The North Carolina General Assembly remains poised to make open government history next week when lawmakers return to Raleigh for the last time in 2021.
Public schools in North Carolina were forced by the state to require students and staff to wear masks during the 2020-21 school year in an attempt to protect against COVID-19.
If you sat down in the dentist chair, you would think it crazy if the receptionist barged in to say, “Good morning, we’re still trying to hire a hygienist. So between phone calls and scheduling appointments, I’m here to clean your teeth.” It sounds like a Three Stooges skit, but something si…
The Lee County Board of Commissioners is exploring a dramatic change to our county’s emergency management services (EMS), and we need Lee County residents’ support to stop a move that may harm EMS and healthcare across our community.
Is Black barbecue better than what whites prepare?
The amount of heat-trapping emissions humans have spewed into our atmosphere since last Earth Day was 10% less than a typical year, a cause for celebration if not for one salient fact: the reduction in carbon pollution will be short-lived as the global economy rebounds from the effects of th…
In March, 2021, Site Selection Magazine ranked Sanford, NC, #5 nationally in its top 100 ranking of Micropolitan Areas (population between 10,000 and 49,999) based on “corporate projects landed”, making it the highest ranked community in NC.
Businesses join the Chamber of Commerce for several reasons. Years ago, it may have been expected; just something you did when you opened a business and wanted to be in good standing in the community.
A few years ago, I ignored a friend’s question about whether there was a risk of violence to Asians in North Carolina.
To the Editor:
In every age, wherever people have built communities, the danger of fire has loomed on the periphery. Calm summer evenings and quiet wintery nights have been spliced by the sound of a fire station alarm. Men and women from all walks of life have scrambled to the call, the majority of which w…
“Life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020,” according to last week’s news reports.
Lee County Commissioner Robert Reives proved earlier this week that common sense hasn’t disappeared entirely from our elected officials.
4-H encourages life skill development in every aspect of the program.
Last week the Raleigh City Council removed the historic designation of Wakestone, the former home of Josephus Daniels.
“People in publishing have always known that John Hart can flat-out write,” says bestselling author David Baldacci.
Three North Carolina-connected Democrats broke the mold in the recent congressional elections.
In recent years, there has been a major push to censor free speech, but I would argue that we need more voices to be heard, not fewer. The idea seems to be an attempt to filter out opinions and statements that are deemed offensive, but who gets to draw that line? Who gets to decide what opin…
RALEIGH — In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, our schools have gone in a variety of directions. Some public-school districts that shut down last spring have never reopened for in-person learning to any significant degree. Others have welcomed at least their younger students back to school,…
Wednesday was a sad day for America.
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