Opinion

DG MARTIN COLUMN: Has Lee Smith deserted us for Florida?

Has Lee Smith, perhaps North Carolina’s most beloved writer, moved to Florida? No. But it is a fair ...

Opinion

MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: What determines a dollar’s worth?

I often receive comments from readers about my columns. Some agree with my comments, while others disagree. I ...

Columns

JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Of course books can be dangerous

RALEIGH — A thought occurred to me as I was traveling through the North Carolina Piedmont last week. ...

Opinion

DAVID FREEZE COLUMN: Mountain mileage

Editor’s note: David Freeze is a runner, running coach and long-distance cyclist from China Grove in Rowan County. ...

Opinion

JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Carolina voters dislike big government

RALEIGH — North Carolina Democrats are frustrated. It’s not hard to see why. Since 2008, when Barack Obama ...

Columns

D.G. MARTIN COLUMN: John Witherspoon and universities today

Graduations are over and college towns are quieter. But in Chapel Hill faculty members and some university supporters ...

Opinion

COLUMN: Until next time …

Growing up in Concord, I never thought much about Stanly County. In fact, other than driving past Locust ...

Sports

DAVID FREEZE COLUMN: Mountain county seats visited

Editor’s note: David Freeze is a runner, running coach and long-distance cyclist from China Grove in Rowan County. ...

Opinion

DG MARTIN COLUMN: Goodbye to Fort Bragg

It is still Fort Bragg. But only until June 2. Then North Carolina’s mammoth U.S. Army base will ...

Columns

DAN KIBLER COLUMN: Dreaming of bass spawn

For about 10 weeks, about the only thing that bass fishermen around Piedmont North Carolina have been thinking ...

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