Sports
DAN KIBLER COLUMN: In pursuit of the elusive green thumb
I am never going to be mistaken for someone who was born with a green thumb. Two left ...
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PAINTING THE TOWN RHETT: Lowder provides inspiration in more ways than baseball
Rhett Lowder’s journey as a baseball player began right here in Stanly County. He played on the same ...
Opinion
DG MARTIN COLUMN: My brother’s mountain cabin
A few days ago, with my wife and family, I drove along I-77 up into Virginia and turned ...
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DAN KIBLER COLUMN: ‘Please, release me, let me go’: How a fish needs to be returned to the water
Pretty soon, bass are going to be spawning across North Carolina’s Piedmont, and it won’t be long until ...
Columns
DOUG CREAMER COLUMN: Unwelcome critters
We live at the end of a street next to acres of woods. It makes for a quiet ...
Letters to the Editor
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Call before you dig
There is one natural gas emergency I will never forget. When I pulled into the driveway, a young ...
Opinion
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Benefits outweigh potential risk
According to the CDC, COVID is still a major cause of serious respiratory illness, with more than 200,000 ...
Opinion
DG MARTIN COLUMN: Candidates who help the other side
What did the Democrats in Ohio do in the recent Republican U.S. Senate primary that North Carolina Democrats ...
Opinion
JOHN HOOD COLUMN: State revenues are down
RALEIGH — State Controller Nels Roseland has just released five months of reports about North Carolina’s General Fund ...
Opinion
MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: What’s the future of small business?
I am now a small business owner. Since retiring from North Carolina State University, I have operated a ...