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DG MARTIN COLUMN: North Carolina’s most famous person

Who is North Carolina’s most famous person? If you go by who got featured in a front-page article ...

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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: North Carolina gets a pleasant April surprise

RALEIGH — I’ve never been more delighted to be mistaken. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a ...

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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: Why are jobs increasing?

The American job market just seems to keep rolling on. The recently released March labor market report showing ...

Sports

DAN KIBLER COLUMN: In pursuit of the elusive green thumb

I am never going to be mistaken for someone who was born with a green thumb. Two left ...

Opinion

PAINTING THE TOWN RHETT: Lowder provides inspiration in more ways than baseball

Rhett Lowder’s journey as a baseball player began right here in Stanly County. He played on the same ...

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: My brother’s mountain cabin

A few days ago, with my wife and family, I drove along I-77 up into Virginia and turned ...

Columns

DOUG CREAMER COLUMN: Unwelcome critters

We live at the end of a street next to acres of woods. It makes for a quiet ...

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Candidates who help the other side

What did the Democrats in Ohio do in the recent Republican U.S. Senate primary that North Carolina Democrats ...

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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: State revenues are down

RALEIGH — State Controller Nels Roseland has just released five months of reports about North Carolina’s General Fund ...

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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: What’s the future of small business?

I am now a small business owner. Since retiring from North Carolina State University, I have operated a ...

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