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HORTICULTURE COLUMN: Great time for garden planning
February through March is a crucial time for the home gardener. While there may not be significant activity ...
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DOUG CREAMER COLUMN: Hope in the future
Last week was the annual State DECA Competition. DECA is an association of marketing students. You may be ...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Hate will never solve a problem
A young conservative friend of mine in Albemarle once said I was the only Democrat he actually respected ...
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OPINION: Lawmakers need to act now opioid epidemic
For over three and a half decades, the Safer Communities Ministry has helped transform the lives of North ...
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DG MARTIN COLUMN: The Claiborne Brothers – Jack and Slug
When I lived in Charlotte during the final days of the last century, two of the most important ...
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DOUG CREAMER COLUMN: Sharing our faith
When I was in college our church organized the college students into groups and sent us out on ...
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Democrats hope to defend governor’s office
RALEIGH — Since the turn of the 20th century, North Carolina voters have picked Republicans for governor just ...
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Lieutenant governor race draws 14 candidates
RALEIGH — Most of the executive-branch offices comprising North Carolina’s Council of State are either open seats in ...
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: 3 Democrats run for attorney general
RALEIGH — Since end of Reconstruction in 1877, a Republican candidate has been elected North Carolina’s attorney general ...
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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Lefty Driesell in his own words
Coach Lefty Driesell died on Feb. 17. He coached successful basketball teams at Davidson, Maryland, James Madison and ...