
Guest columns
Francis Koster: Let’s all take a deep breath and help our kids
S chools are often the heart of communities. My own memories of primary school included time spent playing dodgeball on the playground, my excitement when ...
S chools are often the heart of communities. My own memories of primary school included time spent playing dodgeball on the playground, my excitement when ...
This letter is addressed to anyone who has decided NOT to get the recommended COVID-19 vaccine to prevent more hospitalizations and deaths locally and around ...
We entrust many of our precious elders and many other adults and children to direct care workers. Health and human services providers desperately want to ...
“It is important to understand that police K-9s are trained to use force against criminal suspects and the handler must ensure that they have complete ...
“The challenge facing our schools is unprecedented,” said candidate Joe Biden last July. “President Trump has made it much worse. We had a window to ...
During the 2020 campaign, candidate Joe Biden promised to undo President Donald Trump’s border security policies. He pledged to halt all deportations for 100 days ...
By Tarik Woods Let’s begin with the biggest concession: $1.9 trillion is a lot of cash. It was an enormous amount when our Congress passed ...
By Genia Woods As my first column in the Salisbury Post, I must thank Editor Josh Bergeron for this opportunity. Also as a member of ...
By Gary Pearce A national reporter recently wrote a flattering article about Governor Roy Cooper, but seemed flummoxed by Cooper’s political success. In “What Does ...
By Dallas Woodhouse North Carolina Senate Republicans failed to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 37, which would have forced local school districts ...
By Sarah Verardo and Rep. David Willis An Alive Day marks the day a service member nearly died in combat but through the modernization of ...
By John Hood RALEIGH — Too many North Carolinians lack access to the medical services they need. One possible response, as we have heard incessantly ...
By Sharon Randall What are the foods that you can only taste in memories? Your mother’s biscuits? Your dad’s eggnog? The mud pies you made ...
By Francis Koster As I listen to intense discussions between various political tribes as they debate about the spread of COVID-19 verses excessive government regulation, ...
Livingstone News Service SALISBURY — Johnny Stoutamire Jr. of Livingstone College was inducted into the 2021 CIAA John B. McLendon Hall of Fame Class ...
By Nalini Joseph While I was doing a little online research on cancel culture, I found a few things that disturbed me about this new ...
By Pam Hylton Coffield The first phase of the Downtown Main Street Plan proposes changing North and South Main streets to three lanes instead of ...
“We’ve got to be thankful for whatever we can get right now. Not every year do you have to deal with a pandemic. The city, ...
It’s one of the most basic questions of the U.S. Capitol riot investigation: What was the rioters’ plan? What did they think was going to ...
President Biden faces a tough choice on immigration. Does he accept compromises that advance some, but not all, items on his reform agenda? Or does ...
By Ada Fisher The recent action taken by the Quaker Oats family of products to change the name of Aunt Jemima to the Pearl Milling ...
By Sharon Randall Have you ever read a letter that made you tremble like leaves on a poplar? My grandmother raised 10 children, nine high-spirited ...
By Gary Pearce Maybe Sen. Richard Burr’s “guilty” vote in Donald Trump’s trial was revenge on Trump for Trump getting revenge on him. Or maybe ...
Election law disputes have dominated North Carolina politics for a decade as Republican lawmakers have sought to restrict voting and Democrats have sought to make ...
By John Hood RALEIGH — When it comes to giving out business incentives, you won’t find North Carolina at the top of the list. Don’t ...
Uh-oh. Joe Biden is talking unity again. It came last week at a CNN town hall in Milwaukee in response to a question about how ...
By Clyde Be careful what you dig up. Dirt from the Anglo-Saxon “dritan” literally means excrement. When’s the last time you stepped in any or ...
By Francis Koster America’s health insurance system is like a ratty old quilt. If your body is covered by the thick part of the quilt, ...