Black panther spotted as logging occurs in eastern Carteret THEY EXIST !!!
Eyewitness encounter jibes with other credible reports over past decades TOWN OF BEAUFORT – I received a fascinating email Monday morning from Deanna Gillikin. For many years, she has lived adjacent to a dense wooded area, bounded in part by…
Part 3 of 4: ‘It’s the System, Stupid!’
Milking ‘The Grid’ for all it’s worth
Editor’s note: A former engineer with Motorola, Mr. Allison is a frequent contributor to this newspaper. As electric vehicles, 5G Internet, and cyber-currencies proliferate, Allison explains how utilities must adapt in order to accommodate increasing demands upon The Grid. USA…
Local Navy JROTC Unit takes 11TH in Nation
By Flora Moorman SAN DIEGO, CA – Students who comprise the Academic Team of the Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps at Pamlico County High School competed with their peers on April 30 aboard the USS Midway – placing eleventh…
Officials give sewer system $500K Proposed new library gets zilch
BAYBORO – No one put it quite this way, but maybe the unanimous thinking Monday night among the seven Pamlico County Commissioners was that our neck of the woods needs an expansion of sewage treatment more than a spanking new…
Big Brother! Stick your ‘Disinformation Board’ where the sun don’t shine!
WASHINGTON, DC -– This week, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced legislation to prevent taxpayer dollars from being used to establish the Biden administration’s ‘Disinformation Governance Board’ at the Department of Homeland Security. “The Disinformation Governance Board is an Orwellian…
Part 1 of 4: ‘It’s the System, Stupid!’
Electric Vehicles actually increase carbon emissions!
Last week, Dexter Liu completed a well-written three-part analysis on the electric vehicle and why it is not ready for prime time. I agree. Here are additional considerations. Since the Tesla Model 3 weighs about the same as the Chevrolet…
“Hey little Johnny! Or is it Joanna?”
Local schools move away from just the 3 R’s Parents not notified if student (of any age) changes ‘gender assignment’ BAYBORO – Pamlico County School District reminds me of any typical family. We have our arguments, but in the end…
Wake goes WOKE!
By Carolina Partnership For Reform WAKE COUNTY – This week, the Wake County School Board approved Millbrook High School’s request to ‘partner’ with a radical organization called “We Are” on so-called “anti-racist teacher training.” We Are, according to its own…
‘Jawsome’ creature to devour Aurora! Name the Dinosaur Contest
AURORA – This monster showed up Tuesday to inspect the parade route and tromping grounds of the May 27 – May 29 Fossil Festival where he (she?) plans to cavort and frolic. Festival attendees can even ride the beast!…
Down East couple arrested following ICAC Investigation
On 04/18/2022 Detectives with the Carteret County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force arrested Kelli Wells Harper, 28, of Beaufort, NC. Harper was charged as the result of an undercover Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigation, conducted by…
Third in a three-part series:
Electric Vehicle future not quite ready for ‘prime time’
By Dexter Liu ‘Thermal runaway’ is a dangerous condition unique to lithium-ion batteries. Overheating can end up in a catastrophic fire. “Battery fires, what consumers should know,” a Forbes article published September 16, 2021, revealed that while the EV manufacturers’…