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Longtime college basketball commentator Billy Packer died Thursday night at age 82. While most people remember Packer for his role in the sports world, Carolina Journal readers might remember his battle with state environmental regulators, documented by executive editor Don Carrington in May 2011.
Published: Saturday, February 11th, 2023 @ 1:47 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Carolina Journal makes a wide sweeping evaluation of the news that most effects us here in North Carolina, and is distilled, here on BCN, for your clear understanding by the electronic means of video broadcast.
Published: Sunday, July 24th, 2022 @ 7:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Mrs. Velma Lee Bridgeman Waters, age 86, a resident of Washington, NC died Tuesday November 16, 2021 at her home with family by her side.
Published: Thursday, November 18th, 2021 @ 9:02 am
By: Announcements
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The Atlantic Coast Pipeline cuts a 600-mile underground swath through three states, beginning in Harrison County, West Virginia
Published: Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018 @ 3:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources sent a letter to Attorney General Roy Cooper, The North Carolina Republican Party urged Cooper to put politics aside and do his job by defending the state against new overreaching federal EPA rules.
Published: Tuesday, September 8th, 2015 @ 10:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Democrat Candidate for Governor Who Led Redistricting For Democrats Commits Massive Flip Flop on Redistricting
Published: Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015 @ 3:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory said today the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new regulations on electric power plants will increase power bills for North Carolina consumers and threaten job creation while doing little to improve the state's air quality.
Published: Monday, August 3rd, 2015 @ 11:59 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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A report from a renewable energy industry group fails in its goal of deflecting attention away from costs generated by North Carolina's renewable energy mandate. That's the assessment of a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report...
Published: Saturday, June 20th, 2015 @ 4:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory signed and issued a proclamation at William B. Umstead State Park in Raleigh today celebrating March 3 as the 100th anniversary of legislation authorizing Mount Mitchell as North Carolina's first state park.
Published: Wednesday, March 4th, 2015 @ 11:02 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that he has selected Donald van der Vaart as the next secretary for the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Van der Vaart currently serves as deputy secretary and energy policy advisor for the agency.
Published: Saturday, December 27th, 2014 @ 3:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory, chairman of the Outer Continental Shelf Governors Coalition, reiterated his support for Outer Continental Shelf energy development today at a workshop in downtown Raleigh's Nature Research Center.
Published: Saturday, November 8th, 2014 @ 11:48 am
By: Chris Downey
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Drew Elliot, communications director for the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources, has confirmed to Carolina Journal that a staff review of potential "self-dealing" with a stimulus grant awarded to a company owned by Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan's husband and other family members.
Published: Wednesday, November 5th, 2014 @ 11:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The handling of a $250,644 stimulus grant received by a company co-owned by Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan's husband has been referred to the state auditor by the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources for "further legal review," according to documents obtained by Carolina Journal.
Published: Tuesday, November 4th, 2014 @ 4:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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JDC Manufacturing, a company co-owned by Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan's husband Charles "Chip" Hagan, lowered the total cost of a 2010 stimulus-funded energy project but kept all of the savings, sending none back to taxpayers who had funded the stimulus grant.
Published: Thursday, October 16th, 2014 @ 4:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory, along with Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Secretary Aldona Wos and State Epidemiologist Dr. Megan Davies, detailed today the state's preparation should an Ebola case be diagnosed in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 @ 5:42 am
By: Christopher Maye
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In DC, Barry Obama is preparing to go to war against the Islamic State. In Raleigh, Pat McCrory is barricaded inside his Blount Street residence preparing for battle against his fellow Republicans in the General Assembly.
Published: Saturday, September 13th, 2014 @ 1:14 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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State recreational water quality officials today are alerting the public that initial testing at a sound-side site in Beaufort County showed levels of bacteria exceeding the state and Environmental Protection Agency's recreational water quality swimming standards.
Published: Friday, May 30th, 2014 @ 3:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina state auditor's office has not shied away from telling state agencies when they fall short of meeting accepted standards for handling taxpayers' money. Auditor Beth Wood, an elected Democrat, discussed her office's priorities during a presentation earlier this year for the...
Published: Tuesday, May 27th, 2014 @ 9:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Institute of Museum and Library Services has honored the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh with its prestigious National Medal for Museum and Library Service.
Published: Friday, April 25th, 2014 @ 1:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today: North Carolina Biotechnology Center, North Carolina Home Inspector Licensure Board, orth Carolina State Library Commission, North Carolina Real Estate Commission, North Carolina Local Government Commission
Published: Monday, October 21st, 2013 @ 9:16 am
By: David Winstead
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that RC Creations, LLC, a seafood processing company, will establish a new facility in Pender County. The company plans to create 120 new jobs and invest more than $25 million by the end of 2017.
Published: Sunday, October 20th, 2013 @ 11:49 am
By: David Winstead
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Governor Pat McCrory visited the North Carolina Zoo this morning, stopping by Asheboro for a tour to learn more about one of the nation's most popular zoos.
Published: Thursday, October 3rd, 2013 @ 1:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Amenities might not include a home-cooked breakfast, but lodgers are abuzz about accommodations in the third floor lab of East Carolina University's Carol Belk building.
Published: Wednesday, August 14th, 2013 @ 6:22 am
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory signed into law landmark legislation (H.B. 484) today that creates a framework for the establishment of wind energy facilities in North Carolina and signals the governor's continued support for an "all-of-the-above" energy plan.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 @ 8:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The presence of natural gas in shale rock formations, such as in the Deep River Basin in Lee, Chatham, and Moore counties, has long been known. Hydraulic fracturing ("fracking"), a process to extract natural gas from shale, has been around since the 1940s but has been cost-prohibitive.
Published: Thursday, October 25th, 2012 @ 10:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State recreational water quality officials today are notifying the public that initial testing at a sound-side site in Beaufort County showed levels of bacteria exceeding the state and Environmental Protection Agency's recreational water quality swimming standards.
Published: Tuesday, September 4th, 2012 @ 3:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In spite of recent statements by gubernatorial candidates Walter Dalton and Pat McCrory opposing the North Carolina International Terminal, Toby Bronstein, a spokeswoman for Save the Cape, fears the proposed megaport may not be dead.
Published: Monday, July 23rd, 2012 @ 3:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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No more excuses: Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. Within the next week, all City of Washington residential solid-waste customers should be outfitted with a blue, 95-gallon roll-out recycling cart.
Published: Thursday, February 3rd, 2011 @ 3:02 pm
By: BCN
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