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Pitt Community College names its first woman president
WINTERVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - An Eastern Carolina community college has named its first ever woman to serve as its president. Pitt Community College says that the State Board of Community Colleges approved Dr. Maria Pharr to be named next president of the college. Pharr has been the president of South...
Four sites fail Swim Guide test this week
WASHINGTON [July 19, 2024] — Heavy rain in much of eastern North Carolina is affecting water quality in local waterways. Four Tar-Pamlico sites failed to meet recreational water-quality standards this week: River Road in Tarboro, Havens Gardens in Washington, Cotton Patch Landing in Blounts Creek and Bonner Point in Bath. Tar River Reservoir and Sunset […] The post Four sites fail Swim Guide test this week appeared first on Washington Daily News.
Jackson campaign triples quarterly receipts of Bishop
(The Center Square) – Jeff Jackson, the Democratic candidate for attorney general in North Carolina, raised more than triple his opponent in the second fundraising quarter. In a matchup of sitting members from the U.S. House of Representatives, Jackson ended the period with $5.7 million in the bank to Republican Dan Bishop's $2.7 million. Jackson represents the 14th Congressional District, Bishop the 8th. As representatives, both candidates have often found...
Ready for Fall Semester? ECC to hold new student orientation Wednesday
New students gearing up for the fall semester at Edgecombe Community College are invited to join college officials for a new student orientation event. The event will be held from 5-6 p.m. Wednesday on the community college’s Tarboro campus in the multipurpose room of the Barnhill-Jenkins Center for Innovation and is aptly named the Student Transition, Advising, and Registration Time @ ECC (or START@ECC), to help new students start off on the right track prior to the fall semester. ...
Mo Green (D) and Michele Morrow (R) are running in the general election for North Carolina superintendent of public instruction
Mo Green (D) and Michele Morrow (R) are running in the general election for North Carolina superintendent of public instruction on November 5, 2024. Morrow defeated incumbent Catherine Truitt (R) in the Republican primary. In June 2024, Education Week’s Libbie Stanford described voters’ choice between Green and Morrow as one...
Slides labeling Pro-Life groups terrorists used for 7 years at Fort Liberty
Training slides labeling Pro-Life Americans as terrorists have been used for at least seven years for terrorism training at Fort Liberty (formerly known as Fort Bragg), according to a letter that North Carolina Republican US Senator Ted Budd received from the US Army. Budd and Congressman Richard Hudson, R, NC-09,...
ECU Health wins 2024 Highsmith Innovation Award from North Carolina Hospital Association
ECU Health once again rises this week with being given an award for patient's healthcare. According to ECU Health they were awarded on Thursday July 18 with the North Carolina Hospital Association’s 2024 Highsmith Award for Innovation. The award is given to a member institution or to an individual/team employed by an NCHA member institution for innovation that creates value for patients of healthcare.
What-A-Burger #13 in N. Carolina Fires Back in Suit Versus Whataburger in Texas
Whataburger is a Texas-born and bred burger chain that has gained a huge following throughout its 50-plus years. The company now has plans to expand into the Carolinas where a similarly named burger joint exists, What-A-Burger #13. Whataburger has talked with this restaurant before and believes they breached their agreement and violated their trademark.
VIDEO: Room on the coattails of Trump for Robinson, Bishop
(The Center Square) – With one congressional race a toss-up, and the election of governor and attorney general razor close as well, a North Carolina delegate to the Republican National Convention says there is room on the coattails of Donald Trump on Nov. 5. That’s encouraging for Mark Robinson and Dan Bishop, respectively, in their challenges against Josh Stein and Jeff Jackson. The Robinson-Stein governor's race may be the nation's most expensive, and each is close. ...
Judge halts gubernatorial candidate’s misdirection of taxpayer funds
(The Center Square) – Direction of taxpayer funds from the world’s largest pork producer by North Carolina’s Democratic candidate for governor has been stopped by a Superior Court judge. Attorney General Josh Stein, Gov. Roy Cooper and state Controller Nels Roseland were dealt defeat by a Randolph County pastor, Jonathan Burris, suing on behalf of […]
Rodgers will attend Youth Voice
For the first time since its inception, a Martin County Boys and Girls Club member will be attending the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) Youth Voice 2024. South Creek Middle School student and Robersonville Boys and Girls Club member Nieenma Rodgers will be participating in the 117th Annual NCACC Conference on Aug. 8-10 in Forsyth County. Commissioners Emily Biggs, Ronnie Smith and Chair Dempsey Bond will be attending...
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