking our representatives in the General Assembly to override Governor Beverly Perdue's veto of the "Voter Photo ID Bill."
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2011 @ 10:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Randell Woodruff, currently the Camden County Manager, is hired to be Beaufort County's next county manager. By a vote of 6 to 1, the county commissioners appointed the 54 year old executive to take over the reins from Interim County Manager Jim Chrisman.
Published: Tuesday, July 5th, 2011 @ 8:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The winning candidates for commissioner, all incumbents, were sworn in by Beaufort County Clerk of Court Marty Paramore, who administered the Oath of Office.
Published: Monday, December 6th, 2010 @ 9:07 pm
By: BCN
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With those who were on the fast-track to lease or sell the local hospital down from power, the new Beaufort Regional Health System hospital board will be changing its endgame.
Published: Tuesday, October 5th, 2010 @ 12:21 pm
By: BCN
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The Beaufort County Board of Commissioners applied quite a bit of muscle to firmly center Beaufort Regional Health System on the dual track to recovery, at its general meeting on Tuesday.
Published: Thursday, September 9th, 2010 @ 7:30 pm
By: BCN
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He withdraws motion after strong dissent from fellow commissioners
Published: Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 @ 9:07 pm
By: BCN
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Deatherage and Booth put up big numbers for their respective parties
Published: Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 @ 11:07 am
By: BCN
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Reevaluation issue aired at Beaufort County Board of Commissioners meeting
Published: Tuesday, April 6th, 2010 @ 2:19 pm
By: BCN
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The Beaufort County Commissioners broke a stranglehold on the "King Chairman" quagmire that has infected county politics, and the resulting governing of the county, for way too long.
Published: Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 @ 12:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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