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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Parents, do your homework
“It’s 10 o’clock. Do you know where your kids are?” Such was the state ment closing out news ...
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D.G. Martin
DG MARTIN COLUMN: Hurricane Ian reminded us
Hurricane Ian hit us here in North Carolina last week hard enough to get our attention with its ...
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DEAN RIDINGS COLUMN: Making a difference in the community in many ways
National Newspaper Week began Oct. 2. While this isn’t the typical holiday that most families celebrate, it does ...
John Hood
JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Should today’s teens be optimistic?
RALEIGH — The North Carolina of my childhood had an economy very different from that of the average ...
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Democratic justices reject Democratic vote
RALEIGH — On Nov. 6, 2018, the people of North Carolina voted to amend their state constitution. By ...
Mike Walden
MIKE WALDEN: Is the social safety net a spring board or a cushion?
There are few public issues that create more debate than the “social safety net.” By social safety net, ...
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Let’s make Medicaid expansion work
RALEIGH — Are Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, Republican House Speaker Tim Moore, and Republican Senate leader Phil Berger ...
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DOUG CREAMER COLUMN: Maintaining our faith
When spring rolled around this year I thought I would change the oil in my lawn mower. Each ...
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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Losing, gaining in ‘Roadside Eateries’
There is agony and there is ecstasy in revising my favorite book, “North Carolina Roadside Eateries.” The book ...
Letters to the Editor
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: More work to do
While energy prices may have begun to cool for now, Congress cannot take its foot off the proverbial ...