This week, the North Carolina State Board of Education will review school district alternatives to the third grade Read to Achieve assessments.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 2:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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While the teachers lobby claims conservative North Carolina lawmakers are waging a "full frontal assault" on educators by eliminating career status protections to weed out ineffective teachers, some education and legal experts say the state's action is aligned with a national trend to ensure childre
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 1:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Seriously. That's how the BarryO fan club is defending their pet monster against accusations, and a CBO report, suggesting that it will kill jobs by the millions.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 12:53 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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If it is really a kind of aggression to correct student grammar, composition teachers are unnecessary.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 12:31 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) asserted his opposition to a Draft Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) that would direct 43 percent of sand dredged from Morehead City Harbor to Shackleford Banks.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 11:24 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Counties across North Carolina continue to make headway toward the February 10 goal for eliminating backlogs of FNS (food stamp), with more than 1,100 additional applications processed on Tuesday.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 11:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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When Republicans took control of the legislature in January 2011, North Carolina's economy was struggling, the unemployment rate was 10.4%, citizens and businesses were burdened with a 1930s Depression-era tax code, and the state owed the federal government $2.5 billion.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 10:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Provost Marilyn Sheerer often uses her "First Monday" e-newsletter to campus to announce new programs or highlight advancements on campus. On the first Monday in February, she reported something personal to East Carolina University.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 10:50 am
By: ECU News Services
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It was a great meeting with a great discovery = we get to direct our own show here. The DOT has changed it's whole approach. No longer are they wanting to cram things down our throats.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 10:48 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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First Citizens Bank of Washington recently contributed $1,000 to the campaign mounted by the Beaufort County Community College Foundation to build a digital sign at the front of the campus along U.S. Highway 264.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 10:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mr. Curtis Lee Corbett, age 57, a resident of 2108 Clay Bottom School Road, Chocowinity, NC died Friday February 7, 2014 at his home
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 10:07 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Hilton Ray "Stooge" Lewis, age 74, a resident of Washington, NC died Saturday February 8, 2014 at Ridgewood Manor Nursing Center.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 10:00 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Pearlie Jones Moore, of 1103 Trade Street, Washington, died Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital in Washington.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 9:43 am
By: Announcements
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I've devoted several recent columns to the subject of unemployment insurance (UI) and North Carolina's labor market. That's because the topic is an important and timely one, both within the state and outside it.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 9:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that ePlus is expanding its Managed Services operations with a new center in Morrisville.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 9:01 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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