Articles by Halifax Media
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Editorial: Bring back the good ole days of the ’50s
What’s in your wallet? Probably less than last year and the year before, if you are a typical middle-class American with a full-time job. READ MORE
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Editorial: Bill puts teeth in transparency law
A group of Republican lawmakers, state Sen. Norman Sanderson, R-Pamlico, among them, wants governments across North Carolina to get serious about transparency. They have filed a bill that, if passed, will make it a crime to be secretive about the public's business. READ MORE
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Editorial: Health-care costs raised by mindset
When it comes to our own spending, we Americans want more for less. Yet we also demand the best, though “the best” can be expensive. That’s as true in health care as in our personal purchases. READ MORE
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Editorial: It’s a good time to reduce spending
There’s not much to like about sequestration, particularly in a community that would have a front-row seat to the impact on the nation’s defense. READ MORE
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Editorial: A Martian trip of a lifetime
In the 1990 movie “Total Recall,” vacations to Mars were commonplace in the future. Now, a very rich man named Dennis Tito, an investment consultant, wants to launch a married couple into space for about 16 months so they can circle Mars, the great red planet, and then come back to terra firma. READ MORE
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Editorial: Help keep government open and transparent
It’s Sunshine Week, the time every year when newspapers across American call attention to the importance of open meetings and public records laws in our free society. READ MORE
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Firefighters working to contain blaze in Croatan
A 10-acre fire that began late Sunday night in the Croatan National Forest rapidly ballooned to one that had consumed 550 acres and continued to burn into Monday night. READ MORE
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Croatan wildfire nearly contained
A wildfire that started Sunday night in the Croatan National Forest is mostly contained, fire officials said Tuesday. READ MORE
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Man faces sex offense charges involving teen
An elderly Carteret County man has been charged with sex offenses involving a 16-year-old girl. READ MORE
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Hospital plans $64 million expansion
CarolinaEast Health System is making the largest expansion and renovation project in the medical provider’s 50-year history. READ MORE
