Beaufort County
A look at the people, geography and history of a large familiar county separated by the Roanoke Sound and from the rest of North Carolina by: the Pamlico, Currituck and Croatan Sounds.
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.
January 1st, 2011
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.
January 1st, 2011
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.
January 1st, 2011
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.
January 1st, 2011
Whose hospital is it anyway? The Beaufort Regional Health System
Second in a series on the Hospital and the Beaufort Health System
January 1st, 2011
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.
January 1st, 2011
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"
January 1st, 2011
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.
January 1st, 2011
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.
January 1st, 2011
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.
January 1st, 2011
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.
January 1st, 2011
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.
January 1st, 2011
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."
January 1st, 2011
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.
January 1st, 2011