In a state primary race with national implications, House Speaker Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg, defeated seven other candidates and won the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by freshman Democrat Kay Hagan. And in a contest that drew more than $1 million in independent expenditures...
Published: Sunday, May 11th, 2014 @ 11:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tim D'Annunzio made a shocking admission during a Saturday candidate forum: If he defeated Sean Haugh and won the Libertarian Party nomination for U.S. Senate, and Gregg Brannon got the Republican nod, he would not want to split the vote in the general election and allow Democratic incumbent Kay Hag
Published: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 @ 6:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two Honduran men living illegally in eastern North Carolina each will spend more than four years in federal prison for their roles in a scheme to collect millions of dollars in federal income tax refunds filed under fictitious identities, one of which was used to register to vote in Wake County.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 7:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Flu activity and viral respiratory illnesses are widespread in our community.
Published: Thursday, February 6th, 2014 @ 12:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It's too bad that we have to turn to history books detailing events of generations long ago to appreciate principled American leaders.
Published: Thursday, January 2nd, 2014 @ 1:21 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The purple and gold revelry of an East Carolina University homecoming came sprinkled with red, white and blue for Pat Frede, who returned this fall from a fourth deployment with the U.S. Navy.
Published: Monday, December 16th, 2013 @ 10:11 am
By: ECU News Services
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Jane Goodall barked a series of chimpanzee cries that sounded startlingly real.Then, her face melted into a smile. "Hello," she said in a soft, lyrical voice. "This is me." Goodall held court over a packed Wright Auditorium Oct. 1 as part of the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and...
Published: Monday, October 28th, 2013 @ 7:14 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The front cover of the September 16 Time magazine issue features a picture of Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M's Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback and arguably college football's most controversial player. The headline, "It's Time to Pay College Athletes," raises a long-standing controversy that has...
Published: Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013 @ 7:01 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The GOP establishment is having a conniption over the audacity of Liz Cheney - daughter of the former VPOTUS - daring to challenge the renomination of a sitting GOP senator.
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 11:48 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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I worked at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) for more than four years, rising to the post of director of academic technology in the school's Information Technology Department. My first position at the school was that of instructional designer in the Center for Excellence in Teaching and...
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2013 @ 4:35 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf promoted emotional religious expression and arranged for Moravians to move to the North Carolina Piedmont.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2013 @ 2:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mr. Harvey Arthur Franz Jr., 91, a resident of River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Washington, NC, died Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2013 @ 5:00 pm
By: Announcements
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Finner Alonza Chapman Sr., 84, a resident of 610 Van Norden St., Washington, died Thursday, February 28, 2013, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2013 @ 4:46 pm
By: Announcements
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Finner Alonza Chapman, formerly of 610 Van Norden St., Washington, died Thursday, February 28, 2013, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital, Washington.
Published: Saturday, March 2nd, 2013 @ 3:01 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Students at S.W. Snowden Elementary School celebrated their hard work by participating in a bingo extravaganza on January 25.
Published: Saturday, February 2nd, 2013 @ 12:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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At the only statewide conservative conference in North Carolina, speakers, workshops, and special events will educate and empower conservatives on how we can restore our state to greatness.
Published: Wednesday, January 16th, 2013 @ 9:50 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Vidant Health completed its first mandatory influenza vaccination program in November, and more than 99.9 percent of Vidant Health employees across the system received the vaccine.
Published: Sunday, December 16th, 2012 @ 11:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I am from sports cars, from sandy beaches and Pennsylvanian mountains.
Published: Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 @ 1:27 am
By: Joel Inzerillo
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Media reports indicate that a Lexington, NC -based corporation may have defrauded as many as TWO MILLION PEOPLE with an alleged Ponzi scheme.
Published: Tuesday, August 28th, 2012 @ 9:25 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Growing up for each of us is so different. My friend next door had a father who was a butcher, so guess what; they ate a lot of meat. His cousin, who lived one floor below him, had a dad who was a mechanic. He owned his own gas station and repair shop.
Published: Saturday, August 25th, 2012 @ 5:40 pm
By: John Inzerillo, M.D.
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No matter how hard we try there is nothing we can do to avert the naturally occurring storms in life.
Published: Monday, July 23rd, 2012 @ 1:30 am
By: John Inzerillo, M.D.
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I am in the helping profession. As a doc, I get to help people everyday. Not only do I help them understand their illness, but I hope I help them successfully deal with the worst illness known to humankind- as they used to say in the 1960's- the big "C".
Published: Saturday, June 30th, 2012 @ 9:04 pm
By: John Inzerillo, M.D.
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A "Kid Break," you ask? Well my mind went back to a time when I was around fourteen having spent a year living with relatives just outside of Kansas City, Missouri.
Published: Tuesday, June 19th, 2012 @ 10:46 am
By: John Inzerillo, M.D.
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In every thing that happens around you always look for the good. This does not mean to excuse any bad behavior, but instead look for the reasons why such behavior is occurring.
Published: Thursday, June 14th, 2012 @ 2:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Life is not designed to be easy. If there is any doubt, just look back at what your own birth and delivery were like. It is not the struggles that make or break us, but how we deal with and handle the challenges that we face daily.
Published: Sunday, June 3rd, 2012 @ 10:37 am
By: John Inzerillo, M.D.
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We are most pleased to have the opportunity to bring to our readership the often reflective, and always knowledgeable words of Oncologist John Inzerillo, MD.
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2012 @ 10:56 am
By: John Inzerillo, M.D.
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It is just that he was so drastically different - odd in most people's estimation - that one, I believe, would need to have lived just a piece of his unique existence to understand his genius.
Published: Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 @ 9:59 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Catherine “Neil” Nicholls Franz, 51, a resident of 975 Gum Point Road, Bath, died Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at her home.
Published: Friday, March 30th, 2012 @ 12:43 am
By: Announcements
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Catherine Neil Nicholls Franz, 51, a resident of 975 Gum Point Road, Bath, died Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at her home.
Published: Thursday, March 29th, 2012 @ 12:20 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Lorenza Carter, 96, a resident of 304 Rodmans Road, Washington, died Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, at his home.
Published: Friday, February 24th, 2012 @ 1:24 am
By: Announcements
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The exposition of the hard edges of a bad time, in an otherwise thoughtful world, is the best of "Water for Elephants."
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2011 @ 1:40 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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One man sought redemption, the other sought parity for the weak, powerless. Together they found themselves working for the Lord against those who were called to represent Him - the Catholic Church.
Published: Sunday, November 28th, 2010 @ 11:55 am
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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"Jackass" stands apart from similar shows and imitators because of the particular personalities involved, and because of the surreal sensibility that has always been such a big part of the sho
Published: Monday, October 18th, 2010 @ 6:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Once upon a time, in the middle of a large county there was a small town, and in the middle of the small town there was a thick, swampy, yet habitable wood.
Published: Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 @ 11:52 am
By: BCN
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