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Governor Pat McCrory provided updates on the recovery and relief efforts ongoing in the Town of Princeville and Edgecombe County in response to Hurricane Matthew flooding.
Published: Saturday, October 15th, 2016 @ 10:28 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory visited the flood-hit towns of Princeville and Tarboro today and provided updates of the ongoing recovery and relief efforts in response to flooding brought by Hurricane Matthew.
Published: Saturday, October 15th, 2016 @ 3:05 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory is warning citizens that the impact of Hurricane Matthew will continue to persist as record flooding is expected to impact inland communities in the coming days.
Published: Sunday, October 9th, 2016 @ 8:04 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Please read the attached update form the NWS.
Published: Saturday, October 8th, 2016 @ 7:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Please read the attached update form the NWS.
Published: Friday, October 7th, 2016 @ 10:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Please read this latest update.
Published: Friday, October 7th, 2016 @ 1:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I wanted to make sure everyone was aware that Beaufort County has been placed in a Flash Flood Watch during the specified time period on the watch.
Published: Friday, October 7th, 2016 @ 10:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County NOW, as a fully for profit public service, has installed a hurricane tracker for your ongoing convenience of information to follow the track of this powerful storm, Hurricane Mathew, until it clears the Southeastern United States.
Published: Thursday, October 6th, 2016 @ 10:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Does Donald J. Trump truly have the temperament to be President of these States United?
Published: Friday, August 19th, 2016 @ 12:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A bill that allows students to choose between the current or traditional math curricula passed the Senate Education Committee today
Published: Thursday, August 18th, 2016 @ 11:55 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A little dated, but not much. If you check the names of the jackasses currently sitting on the floor of the Congress protesting your 2nd Amendment right to defend yourself, you will find that many are included in a list of Democratic Socialists.
Published: Wednesday, June 29th, 2016 @ 1:53 am
By: John Pizzo
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The checkout line was stalled and grew long. "What's taking so long," one impatient customer groused
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2016 @ 7:28 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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If you want to find out the real purpose of something, follow the money.
Published: Monday, March 14th, 2016 @ 7:31 am
By: Bobby Tony
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The East Carolina University Board of Trustees unanimously passed a resolution Friday in support of an upcoming bond referendum called "Connect NC." ECU is the first institution in the 17-member University of North Carolina system to formally support the $2 billion bond.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 5:58 am
By: ECU News Services
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Over the last few weeks, the Raleigh News and Observer (along with its sister outlet, the Charlotte Observer) has been waging war on the opponents of Common Core and in particular on the Academic Standards Review Commission, the body tasked with reviewing the math and English standards and...
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 10:51 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Every two years, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) administers rigorous math and reading tests to a representative sample of fourth- and eighth-grade students from each state and Washington, D.C. NAEP occasionally administers assessments covering other subjects, grade-levels...
Published: Wednesday, October 28th, 2015 @ 3:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation will highlight North Carolina as a top performing state in its sixth annual Enterprising States: States Innovate study, which ranks states best poised to thrive in the rapidly evolving science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) focused economy...
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 2:06 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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If you were fortunate to have a girl friend and a record player in the mid to late fifties, Chances Are you used these songs to try and convince her of your love.
Published: Wednesday, September 30th, 2015 @ 7:27 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Wednesday marked the five-year anniversary of the adoption of the Common Core State Standards in North Carolina. How did you celebrate?
Published: Saturday, June 20th, 2015 @ 12:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ten inspiring women were honored April 13 in a ceremony at the Murphy Center that celebrated the impacts women have - large and small - on East Carolina University and the world.
Published: Friday, April 17th, 2015 @ 12:55 am
By: ECU News Services
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The annual Collaborative Conference for Student Achievement allows public school employees to hear from practitioners, experts, and advocates who share the goal of ensuring that all public school students are successful. I enjoy reviewing the presentations from the conference because they are...
Published: Saturday, April 4th, 2015 @ 7:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In "Maintaining rigor and listening to teachers in the debate over academic standards," Keith Poston of the Public School Forum argues against changing the Common Core math and English standards, since he believes members of the state's Academic Standards Review Commission (ASRC) are working to...
Published: Sunday, March 15th, 2015 @ 2:51 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Over half of students who graduated in 2013 and subsequently enrolled in a North Carolina community college took one or more remedial or "developmental" courses in math and/or English.
Published: Monday, January 19th, 2015 @ 7:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Veteran Washington Post columnist Jay Mathews writes mostly about K-12 education, but he is also interested in the results for students after they've graduated and enrolled in college. He's also a self-professed college football freak, looking forward to the first-ever playoff series for the...
Published: Friday, January 9th, 2015 @ 1:01 am
By: John William Pope Center
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As fears about Ebola continue to spread much faster than the virus itself, experts from East Carolina University offered their perspectives on the issue during a panel discussion on Oct. 16.
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 1:47 am
By: ECU News Services
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Eighth-grader Beyoncé Best portrayed a plant manager for a Goldfish cracker manufacturing facility in an exercise October 10 at East Carolina University.
Published: Monday, October 13th, 2014 @ 9:12 pm
By: ECU News Services
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A good friend of mine knows my political position = INDEPENDENT who leans Democrat. He also knows that I DISPISE people who use hate and division to get a political advantage.
Published: Sunday, September 7th, 2014 @ 10:34 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Mrs. Ruth May Hathaway Herron, age 93, a resident of Washington, died Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at Ridgewood Manor Nursing Center.
Published: Monday, June 30th, 2014 @ 9:31 am
By: Announcements
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Nine Republicans are seeking to succeed 6th District U.S. Rep. Howard Coble, who's retiring after 15 terms in Washington. The winner of the May 6 GOP primary - and a possible July 15 runoff if no candidate gets at least 40 percent of the vote - will face the winner of the Democratic...
Published: Monday, May 5th, 2014 @ 5:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Get in line in Greensboro. They're handing out money and they're not saying no. That's not just the view of a few cynical observers. One City Council member expressed that sentiment during debate over a $1.9 million incentive for a proposed $40 million downtown hotel.
Published: Tuesday, March 4th, 2014 @ 7:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects Americans from unreasonable searches and seizures. Yet in a January decision, the N.C. Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of an officer's decision to stop a car even though he didn't suspect the driver of any wrongdoing. The court...
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 @ 9:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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During the 1990s, North Carolina's public schools posted some of the strongest performance gains in the country on independent reading and math tests. Democrats and Republicans took pride in the accomplishment and vied for the credit. Over the past decade, however, the trend has been markedly...
Published: Sunday, November 24th, 2013 @ 8:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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