Opinion

JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Candidates should have talked about roads

RALEIGH — During the homestretch of the 2024 election, I complained repeatedly about the absence of serious engagement ...

Columns

JOHN HOOD COLUMN: When Carolina ladies made history

RALEIGH — Over the next couple of years, you’ll hear a great deal about the 250th anniversary of ...

Opinion

LARRY PENKAVA COLUMN: Who says we watched TV by candlelight?

To those Millennials who seem to think I grew up in the Stone Age (I’m lookin’ at you, ...

Opinion

JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Lawmakers made the right call on relief

RALEIGH — When the North Carolina General Assembly voted unanimously on Oct. 24 to appropriate another $604 million ...

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OPINION: Local public schools are vital to community resilience

By Elizabeth Paul Local public schools are more than a collection of classrooms and hallways lined with lockers. ...

Opinion

MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: Is economic growth spreading in North Carolina?

North Carolina’s economy has been a powerhouse of growth in recent decades. The state has been recognized by ...

Columns

BOB AT THE MOVIES: ‘Terrifier 3’

Here’s a movie that certainly surpassed expectations. The low-budget “Terrifier” franchise is not usually one that makes big ...

Opinion

D.G. MARTIN COLUMN: Red, blue or purple

Buy this book. “Anatomy of a Purple State: A North Carolina Politics Primer” by Christopher Cooper. Read it ...

Opinion

JOHN HOOD COLUMN: In Helene’s wake, leadership is crucial

RALEIGH — I got it wrong. Deeply wrong. Embarrassingly wrong. It was a few days after Hurricane Floyd ...

Columns

DG MARTIN COLUMN: The great floods of 1916 and 2024

One of Miss Letitia Currie’s favorite topics in her history class in the 1950s at Davidson Junior High ...

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