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On Monday night, the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners received the Manager’s Recommended Budget for the Fiscal Year 2023-2024.
Published: Tuesday, May 16th, 2023 @ 8:47 am
By: ENC NOW
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Beaufort County's Commissioners met in a special session, May 16 2022, to continue the budgeting process that eventually leads to the ratification of fiscal budget for 2022 /2023.
Published: Wednesday, June 1st, 2022 @ 11:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I just read Ernie's letter detailing his six accomplishments in seven years, and I am relieved to see he is still alive and living in Beaufort County.
Published: Sunday, May 15th, 2022 @ 11:19 pm
By: Harry Meredith, Jr.
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Focusing on numbers never makes an interesting article, but the Chief Deputy has misled the public to such a degree that a boring, although enlightening, response is warranted.
Published: Monday, April 25th, 2022 @ 2:34 am
By: Harry Meredith, Jr.
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Against the backdrop of an advertised Republican Caucus that was greatly contended by the county manager and the county attorney at the behest of 4 commissioners polled, the Beaufort County elected a so-called "Republican" as chairman and a Democratic Socialist as vice-chairman.
Published: Saturday, January 15th, 2022 @ 4:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It has been years since the Beaufort County Sheriff has visited a general meeting of the Beaufort County Commissioners, sending his chief deputy in his stead; however, the chief deputy has also been absent of late.
Published: Friday, January 14th, 2022 @ 10:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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So, the Sheriff is a participating member of this august body of law enforcement professionals that demand accountability from all Deputies. Yet, he does not demand the same from himself.
Published: Friday, December 24th, 2021 @ 2:03 am
By: Harry Meredith, Jr.
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First, I want to thank Commissioner Hood Richardson for bringing Sheriff Coleman's out of control spending and abuse of the overtime budget line item to my attention.
Published: Friday, December 24th, 2021 @ 1:48 am
By: Harry Meredith, Jr.
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With N.C. Sen. Chuck Edwards, R-Henderson, set to announce a run for North Carolina's westernmost congressional district, NC-14, dominos are already starting to fall in one large western GOP county.
Published: Sunday, December 12th, 2021 @ 9:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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During late September of last year I wrote an article complaining about a $346,000 medical bill for one prisoner held by Beaufort County.
Published: Saturday, March 30th, 2019 @ 11:58 am
By: Hood Richardson
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During the February Beaufort County Commissioners meeting the County manager, Brian Alligood, took issue with those of us who think continuation budgets are bad things, maybe even evil.
Published: Thursday, March 21st, 2019 @ 3:53 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Buncombe County's financial troubles will not end with the January 16th plea hearing of former county manager Wanda Greene in federal court or payment of her $750,000 settlement with the county.
Published: Thursday, January 17th, 2019 @ 11:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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 meeting location for the EMS Oversight Committee Meeting, Tuesday July 26th at 6:30 has been moved from the EOC to the County Managers office Board Room 111 at 121 W. 3rd Street
Published: Friday, July 22nd, 2016 @ 8:25 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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After Braeburn Pharmaceutical announced the company will continue with its plans to build a $20 million facility in Durham County, McCrory Campaign Manager Russell Peck released the following statement...
Published: Sunday, May 22nd, 2016 @ 7:31 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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It is Tuesday, August 18. Members of the Wake County Taxpayers Association (WCTA) sit across from Ken Bowers, Raleigh’s chief planner, and Dan Becker, the city’s long range planning manager.
Published: Saturday, September 5th, 2015 @ 10:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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, Tuesday, September 7, 2010.
Published: Saturday, August 15th, 2015 @ 2:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Whether this immutable fact threatens your delicate sensitivities or not, Commissioner Richardson is far often than not on the right side of every issue he challenges, and in a fairly wide manner.
Published: Monday, May 18th, 2015 @ 5:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County's board of county commissioners may have held an illegal meeting to hire a new county manager, current Washington City Manager Brian Alligood.
Published: Wednesday, May 13th, 2015 @ 9:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County manager Randell Woodruff has resigned his position with the county, and will leave to take a similar position, and about a 22,000.00 raise in Pender County.
Published: Sunday, December 7th, 2014 @ 6:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Graham County Manager Greg Cable was among a handful of county officials from across the nation who spoke at a briefing sponsored by the National Association of Counties (NACo) on Sept. 18 to urge members of Congress to approve immediate and long-term funding
Published: Wednesday, September 24th, 2014 @ 1:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County CFO and assistant county manager, Jim Chrisman, is leaving the job to take the CFO position at Tideland Electric Membership Corporation (Tideland EMC).
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 9:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Sheriff Alan Jordan made known to the county manager that I, a Beaufort County Commissioner, would not be allowed to enter "his building" if I showed up to accompany the structural engineer on his inspection of the building. This happened on Thursday April 10th.
Published: Friday, May 9th, 2014 @ 12:31 am
By: Hood Richardson
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The Division of Continuing Education at Beaufort County Community College will offer two ServSafe® courses on food safety and consumer health for restaurant workers and managers in all phases of a food service career leading to the ServSafe® examination.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 @ 9:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It is Beaufort County's budget season. It happens each year whether one wants it to occur or not.
Published: Sunday, May 12th, 2013 @ 6:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mayor Archie Jennings and the City Council for the City of Washington announced the appointment of Brian Alligood to the position of City Manager for the City of Washington, North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, May 4th, 2013 @ 1:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In this week's (4-11-13) issue we have an article by Hood Richardson, responding to a letter written to the Beaufort County Manager defending the reason some inmates have been in the Beaufort County fail for from six months to two and a half years.
Published: Saturday, April 13th, 2013 @ 10:24 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Last week representatives from Beaufort County including Commissioners Ed Booth, and Hood Richardson, County Manager Randell Woodruff, Lobbyist/Consultant Joe McClees met with Mr. Frank DiGiovanni of the Department of Defense Clearinghouse in Washington, DC.
Published: Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 @ 11:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As a Beaufort County Commissioner, I was under the distinct impression that the Commissioners' direct employee, our appointed county manager, would hire the new economic director.
Published: Thursday, September 20th, 2012 @ 10:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A couple of weeks ago in looking at the latest county budget recommendation coming out of the Office of the County Manager, I offered up some comments about the Rte. 17 lobbyist, questioning the amount of money we are spending on the activity and the results that have been achieved.
Published: Friday, June 8th, 2012 @ 1:48 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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The Beaufort County Commissioners will meet for two nights in May to discuss the Beaufort County Manager's Recommendation as to what should be the cost of county government.penses of
Published: Saturday, May 12th, 2012 @ 11:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County Manager Randell Woodruff has just announced the Martin Marietta will hold a public hearing in the Superior Court Room in the Beaufort County Court House on January 31, 2012 at 6:00 pm.
Published: Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 @ 8:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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