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Thomas Rondy Ward, 69, passed away May 16, 2018. He was born to the late Virginia Dare Everett and Stanley Rudolph Ward in Plymouth, NC
Published: Monday, May 21st, 2018 @ 11:10 am
By: Announcements
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Today the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) is holding a rally in Raleigh where the organization is having teachers meet to lobby legislators for higher salaries and more education funding
Published: Sunday, May 20th, 2018 @ 10:52 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced 39 new appointments to various state boards and commissions
Published: Friday, December 1st, 2017 @ 8:46 am
By: Governor's Office
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Allstate Insurance Company will add 2,250 jobs over three years in North Carolina as it expands its operations in Mecklenburg County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Wednesday, August 9th, 2017 @ 4:06 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Mr. Donald Thomas Whitney, age 86, a resident of Washington, died Sunday, July 2, 2017 at his home
Published: Tuesday, July 4th, 2017 @ 1:12 pm
By: Announcements
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Fifty-two students from 10 of North Carolina's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have been selected to participate in the North Carolina Governor's HBCU Internship Program this summer
Published: Thursday, June 1st, 2017 @ 2:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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AXA, among the largest financial protection companies in the U.S. with approximately 2.5 million client households nationwide, is expanding its Mecklenburg County operations and will add 550 new jobs over the next five years, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Thursday, May 11th, 2017 @ 9:31 am
By: Governor's Office
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Mr. Edward Ray Edwards, age 91, a resident of 605 Plymouth Street, Washington, died Thursday, March 30, 2017 at his home
Published: Friday, April 7th, 2017 @ 1:46 pm
By: Announcements
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When a person decides to purchase life insurance they are asked about their health status and history and are, in part, charged a premium based on their answers to those questions
Published: Friday, March 24th, 2017 @ 9:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today...
Published: Wednesday, May 25th, 2016 @ 2:32 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory signed into law today a bill authorizing the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to establish a police department, a tribal alcohol law enforcement division, a natural resources law enforcement agency, and a probation and parole agency through the Cherokee Marshal's Office.
Published: Sunday, October 25th, 2015 @ 8:10 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory signed Senate Bill 665 into law today. The legislation requires insurance companies authorized to transact life insurance business in North Carolina to determine semi-annually if that insurer's records of in-force policies, annuities, and account owners cross-match with any...
Published: Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015 @ 4:24 am
By: McCrory Communications
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When we came to Rocky Mount in 1986 we were building a house. No sooner than we got in a bolt of lightning hit it and, fortunately, it was grounded well enough it did not catch fire!
Published: Thursday, July 2nd, 2015 @ 12:54 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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While Duke Energy is passing higher costs to ratepayers because state law forces it to purchase renewable energy, the utility also claimed a whopping $62.8 million in tax write-offs in 2014 for its own investments in green power projects.
Published: Thursday, June 11th, 2015 @ 3:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A quick review of Conservatism at work in the Southern Baptist Convention is a good analysis of Conservatism at work in politics and NC.
Published: Sunday, June 7th, 2015 @ 8:41 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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The economy was not what it used to be. I had done well with insurance. I represented Ministers Life Insurance Company and traveled the eastern end of NC.
Published: Wednesday, May 6th, 2015 @ 5:07 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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We all know the days of oil and fossil fuel dependency need to end for the future of our planet.
Published: Tuesday, April 28th, 2015 @ 6:24 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory has proclaimed February Black History Month in North Carolina, encouraging citizens to learn about our state's rich heritage of black history and its profound place in the advancement of African American culture and life in the United States.
Published: Sunday, February 1st, 2015 @ 6:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Late in the day on Friday, 10/10/2014, the Federal Court handed down its decision over the NC Marriage Amendment, adopted with great angst a couple of years ago.
Published: Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 @ 5:29 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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This is in response to a people trying to say the problems in America today have to do with a loss of Conservative and Religious basics.
Published: Wednesday, September 10th, 2014 @ 12:39 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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In March of 2011, I wrote a piece about safety. In it I opined that there is no such thing as safety because so called "safety" in reality is the absence of risk.
Published: Wednesday, August 27th, 2014 @ 5:44 am
By: Jim Bispo
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A state audit has found numerous violations and irregularities centered on former Tarboro Town Manager Sam Noble. The investigative audit released by State Auditor Beth Wood's office found that over a six-year period the former town manager made nearly $366,000 in purchases that exceeded the...
Published: Saturday, July 26th, 2014 @ 3:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Auditor Beth Wood said an audit pointing out hundreds of thousands of dollars in misspending by top Tarboro officials should serve as a call for governing boards across North Carolina to ratchet up their oversight of public spending.
Published: Friday, July 25th, 2014 @ 9:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Your letter to Lucille is interesting. She, like my sister, is suffering from "being tied up in nots" = thou shalt not do this and that! She takes great pride in the Dean's List, but was driven to perfection by our Baby Boom ideals and religion of the South.
Published: Sunday, May 25th, 2014 @ 9:30 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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Levy Elbert Liverman, age 86, a resident of Hickory Dr., Washington, NC passed away Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at River Trace Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
Published: Friday, April 25th, 2014 @ 2:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory was in Charlotte today to celebrate the opening of MetLife's new U.S. retail headquarters alongside senior officials from the company. Located in Ballantyne, the new facility will house the majority of the company's U.S. retail employees.
Published: Sunday, March 30th, 2014 @ 3:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We live "by the River" at Bayview. Our little "fisherman's cottage" was built in the late 40's and early 50's. The first lot was bought under the shade of the oak tree at auction.
Published: Thursday, February 13th, 2014 @ 11:06 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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The official deadline recently passed for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina's exchange policyholders to pay their January health insurance premiums. The deadline was extended at the behest of President Obama due to serious problems with the federal HealthCare.gov website. The days of...
Published: Saturday, February 1st, 2014 @ 3:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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He sent a Qualified Domestic Relations Order During November to seize past due child support from an absent parent's retirement account. That family should have a good Christmas.
Published: Saturday, February 1st, 2014 @ 3:06 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that American International Group (AIG) will establish a technology center in Mecklenburg County.
Published: Thursday, December 12th, 2013 @ 12:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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East Carolina University's Board of Trustees welcomed four new members and elected officers during its July 18 meeting at the East Carolina Heart Institute at ECU.
Published: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013 @ 3:36 am
By: ECU News Services
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Today, Governor Pat McCrory will announce that MetLife, Inc., a leading global life insurance and employee benefits company, intends to create 2,600 jobs in Charlotte and Cary, North Carolina by the end of 2015.
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2013 @ 1:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We've said our peace in opposition to the NC General Assembly's campaign to increase unemployment taxes for employers across the state. We've received SOME criticism over that position -- even from alleged conservatives -- sniffing that the increase is a mere "pittance"
Published: Friday, February 8th, 2013 @ 1:01 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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A state audit has revealed that the N.C. Central University Law School's information technology and facilities director was given improper supplemental benefits to the tune of $59,271 during the last decade.
Published: Thursday, January 24th, 2013 @ 1:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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