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HORTICULTURE COLUMN: What do the USDA Hardiness Zone changes mean for Stanly?
By Andrew Pfeifer, Stanly Horticulture Agent The USDA Hardiness Zones are utilized by gardeners and other entities to ...
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DOUG CREAMER COLUMN: Feeling under the weather
I’ve been feeling under the weather this past week. Some may say that I’m feeling under the weather ...
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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Blowing Rock and Korea in 1950
Count on Ron Rash to use his stories to take his readers on a trip back in time, ...
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: 5 candidates run to replace Folwell
RALEIGH — After eight years as state treasurer of North Carolina — and prior public-service roles as school-board ...
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DAN KIBLER COLUMN: Roanoke River striper fishery has collapsed; no harvest this year
The striped bass fishery in North Carolina’s Roanoke River has alternately been the best thing going and a ...
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: When investing in yourself, diversify
RALEIGH — Diversify your portfolio. That’s excellent investment advice — but it applies to many more situations than ...
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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Losing great poets
Fred Chappell, former North Carolina Poet Laureate and longtime professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. ...
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Insurance commissioner seeks third term
RALEIGH — If incumbent Mike Causey wins the Republican nod for insurance commissioner in March, it’ll be his ...
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: 6 Republicans want to be auditor
RALEIGH — The former state auditor of North Carolina, Beth Wood, never lost an election. She clinched the ...
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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: What went right to prevent the 2023 recession?
The 2023 economy ended with a bang. In the last three months of the year, real gross domestic ...