"I didn't go looking for this opportunity," said John Rhodes, the best-known of the three qualified write-in candidates for US Senate in North Carolina. "It found me.
Published: Monday, August 25th, 2014 @ 9:43 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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During the recently-completed GOP primary for US Senate, speaker Thom Tillis told a fundraiser crowd in Wilmington he favored the retention of state incentives for studios shooting movies and TV shows in North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, August 7th, 2014 @ 12:50 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Congressman Walter Jones takes action and relates it to his constituents through these press releases.
Published: Tuesday, July 29th, 2014 @ 5:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Wilmington-area legislators and movie industry types are pretty mad. It looks like incentives for the film industry are not going to survive the state House. These folks REALLY thought they were going to keep getting these goodies. And for good reason.
Published: Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 @ 11:46 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Those of us who consider ourselves moderates are following our state's current events with interest and no small measure of amusement.
Published: Wednesday, June 11th, 2014 @ 12:09 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that $500,000 from the Office of State Budget and Management's Repair and Renovation Contingency Reserve has been allocated to the Battleship NORTH CAROLINA, the state's World War II memorial, to repair its hull.
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 @ 3:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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During my lifetime there have been many innovations that changed our lives, but perhaps none more significant than television.
Published: Thursday, December 19th, 2013 @ 5:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I like field trips so much that my boys go not just on their regular school-organized trips but also on Hood Academy field trips of my own design. Over the years, we've visited the State Capitol and state museums of natural science and history in Raleigh, the Moore's Creek National Battlefield...
Published: Wednesday, December 18th, 2013 @ 4:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The left does a great job of spinning their agenda as one of freedom. The freedom to love whoever you want to love.
Published: Monday, December 9th, 2013 @ 10:03 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Students at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro pay the highest debt service fee - the fee used to pay for past and future campus construction costs - in the UNC system.
Published: Saturday, December 7th, 2013 @ 11:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On October 25, a heated exchange took place at the meeting of the board of trustees at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington (UNCW). The fireworks weren't about school finances, or plans for new campus construction, but rather the rights of students accused of non-academic...
Published: Monday, November 4th, 2013 @ 5:46 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The Beaufort County Arts Council will present Wilmington artist Elizabeth Darrow in an exhibit at the Washington Civic Center Gallery beginning on Thursday, September 5.
Published: Friday, August 30th, 2013 @ 4:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Commercial restrictions through tariffs have been an integral part of American history. The federal government has used forms of commercial restriction as a source of revenue and to protect American industry and labor.
Published: Monday, August 19th, 2013 @ 12:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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McLaurin was also among the first African Americans to serve as a U.S. postmaster in North Carolina. He was appointed postmaster at Warsaw in Duplin County in December 1875.
Published: Wednesday, August 14th, 2013 @ 6:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that GE Aviation, a global leader in jet engine and aircraft system production, will be expanding its manufacturing operations at four facilities in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, July 9th, 2013 @ 6:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Kay Hagan -- our junior US senator AND NY Senator Chuck Schumer's favorite sock puppet -- has been getting a lot of kudos from the MSM for utilizing social media as part of her constituent relations operation.
Published: Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 @ 11:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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While the state House leadership is talking about watering stuff down, slowing things down, appeasing the Democrats to "get stuff done,"
Published: Sunday, March 17th, 2013 @ 11:07 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Many scandals are about crimes and money, but equally destructive are scandals that corrode our sense of honor.
Published: Friday, January 18th, 2013 @ 9:11 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Although one of the smallest counties in North Carolina, New Hanover County, located in the southeastern section of the state, serves as an important tourist attraction, trading center, and cultural trademark.
Published: Saturday, December 29th, 2012 @ 3:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nov. 6 turned out to be a good day -- mostly -- for supporters of local bond referendums throughout North Carolina. Supporters of local sales tax increases across the state met with less success.
Published: Friday, December 14th, 2012 @ 1:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo expressed the frustration of many public officials when discussing transportation needs for the Port City. How can you build and maintain roads, Saffo asked, when nobody wants to pay for them?
Published: Thursday, August 30th, 2012 @ 9:42 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Speakers line up Tuesday to address the Wilmington City Council hearing on a bond referendum that would fund a baseball stadium.
Published: Thursday, August 9th, 2012 @ 2:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo let the cat out of the bag on annexation reform last week - and make no mistake, it's not a cute little house cat. Its back is arched, its claws are sharp, and it's in no mood to be stroked.
Published: Thursday, May 31st, 2012 @ 11:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Jerry Robert Lewis, 63, of Wilmington, passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center.
Published: Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 @ 1:51 pm
By: Announcements
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Since identifying these suspects, the WPD has coordinated investigations with law enforcement agencies from other areas, leading to additional charges in towns across N.C. and S.C.
Published: Thursday, March 10th, 2011 @ 9:05 pm
By: BCN
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Once a vagabond of the road, and now a man of letters, our visiting writer finds the courage and the stamina to make a life change after forty.
Published: Monday, November 16th, 2009 @ 12:33 am
By: Bryan Oesterreich
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Wilmington native Claude Howell was considered one of the North Carolina's artistic treasures.
Published: Saturday, November 14th, 2009 @ 5:54 pm
By: Bryan Oesterreich
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