The North Carolina Senate recently passed Senate Bill 678: Promote Clean Energy, sponsored by Senators Paul Newton, Buck Newton, and David Craven.
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 @ 11:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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ECU's Brody School of Medicine became destination for scholars
Published: Wednesday, June 7th, 2023 @ 2:15 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Beaufort County Community College congratulates the following students for making the President's List or the Dean's List for the Spring 2023 semester.
Published: Monday, May 29th, 2023 @ 12:59 am
By: Attila Nemecz
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H.B. 130 passes the N.C. House, now in the N.C. Senate
Published: Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 @ 12:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina’s 6th Congressional District Republican candidate, Army special forces veteran Christian Castelli, claims the Democratic incumbent, Rep. Kathy Manning, is making false statements about him, and he’s just filed a cease-and-desist letter to make it stop.
Published: Saturday, November 26th, 2022 @ 6:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Mrs. Jeanne Marie Lewis Bonner, age 61, a resident of Aurora, NC died Friday February 25, 2022, at CarolinaEast Medical Center in New Bern.
Published: Monday, February 28th, 2022 @ 10:09 am
By: Announcements
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As I pondered what to write about for Christmas, I mentally thumbed through previous columns on Christmas music, Christmas cats, and Christmas trips.
Published: Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021 @ 12:51 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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My husband is passionate about WWII history and holds veterans from that war in the highest esteem.
Published: Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021 @ 5:04 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Governor Cooper Announces Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies Will Bring 725 New Jobs To Holly SpringsToday, Governor Roy Cooper announced that FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies U.S.A. Inc. will build North America’s largest end-to-end biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Holly Springs.
Published: Thursday, March 18th, 2021 @ 6:26 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Mrs. Kathleen Ormond Cox, age 88, a resident of Waterford Place, Washington, died Friday, March 12, 2021.
Published: Monday, March 15th, 2021 @ 10:06 am
By: Announcements
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I’m an avid reader — someone who reads every night and never goes anywhere without a book.
Published: Saturday, October 17th, 2020 @ 12:29 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Sure, I’ve begun to stumble as I climb the stairs to the second floor, but I still climb ‘em.
Published: Wednesday, October 14th, 2020 @ 9:42 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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What a blast from the past!
Published: Monday, October 12th, 2020 @ 4:27 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Who wrote the first murder mystery? An article in the Wall Street Journal gives the credit to Sophocles.
Published: Sunday, October 11th, 2020 @ 11:56 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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I mean it, I tell you. I can deal with being poked and prodded and getting a shot or two, but that’s my limit.
Published: Saturday, October 10th, 2020 @ 1:59 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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In preparation for flu season, Governor Roy Cooper got his flu shot today at the Wake County Public Health Center and encouraged North Carolinians to do the same.
Published: Thursday, October 1st, 2020 @ 11:05 am
By: Governor's Office
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Yesterday, the Governor Announced $50 Million in Proposed Funding to the Food Bank and Other Organizations
Published: Tuesday, September 1st, 2020 @ 1:26 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Before I wrote my first cozy, I wasn't familiar with the term. Perhaps I'd heard it but hadn't given it much thought.
Published: Thursday, July 2nd, 2020 @ 10:50 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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As a high school and college student during most of the Vietnam War, I was consumed by the drill team, dating, and studying-not the nightly news.
Published: Monday, May 25th, 2020 @ 5:47 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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It started with a column for a local paper. That's when I discovered how much I enjoyed writing. That's when I discovered my passion. Then came a book co-written with my dog. (What, doesn't everyone do that?)
Published: Tuesday, May 19th, 2020 @ 11:31 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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That's a lyric by Ian Tyson, a singer/songwriter whose music my husband enjoys.
Published: Saturday, May 16th, 2020 @ 8:06 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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After a noble and gallant life, Mr. Earl Maynard Warren entered his heavenly home Monday, April 13, 2020.
Published: Tuesday, April 14th, 2020 @ 2:45 pm
By: Announcements
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In my cozy mystery series, the main character owns a Great Pyrenees named Dickens, but not just any Pyr.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2020 @ 8:39 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Or is it "The Life of Riley?"
Published: Thursday, March 19th, 2020 @ 2:45 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Imagine going into a surgery knowing exactly what your bill would be at the end.
Published: Monday, March 9th, 2020 @ 7:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Surgeon Wade Naziri offers his patients transparent, cash-based prices at his independent surgery center.
Published: Thursday, February 27th, 2020 @ 9:27 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislators are looking at a controversial reform to lower patients’ medical bills for surgery in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2020 @ 7:27 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Seriously? Yes, seriously. Imagine my surprise when I read that the hand gesture for okay is NOT okay.
Published: Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020 @ 4:40 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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I'm not one for making New Year's resolutions. Sure, there were all those years when I resolved not to gain the usual five pounds I put on every winter.
Published: Friday, January 3rd, 2020 @ 1:44 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Do people still read books? It depends on whom you ask. A Wall Street Journal Article posed the question differently: "Does the Book Have a Future?"
Published: Saturday, December 21st, 2019 @ 1:56 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Here's how it started. First, I smiled when a friend emailed just past Halloween that she'd like to have a few girls over for cocktails but needed to apologize and warn us that her Christmas decorations were already up.
Published: Thursday, November 28th, 2019 @ 9:50 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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An article about this phenomenon caught my attention, and yes, it made me laugh.
Published: Monday, November 25th, 2019 @ 3:18 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Just in time for Veterans Day, I've once again had the privilege of interviewing a WWII veteran. My husband arranged for me to sit down with Cecil Hannaford, a local VFW member.
Published: Monday, November 11th, 2019 @ 8:15 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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I've had the honor of meeting quite a few veterans around Dunwoody. My husband and I bump into them at Memorial and Veterans Day celebrations, the July 4th Parade, the poppy giveaways at the grocery, and just out and about.
Published: Monday, November 11th, 2019 @ 7:42 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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