Governor Roy Cooper has recommended eight community and regional projects in Western North Carolina for Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) funding
Published: Tuesday, January 24th, 2017 @ 10:49 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is awarding a total of $272,000 to 10 western North Carolina communities that plan to offer free Wi-Fi access in their downtown areas
Published: Saturday, September 17th, 2016 @ 12:49 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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This is a pilot to a new series of posts on Beaufort County Now which showcases various different political issue in video format. Each week, the series will post three to four political commentaries from independent video producers online
Published: Sunday, August 28th, 2016 @ 1:30 pm
By: Sabe Wilis
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Governor Pat McCrory is building on his commitment to increase access to affordable high-speed internet across North Carolina through a new State Broadband Plan
Published: Tuesday, June 21st, 2016 @ 5:24 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Thanks to a grant funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission, McDowell County is announcing a new partnership with Skyrunner Internet to drive broadband availability expansion in McDowell county.
Published: Wednesday, April 27th, 2016 @ 3:17 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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If you're spending lots of time on internet marketing and social media, you may be missing the customers, benefits, connections and potential sales within your local community.
Published: Wednesday, April 6th, 2016 @ 1:17 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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After a glorious Easter we took a few days of vacation, turned off the television, unplugged (mostly) the Internet and cell phone and got away to more peaceful environs.
Published: Tuesday, April 5th, 2016 @ 11:45 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Legislative critics on Thursday chided state lottery officials for trimming back the percentage of proceeds going to education and emphasizing the long-term jackpot payout over the one-time cash payout that many winners receive.
Published: Saturday, March 12th, 2016 @ 12:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new tool was just rolled out to support Governor Pat McCrory's goal of expanding high-speed internet access to underserved communities and extending Wi-Fi access to every classroom in the state.
Published: Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 @ 12:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It was close, but BCN's October, 2015, month of daily traffic ascended to a level that allowed Beaufort County NOW to capture the 'brass ring' of sustained popularity to monthly best that blowout time of March, 2015, by the slimmest of margins.
Published: Tuesday, January 5th, 2016 @ 12:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County NOW (BCN), northeastern North Carolina's only moderated Informational Platform, had yet another second best month in a row, and consistently improved in traffic, or was it our best?
Published: Saturday, October 24th, 2015 @ 3:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County NOW (BCN), northeastern North Carolina's only moderated Informational Platform, has consistently improved in traffic from the drop in readership after March, 2015, which was the blowout month that 'took our breath away'.
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 4:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If you've ever watched any late-night TV, you've seen the ads for the Ashley Madison web site. It facilitates adultery. It's kind of a Match.com or JDate for married people.
Published: Sunday, August 30th, 2015 @ 5:26 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Beaufort County NOW (BCN) did not have its best month to date, but it did have it's third best month so far this year, which means it was our third best month since we began it September, 2009. We'll take it.
Published: Sunday, August 9th, 2015 @ 4:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County NOW, originating in Beaufort County, has registered four straight months of traffic exceeding 180,000 page views per day, and, henceforth, must NOW claim the mantel of regional publication here in northeastern North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, July 15th, 2015 @ 12:50 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In many ways, Republicans and Democrats live in different worlds. I've made the point before that the Internet, while greatly beneficial in many ways, has allowed political factions to retreat into cocoons of news, analysis, and commentary where their preconceived notions are continuously...
Published: Tuesday, July 7th, 2015 @ 3:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Building on the preceding month of March, 2015, which was a monster month by any regional measure, BCN has settled into an incredible traffic pattern that has continued, and will keep BCN as the top website originating from Beaufort County for the foreseeable future.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 9:09 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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After a decade of political debate, Open Internet Rules have finally been established by the FCC.
Published: Monday, June 22nd, 2015 @ 1:48 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Perhaps you have been listening to the yays and nays concerning the net neutrality decision of the FCC, which also gave the City of Wilson permission to expand their Greenlight Internet service.
Published: Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 @ 6:40 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Just one month ago, we similarly expressed this singular truth that our traffic was marching forward at a far greater clip than I anticipated, propelling us firmly into the No. 1 spot of all web sites originating from Beaufort County. Now after February's blow-out numbers, our gains are solidified.
Published: Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 @ 6:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Google Plus not only adds a dynamic social layer to the Google search experience, it also builds authority on the Web that can give a small business an important marketing advantage. This class will outline the best use of Google+ and help you apply the concept of social validation-since Google...
Published: Saturday, February 7th, 2015 @ 4:46 am
By: Chris Downey
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The latest poll on North Carolina's U.S. Senate race has Republican Thom Tillis (43 percent) and Democrat Kay Hagan (42 percent) neck-and-neck, with Libertarian Sean Haugh at 5 percent and 10 percent of likely voters still undecided.
Published: Tuesday, September 9th, 2014 @ 12:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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One North Carolina city borrowed millions from its water and sewer fund to support its municipal broadband service and paid the price with a downgraded bond rating.
Published: Tuesday, July 8th, 2014 @ 3:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory joined the governors of Maryland, Mississippi, Oregon and Virginia today in a bipartisan call for federal support of E-Learning opportunities.
Published: Tuesday, June 24th, 2014 @ 1:20 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Governor Pat McCrory met with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officials today to request funding for North Carolina’s initiative to provide Wi-Fi access to every K – 12 classroom in the state.
Published: Sunday, June 15th, 2014 @ 11:22 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Network Neutrality(also known as Net Neutrality, or Internet Neutrality) is the ruling that all ISPs (Internet Service Providers) are to provide equal support of all websites, regardless of financial compensation they may provide. ISPs oppose net neutrality saying this won't let them offer “fast lan
Published: Thursday, May 15th, 2014 @ 1:51 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Congressman Walter Jones takes action and relates it to his constituents through these press releases.
Published: Monday, April 7th, 2014 @ 1:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Eleven Beaufort County Community College Information Technology students recently completed their course-work and received certification from TestOut Corp., a leader in online laboratories for colleges.
Published: Thursday, March 13th, 2014 @ 4:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Internet commerce is the ultimate creative destroyer: the Web's immediacy, flexibility, and ability to eliminate the fixed costs of "brick-and-mortar" outlets has humbled a multitude of traditional commercial enterprises. It draws modern entrepreneurs the way new finds of gold drew adventurers in...
Published: Friday, September 13th, 2013 @ 5:35 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Yep. Big Barry's doing it for "the children." In politics, you could justify invading Iran by saying it's "for the children" and you could likely get a free pass from the media and your opponents.
Published: Monday, June 10th, 2013 @ 10:54 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Each year, without fail, I procrastinate to the near end of the required period given, to take my continuing education class, to continue my real estate eligibility.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 @ 5:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Senate has passed something called "The Marketplace Fairness Act." Sounds nice, doesn't it? Who doesn't like making stuff FAIR?
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2013 @ 11:38 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The libertarian bumper sticker -- "Don't steal from the government; it hates competition" -- takes on added meaning every time North Carolina officials try to shut down Internet sweepstakes operations.
Published: Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 @ 12:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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