Mrs. Virginia “Ginny” Daniels Williams, age 81, a resident of Washington, died Monday, October 10, 2022, at River Trace Nursing Home in Washington.
Published: Wednesday, October 12th, 2022 @ 8:21 am
By: Announcements
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Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to serve as key leaders in his administration:
Published: Friday, August 26th, 2022 @ 10:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mrs. Wilma Jean Williams Elliott, age 79, a resident of 1340 Nathan Roberson Rd, Williamston, NC died Tuesday morning, February 9, 2021 at Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Published: Friday, February 12th, 2021 @ 8:54 am
By: Announcements
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At least 20 cops in Baltimore, Maryland were arrested, sentenced, or suspended in 2019 for their behavior, a Baltimore Sun report found.
Published: Thursday, December 19th, 2019 @ 12:06 am
By: Daily Wire
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Mr. Arthur Jr. Manning, age 90, a resident of 2865 Fire Department Road, Williamston, died Wednesday afternoon, September 4, 2019 at Vidant Bertie Hospital.
Published: Thursday, September 5th, 2019 @ 2:44 pm
By: Announcements
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North Carolina's economic outlook ranked second in the United States in a new analysis of all the states' economic competitiveness from the American Legislative Exchange Council
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2016 @ 8:33 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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On April 14th 2016 Beaufort County Sheriff's Deputies received a report of a missing Alzheimer's patient from a residence on the Cayton Road in Chocowinity, North Carolina near the Beaufort and Pitt County line.
Published: Sunday, April 17th, 2016 @ 3:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won easily against Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in Tuesday's Democratic presidential primary, while casino mogul Donald Trump staved off a late surge by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz to claim victory in the GOP presidential contest
Published: Wednesday, March 16th, 2016 @ 11:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Benjamin Carlyle Williamson, age 87, a resident of Kinston, NC, passed away Wednesday February 17, 2016 at Willow Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Home.
Published: Monday, February 22nd, 2016 @ 1:06 pm
By: Announcements
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Twenty-four students at Beaufort County Community College were recognized as "BCCC's Best" in a ceremony on the college campus recently. All students were cited for displaying the character trait "hard worker."
Published: Wednesday, May 13th, 2015 @ 7:28 am
By: Chris Downey
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The end of the semester and graduation are fast approaching at BCCC. Several events have already been held and are being planned in the next few weeks to salute our graduates and mark the end of the year.
Published: Sunday, May 3rd, 2015 @ 1:18 am
By: Barbara Tansey
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The Registrar's Office at Beaufort County Community College has released the honor roll for the 2014 Fall Semester. Full-time students maintaining a grade point average, or GPA, of 4.0 or better were placed on the All "A"s list. Students maintaining a 3.5 GPA were placed on the Dean's List.
Published: Saturday, January 31st, 2015 @ 10:55 pm
By: Chris Downey
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A Democrat named Arthur Williams represented the Outer Banks-centered Sixth District in the North Carolina House from 2003-2011. During that time, he was a good Democrat — a good soldier for then Senate boss Marc Basnight and then-House speaker Jim Black.
Published: Monday, January 12th, 2015 @ 9:43 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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I got a call yesterday from someone - very familiar with the inner workings of the state House Republican Caucus - who had just read my item on Democrat Paul Tine's departure from the Democrat Caucus.
Published: Saturday, January 10th, 2015 @ 7:29 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Ms. Kathy Jo Sawyer, age 55, a resident of 1151 West Pungo Street, Belhaven, NC died Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at her home.
Published: Wednesday, December 10th, 2014 @ 3:56 pm
By: Announcements
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There are approximately 48,000 people in Beaufort County with approximately 32,000 registered voters. The Democrats control half of this number with the remainder being split between the Republicans and the Unaffiliated voters.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 11:37 pm
By: Harry Meredith, Jr.
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Margaret Alease Harding Lawrence departed this life 12:00 am, Sunday, July 13, 2014 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville. North Carolina.
Published: Friday, July 18th, 2014 @ 11:10 am
By: Announcements
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There has been an ongoing smear campaign orchestrated by the local RINOs of the Republican party that have long attacked the conservative members of our county commission: Hood Richardson and me (Stan Deatherage).
Published: Sunday, June 22nd, 2014 @ 1:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Baby boy Greyson Lee Lewis, age 7 months of Washington passed away Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, NC.
Published: Thursday, June 19th, 2014 @ 9:29 am
By: Announcements
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Student Government Association Historian Elizabeth Cobb is already hard at work in her new role as a student leader.The Registrar's Office at Beaufort County Community College has released the honor roll for the 2014 Spring Semester.
Published: Monday, June 9th, 2014 @ 7:45 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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Early voting is over. Tuesday is Election Day. Those who have not yet voted either have not had the chance to do so or are still undecided. Thus, we review our Tea Leaves of what's involved in this election.
Published: Tuesday, May 6th, 2014 @ 7:47 am
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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Editor's note: In the interest of full disclosure we would offer the following introductory comment. In September, 1999 when Hurricane Floyd hit Beaufort County, we, like thousands of people DownEast, lost our home and much of what was in it.
Published: Monday, May 5th, 2014 @ 5:25 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Early voting gets started this week. We've got some primaries out there. We also have a lot of folks out there who are unopposed for renomination.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 10:10 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Three people showed up at the March Beaufort County Commissioners meeting to show us how brilliant they are. I once heard a man say "My mother always told my sibling to keep its mouth shut so people would not know how little she actually knew".
Published: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 @ 6:10 am
By: Hood Richardson
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A long-time Republican, Mattie Lawson has just announced she will file to run for NC House District 6 to strengthen the conservative base in the NC General Assembly.
Published: Wednesday, February 12th, 2014 @ 1:31 pm
By: Mattie Lawson
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Establishment folks are browbeating those of us in the grassroots to toe the party line. Send Kay Hagan home. That's what's important. Even if you have to hold your nose to do it.
Published: Wednesday, January 29th, 2014 @ 7:12 am
By: Brant Clifton
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A reader forwarded to us an email conversation they had with NCGOP chairman Claude Pope. (Of course, we came up.)
Published: Saturday, January 25th, 2014 @ 1:22 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The North Carolina Republican Party is inarguably bent on proving it is inconsequential to real Conservatives, who actually believe in the tenets of the former Republican Party, and live by Conservative principles.
Published: Friday, January 17th, 2014 @ 1:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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James Arthur Mizelle, age 73, a resident of Dan Taylor Rd., Washington, NC passed away Sunday, December 29, 2013 at his home.
Published: Tuesday, December 31st, 2013 @ 1:01 am
By: Announcements
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There's a revolution coming in this country. A growing majority of ordinary people (i.e., not the political elite) are simply fed up with government the way it has been operating the last few years, by both political parties.
Published: Thursday, October 3rd, 2013 @ 1:31 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Last Thursday, July 18, 2013, a rather large delegation of Beaufort County's very best Republicans sojourned to Raleigh to the NC GOP headquarters to meet with recently elected chairman Claude Pope about egregious improprieties foisted upon the local party by the state party.
Published: Friday, August 16th, 2013 @ 10:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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While I am hardly a political animal - don't really have the time for it - I have, over the years, been rather astute in recognizing the obvious, especially the dubious moves of politicians. I see this odd behavior often from Democrats, and sadly, I now see it from some Republicans as well.
Published: Monday, July 15th, 2013 @ 9:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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