Voters in the May 6 Republican primary for state House District 15 will choose between incumbent Phil Shepard, a two-term legislator who is a minister and civil service retiree, and Jim Morton, a farmer and retired educator running primarily on parochial issues.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 10:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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No Mr. Chairman: An abject point of fact is that Beaufort County has never had a Republican majority of the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 10:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory has proclaimed April 2, 2014 as "World Autism Awareness Day" and the entire month of April as "World Autism Awareness Month," encouraging citizens to cultivate a better understanding of autism and its prevalence in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 10:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Congressman Walter Jones takes action and relates it to his constituents through these press releases.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 10:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina State Board of Elections reported Wednesday to the Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee on the effects of the state's new voter reforms.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 8:25 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Duke Energy coal ash saga reminds us of the old poem, "For Wont of a Nail." No doubt you remember that because of a missing horseshoe nail a horse, a rider, a message, a battle, a war and a kingdom were lost.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 8:10 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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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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On April 3, 2014 at 4:37 p.m., Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence on Brookshire Drive in Bath in reference to a female reporting that her husband had shot at her.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 7:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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William W. Kitchin received his initial education nearby his birthplace in Scotland Neck, North Carolina. He later attended the University of North Carolina and studied law under his father.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 7:11 pm
By: John William Pope Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that federal financial assistance is available to help nine central North Carolina counties recover some of the costs associated with the March 6-7 winter storm.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 10:26 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A presentation prepared by the N.C. Commerce Department's Labor and Economic Analysis Division finds a net "negative budgetary impact" of North Carolina's film incentives.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 2:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There is an impossibly tough question that all universities must answer, from a legal if not moral perspective. How much of our limited resources should we spend to ensure that the next victim of a sex crime is given the treatment he or she deserves? The University of North Carolina at...
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 2:14 am
By: John William Pope Center
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The Beaufort County Community College Board of Trustees on Tuesday agreed to seek an increase in appropriations from the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners in the coming fiscal year with the majority of the increase coming from needed construction projects.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 2:09 am
By: Barbara Tansey
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Mrs. Lillie Marie Rogers Woolard, age 92, formerly of 615 W. 3rd Street, Washington, NC died Saturday, April 5, 2014 at River Trace Nursing Center of Washington.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 1:33 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Angela Teresa Krujack Trumich, age 84, a resident of 498 Old Pamlico Beach Rd. E. Belhaven, NC died Friday April 4, 2014 at Vidant Medical Center of Washington.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 1:32 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Charlie Webster "Chock" Riddick, 80, a resident of 305 Riddick Road, Pantego, died Tuesday, April 1, 2014.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 1:26 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Diane Shaw Gerard, age 63, a resident of 1036 N. Market Street, Washington died Thursday morning April 3, 2014 at her home following a lengthy battle with Parkinson's disease.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 1:23 am
By: Announcements
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Dalmon Edison Boyd, age 72, a resident of Archbell Rd., Bath, NC passed away Thursday, April 3, 2014.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 1:16 am
By: Announcements
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