Opinion
ROGER THOMAS FILM REVIEW: ‘Crawl’: A natural thriller
When I was 13 in the summer of 1975, “Jaws” was all the rage. Almost everyone saw it.…
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LORI IVEY COLUMN: Trying to stay positive
Contributed Being healthy is something many of us strive for, but often we focus on changing or making…
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DG MARTIN COLUMN: UNC — built by fire and stone
The boundaries of the university should be “coterminous with the boundaries of the state.” Leaders of the University…
Opinion
ROGER WATSON COLUMN: Who will have the power?
The Albemarle City Council spent some time looking at electrical rates and talking about how to make them…
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B.J. DRYE Column: Community’s prayers have aided one of my West Stanly classmates
Time flies when you are having fun. It flies even faster when you are not having fun. It…
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ROGER THOMAS FILM REVIEW: ‘Once Upon a Time in … Hollywood’ not great
“Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood” focuses on two men who work together. The first is Rick Dalton played…
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DG MARTIN COLUMN: What are the debates missing?
Is something missing? The 20 candidates who qualified for the July 30 and 31 CNN Democratic presidential debates…
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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: What can be done about the national debt?
There’s one question I can almost always count on being asked at the scores of public presentations I…
Opinion
ROGER THOMAS FILM REVIEW: The lion roars again
Way back in 1994, Disney presented children and fans of animation to a story based in Africa. The…
Columns
DG MARTIN COLUMN: Four challenging books make for good summer reading
Four new North Carolina books challenge our values and make for good summer reading. Rocky Mount writer Etaf…