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The year ended with a record-breaking $3.1 trillion deficit and, as usual, the U.S. government managed to blow tens of billions on a myriad of wasteful projects that should provoke outrage among tax-paying Americans.
Published: Saturday, January 23rd, 2021 @ 4:16 am
By: Judicial Watch
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The N.C. attorney general can’t keep and distribute money from a settlement over hog waste that leaked and overflowed from lagoons.
Published: Wednesday, December 16th, 2020 @ 2:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Effective December 4, 2020, the following operational changes are being implemented at the Yeatesville solid waste collection site located at 16954 US 264 Hwy E, Washington, NC 27889.
Published: Friday, December 4th, 2020 @ 3:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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At a regular meeting on Monday, October 5, 2020, the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners voted 6-1 to adjust the operating schedule of the County solid waste collection sites.
Published: Friday, November 6th, 2020 @ 7:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Hazardous Waste Collection - Don't throw it in the trash
Published: Friday, November 6th, 2020 @ 4:13 pm
By: Tandy Oliver Dunn
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A staggering $19 billion spent by the U.S. government to reconstruct Afghanistan has been lost to fraud, waste, and abuse in the last decade and that only includes a portion of the money allocated by Congress for the cause.
Published: Thursday, October 29th, 2020 @ 4:51 pm
By: Judicial Watch
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The Beaufort County Solid Waste Committee meeting scheduled for Thursday, September 3, 2020 has been canceled.
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2020 @ 10:20 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Board of Commissioners will meet on Thursday, August 27, 2020 at 9:00 AM in the boardroom located at 136 W. 2nd Street, Washington, to hold a workshop on Solid Waste in Beaufort County.
Published: Monday, August 24th, 2020 @ 6:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On August 3, 2020, the Beaufort County Commissioners met in an open general meeting to discuss many issues, including solid waste.
Published: Monday, August 17th, 2020 @ 1:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The August Solid Waste Committee meeting scheduled for Thursday, August 6, 2020 has been cancelled.
Published: Thursday, August 6th, 2020 @ 6:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Solid Waste Committee will meet on Thursday, July 2, 2020 at 10:00 AM
Published: Tuesday, June 30th, 2020 @ 11:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Solid Waste Committee will meet on Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 10:00 AM
Published: Tuesday, June 9th, 2020 @ 4:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Meeting will be held in the Commissioners boardroom located at 136 W. 2nd Street, Washington, NC.
Published: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020 @ 7:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Solid Waste Committee meeting that was scheduled for Thursday, April 2, 2020 has been canceled.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 @ 6:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week Bloomberg Energy issued an attention-grabbing report on a serious waste problem with wind turbines: retired turbine blades are clogging up landfills.
Published: Thursday, March 5th, 2020 @ 4:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Beaufort County Solid Waste Committee will meet on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at 10:00 AM
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2020 @ 7:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Bloomberg Energy this month issued an attention-grabbing report on a serious waste problem with wind turbines: Retired turbine blades are clogging up landfills.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2020 @ 2:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Solid Waste Committee meeting that was scheduled for Friday, February 14, 2020 at 9:00 AM has been cancelled due to a scheduling conflict.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2020 @ 8:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Solid Waste Committee will meet on Thursday, January 2, 2020 at 10:00 AM
Published: Tuesday, December 31st, 2019 @ 2:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The city is 'awash in human waste,' notes one medical professional who is concerned about what's happening there
Published: Friday, December 20th, 2019 @ 2:29 pm
By: LifeZette
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The Beaufort County Solid Waste Committee will meet on Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 2:00 PM in the boardroom located at 121 W. 3rd Street, Washington, NC 27889.
Published: Wednesday, December 4th, 2019 @ 4:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The team is looking at a method of handling tertiary treated effluent — or water — from the wastewater treatment plant
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 @ 2:54 am
By: ECU Sports
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The Beaufort County Solid Waste Committee will meet on October 3, 2019 at 10:00 AM in the boardroom located at 121 W. 3rd Street, Washington, NC 27889.
Published: Thursday, October 3rd, 2019 @ 10:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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All Beaufort County solid waste convenience sites will open on Saturday, September 7, 2019 at 7 AM and will return to normal operating hours.
Published: Friday, September 6th, 2019 @ 3:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Municipal sewage systems jettisoned tens of millions of gallons of untreated human waste into Hurricane Florence floodwaters, dwarfing the hog manure lagoon discharges state and national media cited as public health and environmental hazards
Published: Sunday, October 21st, 2018 @ 4:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Rep. Jimmy Dixon, R-Duplin, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, says waste-handling operations at North Carolina hog farms functioned as intended in the flooding of Hurricane Florence
Published: Sunday, October 7th, 2018 @ 1:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Congress spends a lot of time wasting it's time on not important stuff and then they find out there is not enough time left to do the important stuff.
Published: Thursday, August 23rd, 2018 @ 4:47 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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If you eat leftovers, you may be in the minority. I was astounded when I saw this headline: "Food is so cheap, Americans have stopped eating leftovers."
Published: Tuesday, May 8th, 2018 @ 9:08 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Every two months North Carolinians throw away enough trash to fill dumpsters, lined back to back, across the entire length of Interstate 40. Our 10 million residents generate some 12 million tons of trash each year
Published: Thursday, November 23rd, 2017 @ 10:50 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The N.C. Division of Environmental Quality has fined Apple Computer's data center in Maiden more than $40,000 for violating the state's Solid Waste Management Act
Published: Wednesday, October 11th, 2017 @ 12:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In recognition of the crucial role played by whistleblowers in shining a light on fraud, waste and abuse in the federal government
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2017 @ 1:45 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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You want a marble statue created of your favorite person. You hire a famous sculptor. He works for a year. You pay him every Friday for that year. The statue is finished. The sculptor says he won't let you put it on display and he destroys it. Does he owe you 52 paychecks back?
Published: Wednesday, July 19th, 2017 @ 8:10 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Gov. Roy Cooper ended the most recent session of the N.C. General Assembly much like he started it
Published: Thursday, July 6th, 2017 @ 3:38 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday vetoed House Bill 467, a measure limiting damages property owners can receive if they win nuisance lawsuits against nearby hog farms or other agricultural or forestry operations
Published: Friday, May 5th, 2017 @ 3:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This Blog Posting Was First Published In August 2012. You might think this is old funny but, be honest, funny never grows old.
Published: Monday, April 24th, 2017 @ 11:35 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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More than two years after releasing a scathing report alleging that a glut of investment fund managers are collecting fees that have plundered North Carolina’s state employee pension plan
Published: Tuesday, December 13th, 2016 @ 12:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Million Is A Thousand Thousand. That Means 136,000,000 Is 136 Thousand Thousands. That's A Lot Of Money Everywhere Except Washington, D.C.
Published: Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 @ 1:26 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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A lawsuit filed by the president of a conservative policy organization says the North Carolina Constitution requires payments from a 2000 agreement between pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. and the North Carolina Department of Justice go to public schools
Published: Friday, October 28th, 2016 @ 4:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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