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Beaufort County

A look at the people, geography and history of a large familiar county separated by one big flowing river.

Cash-poor hospital accepts county's favor to buy its real estate

The hospital and the county shook hands today on a deal that will provide the hospital with the means to pay its debt service to the county and have operating capital.

July 28th, 2010

Remembering a Hometown Hero, and Renaming the Runyon Creek Bridge

We would like to propose to the community that this bridge be renamed in Patrick's honor as the Capt. Patrick B. Olson Bridge.

July 28th, 2010

Hospital mails RFP’s, Cost-Containment Committee re-emerges

For the moment, Beaufort Regional Health System seems to be making some real progress down the much-debated dual-track approach to saving the Washington-based hospital.

July 28th, 2010

Discovering Mac'swood

Once upon a time, in the middle of a large county there was a small town, and in the middle of the small town there was a thick, swampy, yet habitable wood.

July 27th, 2010

Whose hospital is it anyway? The Beaufort Regional Health System

Second in a series on the Hospital and the Beaufort Health System

July 20th, 2010

Whose hospital is it anyway? We begin a series examining its organizational structure

The purpose of this series is to attempt to provide a simplified description of the multiple entities of that system.

July 19th, 2010

Hospital board decides to stick with Acting CEO, chairman resigns

The Beaufort County Health Systems board met Tuesday night (7-13-10) and decided not to employ an outside "interim CEO or management team"

July 14th, 2010

County Commissioners hear a report on the Hospital

Commissioner Hood Richardson challenges the Committee of 100 and the Buster Humphries to explain why the Beaufort County Medical Center is not capable of surviving without a partner.

July 14th, 2010

Sandy Hardy reveals his next move to Beaufort County Now

In an exclusive interview with Beaufort County Now, Beaufort Regional Health System hospital board Chairman Sandy Hardy revealed his plan to attempt to regain an element of trust among board members.

July 8th, 2010

Hardy cancels meeting to 'un-hire' UHS

An attempt by the hospital board’s new majority to take sweeping action and “cancel the management agreement with University Health Systems” was thwarted by legal minutiae.

July 8th, 2010

BRHS board calls special meeting to un-hire UHS

University Health Systems should not unpack its suitcase just yet; its stay as management of Beaufort Regional Health Systems could be very temporary.

July 6th, 2010

Here's a look at the financial condition of the Beaufort Health System

We don't think we know nearly all that we need to know to provide the needed information that our readers can answer that question for themselves, but some things are becoming clear.

July 6th, 2010

Bedsole resigns as CEO of Beaufort County Medical Center

As fear over Beaufort County Medical Center's financial situation nears its crescendo, the BCMC Chief Executive Officer Bill Bedsole resigns to "pursue other opportunities."

June 24th, 2010

New Hanover Regional Medical Center Says No Thanks to BCMC

As the Beaufort County Medical Center struggles to understand its predicament, the New Hanover Medical Center says no to a merger.

June 21st, 2010

This Publisher’s short Commentary Regarding the Quasi-Private Meeting Regarding the BCMC

Was it a private meeting with only the Washington Daily News having access? We mean to find out.

June 21st, 2010

Futrell selling Washington Daily News to Alabama-based company

On July 31, Beaufort County’s only locally owned print newspaper, the Washington Daily News, will soon be under the ownership of an Alabama-based newspaper conglomerate, Boone Newspapers Inc.

June 17th, 2010