A Dare County real estate developer with a history of financial troubles has made little progress in selling 900 vacant lots in the Pine Mountain development in Burke County
Published: Tuesday, December 5th, 2017 @ 4:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Students thinking about alternatives to a four-year degree should keep those college applications, University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings says
Published: Monday, August 14th, 2017 @ 11:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Soccer promoters in North Carolina's two biggest cities have pursued public and private financing in their bids to build stadiums and attract major league clubs, but questions in Raleigh over a proposed stadium built on public land and hits to Charlotte's public funding
Published: Monday, August 14th, 2017 @ 9:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sutter Street Manufacturing, a Williams-Sonoma, Inc. operation, plans to create 72 new jobs with an expansion in Catawba County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Wednesday, July 5th, 2017 @ 6:36 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The Black Alumni Chapter of the East Carolina Alumni Association marked East Carolina University's Homecoming with its second annual Awards Banquet and Gala.
Published: Monday, November 21st, 2016 @ 3:56 am
By: ECU News Services
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The Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) is the winner of two prestigious awards from the National Association of State Personnel Executives (NASPE)
Published: Thursday, July 28th, 2016 @ 7:46 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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20 years ago James Comey, as an attorney on the Senate Whitewater Investigation, was looking into the conduct of President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Clinton.
Published: Saturday, July 9th, 2016 @ 10:01 am
By: Kim Dotson
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I was struck when I came across two recent news stories virtually side-by-side
Published: Friday, March 25th, 2016 @ 7:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Attention all Arts of the Pamlico stakeholders! This message may be long, but it is important. Please take a moment to read the following in its entirety.
Published: Thursday, February 4th, 2016 @ 3:49 am
By: Chris Downey
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James Gregory is in a class all by himself...his humor transcends all barriers: social, economic, racial or whatever...
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 11:10 am
By: Chris Downey
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In recognition of its strong commitment to economic engagement, East Carolina University has been designated as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.
Published: Saturday, June 27th, 2015 @ 5:02 am
By: ECU News Services
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Well-known for his popular magazine columns later reprinted in collection form, including Grenadine Etching (1947) and The Old Man the Boy (1957), Robert Ruark became even more of a household name after Something of Value (1955) was turned into a popular 1957 movie.
Published: Tuesday, January 6th, 2015 @ 6:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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From a report filed early Saturday by WRAL-TV news, we have confirmation that a cluster of businesses owned by Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan's husband and other family members collected even more subsidies from taxpayers than initially reported. While Carolina Journal's Don Carrington has...
Published: Saturday, October 25th, 2014 @ 11:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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They are 45 of the most consequential words in America's founding documents, but the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is coming under repeated attack from liberal advocacy groups, regulatory agencies, and elected officials on both sides of the political aisle, according to an array of policy
Published: Monday, October 6th, 2014 @ 5:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory applauded a new report issued by the Commission on Workforce Development that shows North Carolina can narrow the skills gap by increasing direct collaboration between critical industries and the state's job training programs.
Published: Friday, August 22nd, 2014 @ 12:09 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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State Rep. Michael Wray, a Democrat from Gaston who serves as deputy minority leader in the state House of Representatives, owes more than $100,000 in past-due federal, state, and local taxes, according to public records on file in Northampton and Halifax Counties.
Published: Friday, June 27th, 2014 @ 5:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory and Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Cambro Manufacturing Company is locating its North Carolina manufacturing operations in Alamance County.
Published: Saturday, April 19th, 2014 @ 6:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County has become quite the microcosm for the civil war between the GOP establishment and The Tea Party. We've written extensively about some of the controversies there previously on this site.
Published: Wednesday, January 8th, 2014 @ 12:14 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today The Solar Connection will locate its manufacturing facility in McDowell County.
Published: Friday, December 20th, 2013 @ 10:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Skyrocketing tuitions. Degree inflation. Politicized curriculums. Lowered job expectations upon graduation. Higher education in America is tangled with problems to such a degree that many have started to ask the question: is getting a traditional college education still worth it? So far, most...
Published: Friday, September 27th, 2013 @ 1:45 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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In an appearance Wednesday on News 14 Carolina's "Capital Tonight," North Carolina Association of Educators lobbyist Brian Lewis argued that salaries for entry-level teachers in the state were inadequate. At $30,800, newly hired teachers in North Carolina are paid less than fast-food managers...
Published: Tuesday, August 20th, 2013 @ 8:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Novamelt Americas will expand its manufacturing facility in Randolph County.
Published: Thursday, June 20th, 2013 @ 9:25 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory and N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Jordan Forest Products, a wood products manufacturing company, will expand its operations in Montgomery County.
Published: Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 @ 12:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mrs. Elizabeth M. Ammons Howell, of 1169 Ripp Hwy., Pinetown, NC died on April 10, 2013.
Published: Friday, April 12th, 2013 @ 12:43 pm
By: Announcements
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that XPO Logistics, a company that provides freight management, expedited transportation and freight forwarding services, will expand its national operations center in Mecklenburg County.
Published: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013 @ 1:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I've learned to be wary of ANYTHING containing the word "sustainable" or any organization whose name contains the word "sustainable." That word typically signals an intent to hamstring capitalists and capitalism.
Published: Wednesday, September 5th, 2012 @ 11:05 am
By: Brant Clifton
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"Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this State.
Published: Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 @ 12:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On May 8, 2012 the voters will decide whether this provision should be added to the State Constitution.
Published: Thursday, February 9th, 2012 @ 11:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Once Upon a Time in America, one of the three best films ever made about the crime gang motif, is equally outstanding as a surreal depiction of an immigrant's lot in 1920's America.
Published: Monday, September 21st, 2009 @ 6:36 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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