Opinion
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Solar farm is bad for Stanly County
News that EDPR will begin construction on its first solar installation in North Carolina is bad news for…
Opinion
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Medicaid expansion will change lives
As a hospital doctor, I see older patients too frail to live alone unable to afford a nursing…
Opinion
DAVID FREEZE COLUMN: Four more counties on a cool, drizzly day
Editor’s Note: David Freeze is a runner, running coach and long-distance cyclist from China Grove in Rowan County.…
Opinion
MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: Where’s the job market headed?
Jobs are a crucial part — some would say “the” crucial part — of the economy. People take…
Opinion
DAVID FREEZE COLUMN: Adventure starts chilly for Freeze
Editor’s Note: David Freeze is a runner, running coach and long-distance cyclist from China Grove in Rowan County.…
Opinion
LARRY PENKAVA COLUMN: Daddy left his legacy on celluloid
Everybody’s a photographer these days. If you own a smartphone, chances are it has a built-in camera. That…
Opinion
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Health Department deserves support, not politics
It is discouraging, but not surprising, that our county commissioners are, as they have since the beginning of…
Opinion
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: We don’t need Health Board making decisions for us
The recent 7-4 decision of our local health board to withhold support of a resolution connected to Medical…
Opinion
MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: Will North Carolina be the new leader in energy?
Although there are debates about the speed and details, it is clear that an energy transition is taking…
Columns
LARRY PENKAVA COLUMN: Looking at beds from my lofty perch
I’ve always been an upper berth kinda guy. To be clear, I said upper berth, not upper crust.…