By Hope Oliphant At Marketplace and Meeting Place, we encounter individuals whose lives have been shaped by barriers, adversity and the effects of trauma. For ...
By John Hood During the just-ended 2024 election campaign, candidates for offices such as governor, legislature, county commission and state superintendent of public instruction talked ...
By Dr. Lauren Fox On Nov. 5, voters in three states rejected private school voucher measures on their ballots. A majority (58 percent) of voters ...
Trump 2.0 In response to one perennial Post pundit, who has griped and whined for four years since the rigged 2020 election, you and many ...
By Heather Kincel and Ron Church November is a time when we pause our busy schedules to give thanks. Thanks to our family, thanks to ...
By Cal Thomas If any constitutional amendment can be hated, it would be the 16th Amendment. Passed by Congress in 1909 and ratified by the ...
Help build a healthier future: Support the 2024 United Way campaign For years, the YMCA has been dedicated to strengthening our community through youth development, ...
By Clyde Gray dry sticks in the well-worn path crackled as he made his way past the light from the window in the brown house ...
By John Hood The University of North Carolina system enrolled more students this fall — about 248,000 — than ever before. But continued growth is ...
By D.G. Martin November is full of special days and holidays. This year, one of the most important was Election Day, Nov. 5. That day ...
By Jennifer Ethridge In North Carolina in 2023, there were 9,618 emergency department visits due to opioid overdose. More than 450,000 adults and young adults ...
By Kim Porter Dear Neighbor, It is safe for me to say I was not really brought up in a religious home. We were not ...
By Cal Thomas As in most presidential election years, ballot measures are usually overlooked or downplayed by the national media. One is in Florida where a ...
By John Hood The 2024 election cycle will be one for the history books — be they about American politics generally or North Carolina specifically. ...
By Jim Beard If you are a Democrat or a Democrat-leaning person, you are probably like me, in a lot of pain right now. As ...
By Dr. Kelly W. Withers In Rowan County, we take pride in looking out for one another. When a family faces hardship, our community steps ...
By Tom Campbell There’s no other way to describe the General Election than to say Republicans enjoyed a stunning victory, winning the presidency, both houses ...
By D.G. Martin My wife Harriet and I were grateful last month to be invited to the Annual Tar Heel Tribute on the UNC-Chapel Hill ...
By Gene Lyons Odds are I won’t have to deal with it: the latest thing men are doing wrong according to the (largely female) writers ...
By Steven V. Roberts Two words dominated the presidential campaign from the beginning to the end: gas and groceries. For all the twists and turns ...
Capstone saves substance abusers Around the corner, across the street, our next-door neighbor. We never know whose life is devastated by substance abuse. According to ...
By Dr. Mike Walden My wife and I have been receiving monthly Social Security payments for several years. We also receive monthly payments from other ...
By Kim Porter Dear Neighbor, Have you ever thought of how risky it is to just live? Think with me for a moment. Look at ...
Our struggling public schools and the dismal voting records of Carl Ford and Harry Warren Rowan County’s state legislative delegation has consistently voted for measures that ...
Teachers need candidates who support our public schools Teachers and school support professionals represent a large percentage of voters in this county. Many in the ...
By Steven V. Roberts When the megarich owners of the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times spiked editorials endorsing Kamala Harris over Donald Trump, ...
By Byron York You can feel it — Republican confidence in victory is growing. Many in the GOP, from elected officials to pundits on the ...
By Kenneth L. Hardin As I look back over the rollercoaster that has been my existence on this third planet from the sun, I marvel ...
On Thursday, November 21 at 7:00 PM ET, the New Jersey Devils are set to face off against…
For people wanting to wager on the upcoming battle between the Carolina Hurricanes and the New Jersey Devils…
In the upcoming contest versus the New Jersey Devils, which starts at 7:00 PM ET on Thursday, can…
In the upcoming contest against the New Jersey Devils, which starts at 7:00 PM ET on Thursday, can…
The Carolina Hurricanes’ upcoming contest against the New Jersey Devils is set for Thursday at 7:00 PM ET.…