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Robeson County, in southeastern North Carolina, has officially become the state's poorest jurisdiction.
It's that time of year when secularists and atheists join forces to eradicate all signs of Christmas from the Christmas season. Thus Christmas trees become "holiday" trees and timid Christians swallow the attacks on their faith and their intelligence.
The Great Recession offered new ammunition to those attacking the American system of free enterprise, while defenders of that system have spent recent years refining their arguments.
Religious freedom is under new and sustained pressure. A recent Pew Forum report found that between mid-2009 and mid-2010, religious restrictions increased in every major region of the world.
Incumbent Democratic state Treasurer Janet Cowell and Republican challenger Steve Royal don't agree on much, but concur that lack of statewide name recognition is a challenge in the Nov. 6 general election.
The race to fill the open seat in state House District 63 is being waged by a pair of veteran municipal officials, one viewed in some quarters as an establishment Republican, the other a Democrat with some conservative notions.
A Cary government watchdog organization believes the town is violating state law by placing a one-sided video on the town's website hailing the benefits of tax increases to pay $80 million for three bond referendums on the Nov. 6 ballot.
Durham County Democrats say Republican complaints about hosting partisan Democratic events at government facilities are off-base because nothing prevents Republicans from using public meeting space for their own partisan activities.
The State of North Carolina is blocking 150 new jobs and otherwise trying to put a regulatory hammer lock on Rose Acre farms. This is another one of those stories that answers the question: How dumb can you be?
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.
As part of the Economic Impact Analysis, a public outreach effort is being conducted to gather input from the public on the current use of Highway 17 and the vision for the highway's future.
Wind projects on the North Carolina coast are meeting resistance from three fronts: concerns over bird kills, worries about military training, and GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's opposition to favorable tax treatment for specific industries.
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That's the argument the attorney for a Kernersville property developer is making. Only problem is it's not his client's land that would become more valuable.
A Moore County man who was on probation for domestic violence charges is accused of killing his live-in girlfriend, whose body was found Wednesday near the entrance to the county landfill, authorities said.
Dr. Barbara Tansey, vice president of Academic and Student Services at Fayetteville Technical Community College, has been named as the new president of Beaufort County Community College.
The Schooner Jeanie B, a 72' tall masted sailing vessel, will be coming to the City of Washington and become a fixture to the community of Eastern North Carolina.
Vidant Beaufort Hospital and Vidant Pungo Hospital have grant funds available to help meet community health needs Vidant Health wants to do more for people to improve their health before they reach the point of having to be hospitalized.
The 17th Annual East Carolina Wildlife Arts Festival and North Carolina Decoy Carving Championships will be held in Washington, North Carolina February 10-12, 2012.
Representatives from Martin-Marietta meet with the public in Beaufort County Monday night (1-31-12) to review plans for the Vanceboro quarry being proposed for southern Beaufort County.
A wave of similar reactions rippled through the city last week as news of the proposal spread. Within days a neighborhood-driven opposition movement was growing, fed in part by the secretive nature of port and company officials in their first steps at outreach.
Just yesterday a constituent asked my opinion on the possible PCS sulfur smelting plant at their Aurora, North Carolina mine, to which I answered, "we may not have to concern ourselves with this since PCS is considering the Portsmouth Marine Terminal to site the plant."
Beaufort County Manager Randell Woodruff has just announced the Martin Marietta will hold a public hearing in the Superior Court Room in the Beaufort County Court House on January 31, 2012 at 6:00 pm.
Fishing has always been one of North Carolina's most important industries. And much of that industry is based on the Oregon Inlet.
The following response to questions the Beaufort Observer submitted to Paxton Badham of Martin Marietta has been received and is published here exactly as received.
This is a follow-up to an earlier article on the turnout at the Chocowinity Town Board Meeting Tuesday (1-3-12) night and the anticipated Beaufort County Commissioner's meeting next Monday night (1-6-12).
Confusion reigned at the Chocowinity Town Board meeting Tuesday night.
In what could be a potentially significant obstacle to the plans to build a windfarm near Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in Beaufort County the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service filed a position with the N. C. Utilities Commission 12/5/11 raising concerns about their impact.
The Turnage Theater will cease operations December 17 following the December 16 performance of the Tar River Swing Band's Christmas show.
Rep. Bill Cook (R-Beaufort/Pitt), currently serving his first term in the North Carolina House of Representatives, recently gained recognition by two leading state and national conservative organizations for his service in the NC House.
Thanksgiving as a holiday just makes profound sense. It is one of the Unites States's oldest holidays and is emblematic of who Americans are ... or maybe were.
In spite of hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayer money that have been poured into the Fountain Powerboat business, it appears that the new ownership is doing no better than former CEO Reggie Fountain did.
I had the opportunity Thursday to participate in the opening ceremony, in Kinston NC, of the traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall, the "Wall That Heals". This wall is a half scale replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington DC.
The crux of that issue is what kind of odor will be released as a result of that process. Thus, where it is located becomes a question of who is concerned about it.
"When's the power going to be back on?" That's The Question...the most frequent question we received from readers in the aftermath of Irene, after the water came back on.
United States Highway 17 has now completed the southern leg of the proposed bypass, around part of New Bern, which will make travel much faster for those traveling along North Carolina's farthest east, north / south corridor.
Hatteras Island is not accessible due to multiple areas of overwash on Hwy 12 north of Rodanthe from Hurricane Irene.
Earlier I posted the projected path of Hurricane Irene, and openly prayed that the monstrous storm would pass farther east. It did not.
What may be the worst hurricane in the last 56 years (since Hurricane Hazel in 1954) has released its horrendous grip on the county I call home - Beaufort.
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