Entering its sixth season in the American Athletic Conference, ECU has been selected to finish fifth in the East Division of the AAC as voted on by members of the media.
Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2019 @ 8:41 am
By: ECU Sports
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A bill before the General Assembly (Senate Bill 55) would create new continuing education requirements for general contractors.
Published: Saturday, June 15th, 2019 @ 2:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A $470-million surge in April tax collections could push the state budget surplus to more than $700 million.
Published: Thursday, May 23rd, 2019 @ 9:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services agency that promotes independence and dignity for North Carolina's older citizens, recently recognized the extraordinary works of an individual, a local government agency and a stakeholder's group
Published: Friday, March 8th, 2019 @ 6:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Program Evaluation Division has a compiled and released a comprehensive report that looks at how North Carolina regulates and controls liquor sales and offers ways and legislative options toward changing and modernizing the process.
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2019 @ 3:16 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today ends the last "slow week" at the Legislature. Many of us attended services for Congressman Walter B. Jones, Jr. in Greenville, NC.
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2019 @ 11:22 am
By: S. Henri McClees
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After lawmakers pass a budget establishing public education funding levels for the following school year, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction distributes state dollars to school districts using a so-called resource allocation model.
Published: Saturday, February 16th, 2019 @ 10:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The NC General Assembly schedule will be accelerating next week. Chairmen are scheduling their Committee meetings. Legislators are working with the Bill Drafting Division to draft and file bills
Published: Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 @ 10:12 am
By: S. Henri McClees
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I want to thank our wonderful Vice President, Mike Pence, and say a special hello to the incredible patriots of Fort Drum and the 10th Mountain Division. Special people. Thank you.
Published: Tuesday, August 14th, 2018 @ 5:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Most of my stories to the grandkids start with believe it or not. In 1963, believe it or not, my school was segregated and the only confusion was with two ethnic Japanese sisters.
Published: Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018 @ 9:23 am
By: Ted McDonald
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The latest Elon University Poll shows Gov. Roy Cooper gaining the support of nearly half of N.C. voters, President Donald Trump’s approval rating up but still not enough to overcome significant opposition
Published: Thursday, November 23rd, 2017 @ 12:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Division of Public Health is encouraging North Carolinians to make sure they are up-to-date on their vaccines after seven mumps cases were identified in North Carolina residents in April.
Published: Saturday, May 6th, 2017 @ 2:52 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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For many civilians, the memories of a military event are an abstract memory. However, for the participants it is the faces, names, and specific events that mark the event. Here are some of their stories.
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2016 @ 4:56 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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An average day in the life of a grunt in the II Corp area Northeast of Saigon in 1968 consisted of Eagle Flights. We would form groups of six in two columns. The Huey helicopters would come in to pick us up. Usually three men from each side would upload on the Hueys.
Published: Saturday, November 26th, 2016 @ 8:36 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Governor Pat McCrory applauded North Carolina's strong revenue growth during the first quarter of the fiscal year, which is largely driven by strong wage growth and employment gains.
Published: Friday, October 21st, 2016 @ 2:57 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Hillary Clinton displayed certain characteristics as First Lady that one law enforcement officer labelled a "Jekyll and Hyde" personality that often frightened the White House staff.
Published: Monday, August 29th, 2016 @ 8:50 pm
By: Jim Kouri
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Below are some pictures from the Charlie Company Website. This was the field meals as delivered by helicopter in case quantity. Usually the case was opened (sometimes using the old M16 prong flash suppressor as shown on left below – put over wire and twist until broken) and then turned upside down
Published: Saturday, August 13th, 2016 @ 2:40 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Governor Pat McCrory's reforms to the Division of Motor Fleet Management are saving taxpayers $9 million by contracting with a fleet management company for the maintenance and repair of the division's 7,300 vehicles
Published: Wednesday, July 27th, 2016 @ 10:58 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Efforts by a national organization of public health agency peers to have a uniform set of nationwide drinking water standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency has been embraced by the North Carolina Division of Public Health.
Published: Friday, April 1st, 2016 @ 10:23 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Revisions put in place by Governor Pat McCrory's Division of Motor Fleet Management have resulted in a savings of more than $2 million for the state's latest vehicle order
Published: Sunday, March 20th, 2016 @ 7:03 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Unemployment insurance (UI) reform in North Carolina continues to be the gift that keeps on giving. The 2013 UI reform, made possible by the Republican-dominated General Assembly and Governor Pat McCrory, will enable $240 million in tax savings for state employers in 2016 alone, thanks to a...
Published: Wednesday, January 20th, 2016 @ 12:40 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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On December 21st, 2015 at approximately 12:20 PM, Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle near John Small Avenue in Washington, for an expired registration.
Published: Wednesday, January 13th, 2016 @ 2:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Charlie Haughey was the battalion photographer for my battalion in the 25th Division during my time in Vietnam.
Published: Tuesday, January 12th, 2016 @ 4:25 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Saying the current plan is antiquated, a legislative agency on Monday recommended that the state scrap its three-tiered system for awarding economic development grants.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 5:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that a new web-based tool is now available to help North Carolina's more than 7,000 child care facility operators develop and update emergency plans that provide protective actions for children in their care during a crisis situation.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 11:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The final batch of solar and other renewable energy projects requested under the "safe harbor" law enacted in April by the General Assembly could cost North Carolina taxpayers as much as $937,804,785 in credits, according to aggregated figures released Wednesday by the North Carolina Department...
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 7:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor McCrory signed Senate Bill 698 (Legacy Medical Care Facility/CON Exempt) into law on October 28, 2015.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 2:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Neal Alexander, Director of the NC Office of State Human Resources (OSHR), announced today that former state employee, Chakrapani Tadementi, hired in March 1995, was indicted by a grand jury on the charges of felony larceny and retention of property under false pretense
Published: Monday, October 19th, 2015 @ 9:58 am
By: Christopher Maye
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I doubt if there will ever be a robot that can calculate the value of a human life.
Published: Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 @ 5:46 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Got a traffic ticket? Want to get it reduced?
Published: Friday, August 14th, 2015 @ 3:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision that had allowed the American Civil Liberties Union to censor North Carolina’s “Choose Life” message, which the state legislature voted to make available on a specialty license plate.
Published: Monday, June 29th, 2015 @ 4:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Incredible. It is amazing that something that is sooooo common sense is having such difficulty navigating through the conservative revolution
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 8:33 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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North Carolina has transformed from the Pepsi Generation to the Pepto population. In 1950, the median age in our state was 26.5 years. By 1981, it was almost 30 and the N.C. Division of Aging and Adult Services reports it as 36.9 years in 2009.
Published: Sunday, April 12th, 2015 @ 4:10 am
By: Tom Campbell
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A new report released by the North Carolina Division of Veterans Affairs (NCDVA) shows that reforms completed within the first two years of the McCrory Administration have increased the number of completed veterans benefit claims in 2014 by 113 percent over the previous year, providing services to a
Published: Friday, January 30th, 2015 @ 3:08 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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