Governor Pat McCrory is applauding the bravery and courageous efforts by firefighters to protect homes and turn the tide of the Party Rock Fire, despite high winds and continued dry conditions
Published: Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016 @ 11:12 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory toured the town of Princeville today and then joined local and federal officials as he visited the Disaster Recovery Center in Rocky Mount to provide an update on Hurricane Matthew recovery efforts
Published: Tuesday, October 25th, 2016 @ 4:59 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory joined local officials and emergency responders today to see first-hand the damage in Fayetteville caused by severe flooding from Hurricane Matthew
Published: Tuesday, October 11th, 2016 @ 3:52 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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I have been retired since 2004 but I just received notification through LinkedIn about the position
Published: Thursday, June 16th, 2016 @ 9:34 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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In the future, if you want your brain fixed, you will find lots of people capable of fixing it. If you want your furnace fixed, you are going to be left out in the cold.
Published: Monday, May 16th, 2016 @ 12:16 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Governor Pat McCrory and officials with the Department of Public Safety today during an open house offered community leaders and elected officials their first view of the renovated Edgecombe Youth Development Center in Rocky Mount.
Published: Sunday, April 17th, 2016 @ 3:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Golden LEAF Foundation, which assists tobacco-dependent, economically distressed and rural communities across North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, April 5th, 2016 @ 7:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Rocky Hock Playhouse dinner theatre will present its 17th annual Easter musical in Edenton March 19 through April 12, 2016
Published: Saturday, March 19th, 2016 @ 11:53 am
By: Christopher Maye
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We've talked for decades about healthcare reform but the only significant attempt to change the skyrocketing costs of health insurance, escalating pharmaceutical costs and deepening dissatisfaction has been Obamacare.
Published: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016 @ 11:22 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Since Elections fever is in the air, I thought I would pass along this explanation of why Bureaucracies never die.
Published: Monday, February 22nd, 2016 @ 11:16 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Governor Pat McCrory is inviting the public to four hearings in March to provide feedback concerning a new monument on the State Capitol grounds in Raleigh dedicated to commemorating the achievements of African Americans
Published: Thursday, February 18th, 2016 @ 9:42 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III, and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. announced today that Perdue Foods, LLC, will expand its Richmond County production facility and hire an additional 30 workers during the coming three years. The popular name in...
Published: Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 @ 9:25 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Don't you just love it when politicians who know NOTHING about a subject try to lecture people who DO KNOW something about a subject? Law enforcement and military folks get more than their fair share of it. And so do businesspeople.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 2:12 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Please take notice that Ralph Strayhorn, Chair of the Golden LEAF Investment Committee, has called a special meeting of the Committee for Thursday, October 29, 2015, at 9 a.m.
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 3:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Based in Chapel Hill, NC, Beatles & 60's rock & roll band The BackBeat pleases crowds of all ages with hits from the Fab Four along with timeless classics from The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, The Kinks and more!
Published: Tuesday, October 13th, 2015 @ 6:05 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory met this afternoon with local government and economic development leaders in Eden to discuss the announced closing of the MillerCoors plant there.
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2015 @ 4:20 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Last year, after presenting a popular musical on the life of Fanny Crosby, writer of over 9000 hymns and poems, the Rocky Hock Playhouse decided to produce a sequel to the production for their current season. The new show was written because so many people said...
Published: Thursday, July 23rd, 2015 @ 5:10 am
By: Chris Downey
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Executive Director Todd Poole today announced that Kara Carter has joined the North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) as Press Secretary.
Published: Tuesday, July 21st, 2015 @ 2:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Concerns about the costs of a fiscal transparency measure in the Senate budget raised by local governments and some McCrory administration officials are misplaced, says Sen. Andrew Brock, R-Davie, who introduced the plan.
Published: Tuesday, July 21st, 2015 @ 1:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The price of great love is real grief. I had a full blown experience in 1992 when my beloved father died from liver cancer.
Published: Monday, July 13th, 2015 @ 8:59 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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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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For those of you who may not be familiar with this Ripon crowd, they were founded to counter the rise of the Goldwater / Reagan people in the GOP and to return the party to the grand old days of Nelson Rockefeller and Teddy Roosevelt.
Published: Sunday, June 28th, 2015 @ 2:47 am
By: Brant Clifton
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My tree work has carried me all around from my Rocky Mount base. The topic of discussion often turned to what was going on at the little country church my customer attended.
Published: Monday, June 22nd, 2015 @ 10:28 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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Alcoa Power Generating Inc. scored a victory in federal court May 6 when U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle ruled that the state of North Carolina failed to prove that a 45-mile segment of the Yadkin River where Alcoa operates four hydroelectric dams was navigable for commerce in 1789.
Published: Wednesday, June 10th, 2015 @ 12:27 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 Golden LEAF Foundation, which assists tobacco-dependent, economically distressed and rural communities across North Carolina, will hold a meeting of its Board of Directors on Thursday, June 4, 2015 at the Golden LEAF Retreat Center in Rocky Mount.
Published: Monday, June 1st, 2015 @ 10:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It is too much trouble to leave the beach and go to a boring ceremony or small parade with old men giving speeches and wearing the VFW insignia. Those ceremonies signify the real meaning of this Holiday.
Published: Monday, May 25th, 2015 @ 9:25 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla III and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. announced today that Mohawk Industries will expand its manufacturing facility in Rockingham County and create 105 new jobs over the next five years. The company plans to invest...
Published: Friday, May 22nd, 2015 @ 4:30 am
By: Chris Downey
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The McCrory administration is howling mad at the General Assembly for not coughing up enough bribe money to entice Volvo to build its new plant within the Tar Heel State.
Published: Tuesday, May 19th, 2015 @ 7:23 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Regardless of whether one appreciates the nuanced work of the eclectic Austin, Texas Writer /Director, one must admit that his films are at least unique in their construction, their quality.
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2015 @ 6:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Performances of At the Foot of the Cross will be held March 21 through April 18, 2015 at the Rocky Hock Playhouse now located at the Leon Nixon Catering & Banquet Facilities on Hwy. 32 in Edenton, NC. Ticket prices in Edenton include both the performance and an all-you-can-eat buffet...
Published: Thursday, March 12th, 2015 @ 4:19 am
By: Chris Downey
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Today's pop music is predicated upon the lowest common denominator of the human experiment. There is little that is uplifting, no building upon the art of the past, just make money, and lots of it, paid by the dimmest bulbs of all time.
Published: Sunday, March 1st, 2015 @ 4:12 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Governor Pat McCrory is urging people to stay off the roads tonight as the winter storm moves east across North Carolina. Forecasters have increased predicted snow and ice accumulation totals in many areas potentially making roads impassable in a portion of the central part of state.
Published: Tuesday, February 17th, 2015 @ 1:26 am
By: Chris Downey
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There are so many ways to keep up with your friends and family these days - Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and Pinterest are just a few of them!
Published: Thursday, February 12th, 2015 @ 3:27 am
By: Chris Downey
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