2012-02-09T21:36:19-05:00 urn:uuid:189fcb93-51dc-4b22-a076-5bf75621304d By Scott Mooneyham for the SNAP urn:uuid:6ed3e1e0-e093-47b4-baa3-32d8a6b02783 2012-02-08T15:07:13-05:00

<p> It might have made a nice Hollywood movie.</p>

urn:uuid:17aa4114-7c96-44f3-96cc-27d40cf4a288 2012-02-06T16:22:01-05:00

<p> Today is perhaps the biggest sporting event of the year.</p>

urn:uuid:7e7b363c-90f0-410f-979a-bf5aea988275 2012-02-01T14:16:26-05:00

<p> The themes of bringing the community together, offering quality goods and customer service and shopping local were distributed throughout the Chamber of Commerce&#8217;s annual meeting Monday night.</p>

urn:uuid:a5e18b21-0fb6-4d2c-b81b-41f347592cb1 2012-01-27T09:53:12-05:00

<p> The community had questions, we worked to provide answers.</p>

urn:uuid:bee6e3bf-eb20-4f79-a7f0-49b3dbce2aef 2012-01-25T16:33:51-05:00

<p> The relicensing process for the Yadkin Hydroelectric Project has been ongoing for several years, and we, like many others have had questions regarding how the process works and what have been the issues surrounding this particular license.</p>

By Marina Richardson, Staff Writer urn:uuid:cf58722f-82d6-4dda-8448-b05675dd0463 2012-01-16T11:35:51-05:00

<p> 2012 promises to be a year of change in the lives of many people. I know it will be a year of change in my life.</p>

urn:uuid:f87bed9f-79b1-439f-8651-c6f71e8cf721 2012-01-16T11:30:37-05:00

<p> Many times we find ourselves focusing on the bad things. We often are accused of only writing negative news, when we actually have both good and bad in every edition.</p>

By Marina Richardson, Staff Writer urn:uuid:eb30472d-7fd8-4bff-ad3b-884fc282e07c 2012-01-14T12:46:23-05:00

<p> When I was a child, I considered building forts to be one of the most thrilling aspects of creative play.<br /> The earliest &#8220;forts&#8221; I remember were rings of stuffed animals, dolls and pillows that surrounded me when I went to sleep at night. Mom and Dad would build these forts with me and my siblings at night to keep us from being scared of monsters under the bed or in the closet. They offered a sense of security and became a fun bedtime ritual.</p>

urn:uuid:93319ac4-69dd-4fa9-84ed-ccfc33e2ffc5 2012-01-11T16:44:48-05:00

<p> There has to be a better way.<br /> Some of us reached that conclusion after discussing the mess our congressional and legislative governing systems have come to.</p>

urn:uuid:bc15d623-1e2d-46be-af14-5ed1f73150d8 2012-01-06T16:48:53-05:00

<p> <em>The following release was issued Friday morning by Stanly County Manager Andy Lucas.</em></p> <p> &#160;</p>