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One of the reasons many families choose school choice is because the traditional public school is simply not working out for them.
Published: Wednesday, January 30th, 2019 @ 5:29 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Barter Theatre, which has operated since the Great Depression, reportedly draws 160,000 people a year to the charming mountain town of Abingdon, Virginia
Published: Monday, November 26th, 2018 @ 3:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Vidant Medical Center (VMC) recently attained Magnet recognition-the highest national honor for professional nursing practice-for the second time
Published: Wednesday, November 14th, 2018 @ 1:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Corvid Technologies LLC, which provides physics-based engineering solutions for the defense, automotive, aircraft, and biomedical industries, will locate its headquarters in Iredell County, creating 367 new jobs, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The company will invest $28.9 million in Mooresvil
Published: Tuesday, March 27th, 2018 @ 8:13 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Iredell County opponents of an industrial-scale solar project continue facing roadblocks in their goal to prevent the facility from getting a permit
Published: Tuesday, February 27th, 2018 @ 12:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Frederick Douglass: Passionate Defender of Freedom and Individual Rights
Published: Saturday, February 10th, 2018 @ 12:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina will see 639 new jobs and more than $72.8 million in private investment from three economic development projects with manufacturing companies in Burke, Gaston and Iredell counties, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Thursday, December 21st, 2017 @ 5:38 pm
By: Governor's Office
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What's not to like about a rock 'n roll concert at an intimate venue? One that's easy to get to, with free parking, and a drinks truck offering fun mixed drinks along with wine and beer?
Published: Sunday, October 29th, 2017 @ 3:25 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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At this inexorable point for the Trump / Republican / Conservative hating core Democrats, those lower than a worm's wiener in a wagon rut, they have breached a plane of intolerance once barricaded by the societal wall of common decency.
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 10:09 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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"This is amazing! That is absolutely phenomenal!"
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 12:33 am
By: Daily Wire
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Late on Tuesday evening, Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL), one of the more radical members of the House of Representatives, told the media that one of her constituents, Myeshia Johnson, had been called by President Trump.
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 1:56 pm
By: Daily Wire
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TrueLearn, LLC plans to create 44 new jobs and move its headquarters and operations to Iredell County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Thursday, August 10th, 2017 @ 12:15 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Severe storms and tornadoes swept through North Carolina late Wednesday evening, damaging homes, toppling trees, closing roads and knocking out power to several Piedmont communities
Published: Friday, May 26th, 2017 @ 1:54 pm
By: Governor's Office
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It has been suggested that the expansion of free market think tanks on our college campuses is educationally harmful.
Published: Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 @ 7:12 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Located only a few minutes' drive from Statesville is Fort Dobbs - North Carolina's only frontier fort during the French and Indian War
Published: Tuesday, October 18th, 2016 @ 3:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Managed-lane opponents in Mecklenburg and Iredell counties aren't giving up after hearing the news that the Senate will allow the General Assembly to adjourn without taking up House Bill 954, a measure canceling the Interstate 77 high-occupancy or toll lanes project
Published: Wednesday, June 29th, 2016 @ 2:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Efforts to block the controversial high-occupancy or toll lanes on Interstate 77 in Mecklenburg and Iredell counties gained momentum on Wednesday as a bill to cancel the project cleared two committees
Published: Friday, June 3rd, 2016 @ 9:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina taxpayers are the winners when public schools operate efficiently and when every public dollar is put to its best use and evaluated carefully.
Published: Thursday, March 17th, 2016 @ 11:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Arnold Frederick Koch, a resident of Pamlico Plantation, Washington, NC passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2015 at his residence.
Published: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015 @ 4:35 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Charles Frederick Switzer, Jr., age 80, a resident of Washington and a former resident of Greenville died Friday March 6, 2015 at River Trace Nursing Center of Washington.
Published: Saturday, March 7th, 2015 @ 4:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I'm writing this during a very cold, snowy day in central North Carolina, but will imagine that instead it's one of our summer heat waves. For several days in a row, the temperature has hit 99 degrees, and someone comments, "Well, this certainly ought to shut those global warming skeptics up!"
Published: Saturday, February 28th, 2015 @ 4:17 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Perhaps you have noticed that many jobs requiring only basic skills and a cooperative attitude are now walled off to Americans who don't possess a college degree.
Published: Sunday, December 28th, 2014 @ 12:55 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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This week's CommenTerry is an election wrap-up with a focus on education issues. I mean, seriously, what else did you expect?
Published: Sunday, December 28th, 2014 @ 9:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Tuesday was a big day for many political races across North Carolina, but some of the races that were overlooked by major media outlets will affect citizens the most. There were thirty bonds on ballots across the state in more than a dozen counties, and all of them passed. Sales tax referendums...
Published: Saturday, November 8th, 2014 @ 11:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Frederick B. Wall, age 83, a resident of Elizabeth Ave., Chocowinity, NC, passed away Friday, September 5, 2014.
Published: Saturday, September 6th, 2014 @ 3:11 pm
By: Announcements
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Frederick B. Wall, age 83, a resident of Elizabeth Ave., Chocowinity, NC, passed away, Friday, September 5, 2014 at home.
Published: Friday, September 5th, 2014 @ 8:49 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. Joseph Frederick Rehm, Jr. age 88, a resident of 239 Clarks Neck Road, Washington, died Friday, August 1, 2014 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital in Washington.
Published: Tuesday, August 5th, 2014 @ 1:39 pm
By: Announcements
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Governor Pat McCrory and N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Highland Industries is expanding its North Carolina manufacturing operations in Iredell County. The company plans to create 29 jobs and invest $8.25 million over the next three years in Statesville.
Published: Sunday, May 25th, 2014 @ 10:11 am
By: Christopher Maye
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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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After the Civil War, former slaves were encouraged to participate in a free-labor economy. But much of the South lay in ruins. It was difficult to find work, much less start enterprising careers.
Published: Thursday, December 19th, 2013 @ 12:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Every few years, The College Board releases a report entitled Education Pays: The Benefits of Higher Education for Individuals and Society. It had not done so since 2010, until the latest version. These reports have a perfectly consistent message, namely that college education is all good. It...
Published: Tuesday, December 17th, 2013 @ 1:48 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The purple and gold revelry of an East Carolina University homecoming came sprinkled with red, white and blue for Pat Frede, who returned this fall from a fourth deployment with the U.S. Navy.
Published: Monday, December 16th, 2013 @ 10:11 am
By: ECU News Services
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