One issue that gets North Carolinian blood boiling is the former Center for Work, Poverty, and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's law school. To conservatives it is a symbol of the left's abuse of its dominance of academia, in which a Democratic politician...
Published: Monday, July 27th, 2015 @ 5:31 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Regardless of whether one appreciates the nuanced work of the eclectic Austin, Texas Writer /Director, one must admit that his films are at least unique in their construction, their quality.
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2015 @ 6:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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The Federal Communications Commission made a mistake when it approved the city of Wilson's petition to overturn a North Carolina law limiting municipal broadband services. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report explains why.
Published: Sunday, March 8th, 2015 @ 3:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Michael Brown is Dead. Cut down in the prime of his life by a hail of police bullets, denying this young man the opportunity to live a full productive life, bolstered by the accrued resounding wisdom of a life lived well. It is a tragedy of mammoth proportions.
Published: Saturday, February 21st, 2015 @ 10:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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What began as a feel-good suicide 'Indie' film, with strident overtones of highly dysfunctional sexuality all around, quickly devolved into a poorly written Saturday Night Live sketch that struggled on far too long.
Published: Sunday, January 18th, 2015 @ 10:14 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Congrats, drive-bys. You demagogued a local crime story for months and months. You did all you could to inflame emotions.
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 11:12 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory continues his aggressive push to make North Carolina a permanent home and destination for more of America's veterans.
Published: Monday, November 10th, 2014 @ 1:49 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory's military affairs advisor, General Cornell A. Wilson Jr., a retired Major General of the United States Marine Corps, was recently appointed to the U.S. Veterans Administration's Advisory Committee for Minority Veterans. The Committee consists of veterans who represent...
Published: Thursday, October 30th, 2014 @ 12:04 am
By: Chris Downey
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Beaufort County Community College's annual College Night is set for Wednesday, Oct. 22, from 6:30 until 8:00 p.m., in the Multi-purpose Room of Building 10 on the BCCC campus.
Published: Friday, October 17th, 2014 @ 5:36 am
By: Judy Jennette
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An important deadline for compensating victims of North Carolina's forced-sterilization program may pass with very few victims qualifying. That isn't good news.
Published: Friday, October 17th, 2014 @ 12:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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You'd have thought by now that the news media would have learned the hard lessons of prejudging a story or a situation before all the facts are in.
Published: Thursday, September 25th, 2014 @ 12:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Members of Men of Success, the minority male mentoring group at Beaufort County Community College, gave a presentation to the college's Board of Trustees and members of its Foundation Board of Directors recently at a joint retreat of the two boards.
Published: Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014 @ 9:42 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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Governor Pat McCrory met with the Military Affairs Commission today to hear from members and local officials about the status of the state's military installations, the Reserves and the National Guard. The governor also addressed the group, reminding them of his commitment to supporting and...
Published: Thursday, September 18th, 2014 @ 7:34 pm
By: Chris Downey
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I believe South Carolina congressman Joe Wilson would like to have a word with the Hagan campaign, state and national Democrats, and their lackeys in the drive-by media.
Published: Thursday, September 11th, 2014 @ 9:28 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Ms. Doris Jean Wilson of 704 W. 3rd Street Washington, NC died Monday July 28, 2014 at home.
Published: Thursday, July 31st, 2014 @ 8:38 am
By: Announcements
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Governor Pat McCrory applauded the decision by the U.S. Marines Corps to keep the Second Marine Expeditionary Force headquarters at Camp Lejeune.
Published: Friday, June 13th, 2014 @ 12:54 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Governor Pat McCrory has proclaimed May 17, 2014 as "Armed Forces Day" in North Carolina, encouraging citizens to recognize the state's storied military heritage and its continuing impact on the economic and social livelihood of North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, May 27th, 2014 @ 1:01 am
By: Chris Downey
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Eva Wilson Ralph died in Raleigh on Friday, May 9, 2014 at the age of 83.
Published: Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 @ 9:52 pm
By: Announcements
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Larry Wilson Linton, Sr., age 76, a resident of Free Union, passed away Friday, March 14, 2014, at the home of his daughter.
Published: Sunday, March 16th, 2014 @ 11:24 am
By: Announcements
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Year after year, challengers from both parties have come after incumbent Walter Jones with both barrels blazing. And year after year, Jones keeps going back for a new term in Congress.
Published: Friday, March 7th, 2014 @ 12:38 am
By: Brant Clifton
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He never served as president, governor, or U.S. senator, but Josephus Daniels was one of the most important and powerful figures in 20th-century North Carolina political history. Dr. Lee Craig, head of the Department of Economics and distinguished undergraduate professor at N.C. State University...
Published: Saturday, January 25th, 2014 @ 10:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor McCrory met with high-ranking military officials, including the Commandant of the Marines Corps, and congressional leaders in Washington, D.C. today, urging continued support for military personnel and installations in North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, December 7th, 2013 @ 6:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Herbert Croly was instrumental in describing an alternative vision of government that was radically different than the one pictured by the Founding Fathers - Progressivism.
Published: Wednesday, November 20th, 2013 @ 8:07 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory announced Cornell A. Wilson Jr. as his newly appointed military affairs advisor today. General Wilson is a retired Major General of the United States Marine Corps.
Published: Tuesday, October 15th, 2013 @ 5:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Indeed, even in our state of North Carolina, where the first solidly Republican government in over 100 years won monumental victories, such as the end of tenure in K-12 education and major changes to the tax code, there was almost no reform for higher education.
Published: Thursday, October 10th, 2013 @ 6:26 am
By: John William Pope Center
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North Carolina history enthusiasts are aware that President George Washington nominated James Iredell Sr. (namesake of Iredell County) as one of the first justices on the U.S. Supreme Court. Far fewer are aware that another Washington appointee to the high court called North Carolina home, albeit...
Published: Tuesday, August 27th, 2013 @ 10:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mr. Clyde Roberson Wilson, 82, of 102 Ash St., Robersonville, died Wednesday, July 3, 2013, at Vidant Medical Center, Greenville. A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 6, 2013, at First Christian Church, Robersonville, with the Rev. David Brown officiating. Burial follows in...
Published: Saturday, July 6th, 2013 @ 12:12 pm
By: Announcements
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On June 14, 2014, from 4:00 to 7:00 pm at Washington High School, come meet NFL football stars and watch them play basketball against the Washington Fire and Rescue in the Washington High School gym.
Published: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 @ 7:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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Mr. Wilson Frederick "Fred" Cofer, age 60, a former resident of 283 Harding Road, Chocowinity, died Friday, December 7, 2012 at Ridgewood Manor Nursing Home in Washington.
Published: Thursday, December 13th, 2012 @ 5:34 pm
By: Announcements
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Ms. Alice Mae Shackelford Wilson, age 79, a resident of River Trace Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Washington, NC, died Wednesday, November 28, 2012, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Friday, November 30th, 2012 @ 3:33 pm
By: Announcements
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Alice Mae Shackelford Wilson, 79, a resident of River Trace Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Washington, died Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012.
Published: Thursday, November 29th, 2012 @ 3:54 pm
By: Announcements
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Josephus Daniels was a prominent journalist and newspaper editor from North Carolina. He purchased the Raleigh News and Observer in 1894 and became a leading "New South" political commentator.
Published: Wednesday, November 14th, 2012 @ 1:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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