Opinion
Kent Bernhardt: Hello – Can I Have a Moment of Your Time? (06.24)
I see North Carolina’s Attorney General is lowering the boom on robocalls, and he has my blessing – ...
Opinion
Kenneth Hardin: If we can build parks, let’s take care of the homeless, too
Any of the thousands of people who follow me on social media across this country and in eight ...
Opinion
Larry Efird: Dreams and Doorkeepers
“I’d rather be a doorkeeper in the house of the Lord.” (Psalm 84:10a, English Standard Version) As many ...
Lifestyle
David Freeze: Heading east into major history
Editor’s note: David Freeze is completing a challenge to run in a few miles in every county seat ...
Opinion
Lynna Clark: Just happy
By Lynna Clark My sister’s name popped up on my new smart phone. Actually it’s a stupid phone ...
Opinion
Kent Bernhardt: Reunions
I’m normally not a reunion sort of guy, but this year I will attend my 50th high school ...
Lifestyle
Gotta Run: The farthest counties west
Editor’s note: David Freeze is completing a challenge to run in a few miles in every county seat ...
Lifestyle
Kent Bernhardt: What’s with all the squirrels?
By Kent Bernhardt Is it me, or is Salisbury just infested with squirrels lately? Maybe I just never ...
Lifestyle
Gotta Run: Mountain county seats visited
Editor’s note: David Freeze is completing a challenge to run in a few miles in every county seat ...
Lifestyle
Kent Bernhardt: Not cool — don’t wanna be
By Kent Bernhardt I’m not cool. It’s a reality that I’m comfortable with because the truth is I ...
Opinion
Clyde: Name that May flower
“Whan that April with his showres soote The droughte of March hath perced to the roote, And bathed ...
Lifestyle
Gotta Run: Iredell, Mecklenburg among the county seats visited that are close by
Editor’s note: David Freeze is completing a challenge to run in a few miles in every county seat ...
Lifestyle
Gotta Run: US Highway 74 yields four county seats
Editor’s note: David Freeze is completing a challenge to run in a few miles in every county seat ...
Lifestyle
David Freeze: More county seats along the interstate, but all with interesting downtowns!
Editor’s note: David Freeze is completing a challenge to run in a few miles in every county seat ...
Opinion
Clyde: There are faces we remember…
“For if any be a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a ...
News
Gotta Run: A perfect day in the NC foothills and mountains
Editor’s note: David Freeze is completing a challenge to run in a few miles in every county seat ...
News Main
Gotta Run: Heading into the high country
Editor’s note: David Freeze has started a challenge to run in a few miles in every county seat ...
Opinion
Clyde: Breaking ground
“When the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day, they ...
Lifestyle
Gotta Run: The 100-county adventure is underway
It was just two weeks ago when we ran the first story about my planned visit to all ...
Opinion
Clyde: Fed up
“For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags” ...
Opinion
Clyde: Love never ends
“And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold” — Matthew 24:12 How do you ...
Opinion
Clyde: Time will tell
As the years go by … things we wish we had known all along: Chickens are not smart ...
Opinion
Clyde: Keeping watch
“W atchman, tell us of the night what, its signs of promise are: Traveler, o’er yon mountain’s height ...
Opinion
Clyde: Home is where the hearth is
“For my days are consumed like smoke and my bones are burned as an hearth” (Psalm 102:3). Not ...
Lifestyle
David Freeze: What I’m thankful for!
What I’m thankful for: The opportunity to do this column year after year. Life changes and so do ...
Opinion
Clyde: Come ye thankful people, come
“We plough the fields and scatter the good seed on the land” —Mathias Claudius 1740-1815 Not too much ...
Opinion
Clyde: Hallowed ground
The gate was ajar. The late October day turned cold as the sun fell like a great pumpkin. ...
Opinion
Clyde: Like I was saying …
Use these often overheard words in a simple sentence. Read aloud. Query: Granite comes from the query. Skeeters: ...