Opinion
B.J. DRYE COLUMN: Listen to your elders
It is times like these that I really wish my grandparents were still alive. I would like to…
Opinion
LORI IVEY COLUMN: Families coping with stress, anxiety
By Lori Ivey Many of us are fearful and uncertain about our new normal due to Covid-19. It’s…
News
B.J. DRYE COLUMN: Play ‘Dooley’ for Charlene, donate for Maggie
In trying times like this, it is tough to find anything to keep us entertained. Many of us…
Columns
B.J. DRYE COLUMN: Meanwhile, back at the ranch
Just like starting over. Someone once told me that sometimes you just need to clean the house and…
News
D.G. MARTIN COLUMN: The Chapel Hill flu – 100 years later, will history repeat?
In Chapel Hill people still talk about the influenza pandemic of 1918. Even after more than 100 years…
News
B.J. DRYE COLUMN: Politics and germs
Isn’t everyone glad the primary is over? No more having to see those candidate yard signs until a…
News
D.G. MARTIN COLUMN: Can Sanders be stopped?
Are you, like me, waiting to vote in the upcoming primary until the South Carolina results give us…
News
MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: Why do we have property taxes?
Sometimes we receive news that is both good and bad. I did recently when I was informed of…
News
D.G. MARTIN COLUMN: Mixing books and politics
“Politics and books don’t mix well. You need to decide which one you’re going to write about and…
News
D.G. MARTIN COLUMN: Waiting to read the ‘best book ever’
“It is one of the best books I ever read, maybe the best.” That got my attention, but…