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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: How can homeowners cope with high interest rates?
One of the busiest times of my career as a faculty member at North Carolina State University was ...
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PEEKING INTO THE PAST: Dr. Bivens
Dr. Edward S. Bivens was originally from Wadesboro. He received his undergraduate degree from Davidson in 1937, followed ...
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LARRY PENKAVA COLUMN: A pop quiz for the elderly
When Jimmy Buffett died on Sept. 1, I, like many of you, was saddened. I hadn’t really thought ...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Were teachers, administrators proficient in school?
In response to the data sets listed in the Sept. 8 article detailing reasons for “low grade level ...
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DG MARTIN COLUMN: 100 years of history
What can we learn from our state’s history? Many of us learned the basics in the eighth grade. ...
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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: Is higher education facing a reset?
I spent all of my professional career — totaling 43 years — in higher education. When I joined ...
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DAN KIBLER COLUMN: Was Idalia a big factor in Neuse River fish kill?
A hurricane doesn’t have to make a direct hit on the North Carolina coast to do damage. A ...
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: College rankings reveal awkward truths
RALEIGH — College and university rankings are a massive deal, as Regina George might say — and not ...
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LIVESTOCK COLUMN: What’s in your toolbox for fall calving?
If they aren’t already, fall calves will be dropping soon, so it’s a good time to evaluate what’s ...
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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Reading to the end
You are not going to finish reading this column. And it is not necessarily because the column is ...