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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Stephen Curry is no longer underrated
In my hometown of Davidson, almost everyone worships the same god. A basketball playing-god named Stephen Curry. When…
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DAVID FREEZE COLUMN: Whiteville, Nashville, Washington and more
Editor’s note: David Freeze is a runner, running coach and long-distance cyclist from China Grove in Rowan County.…
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Life is better with SNAP
Your recent column by Dean Ridings, CEO of America’s Newspapers, was very important to encourage the public to…
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Words, much like art, left to interpretation
In one of his cartoons, pastor turned artist David Hayward, “The Naked Pastor,” has Jesus say to a…
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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Omar – slave and scholar
What should we teach young students about slavery and its place in North Carolina history? Should we follow…
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Community members react to adult entertainment ordinance revisions
At the commissioners’ meeting this month, the board voted 6-1 to include changes in the adult entertainment zoning…
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Yes, North Carolina governors matter
RALEIGH — With my longtime friend Andy Wells, a former state senator, joining the Republican primary field for…
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Where Georgia beats North Carolina
RALEIGH — A new study of occupational-licensing laws is out — and the results aren’t pretty for North…
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DAVID FREEZE COLUMN: Lillington to Elizabethtown
Editor’s note: David Freeze is a runner, running coach and long-distance cyclist from China Grove in Rowan County.…
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DG MARTIN COLUMN: How the war will end
We don’t know how the war in Ukraine will end, but some day and somehow there will be…