Opinion

DG MARTIN COLUMN: Small towns and farms — our people estuaries

“That couldn’t happen if you moved every three years.” Reynolds Price, the late novelist and Duke professor, was ...

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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: Are we headed for a recession?

The year 2024 began with optimism for the economy. Despite relatively high interest rates and efforts by the ...

Opinion

COLUMN: Armyworms are taking out lawns, pastures

If you haven’t already heard, fall armyworms are wreaking havoc in pastures, hayfields and lawns all over the ...

Opinion

DG MARTIN COLUMN: Books for ‘Bookwatch’

Although “North Carolina Bookwatch” in no longer airing on PBS-NC, people still ask what books are being featured. ...

Opinion

JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Taxpayers deserve better than this

RALEIGH — In 2021, the North Carolina General Assembly enacted a budget that funded core state responsibilities, instigated ...

Opinion

MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: What will AI mean for North Carolina jobs?

AI — short for “artificial intelligence”— is the technology wiz of the moment. One-third of businesses are now ...

Opinion

DEAN RIDINGS COLUMN: Our democracy depends on it

Not that many years ago, the best way you could find out about businesses in town would be ...

Opinion

DG MARTIN COLUMN: Election to-do list

Have you decided how you are going to vote in the upcoming election? Even if you have decided ...

Opinion

JOHN HOOD COLUMN: North Carolina doesn’t overcharge drivers

RALEIGH — Our state levies a motor-fuels tax of 40.65 cents per gallon. This is one of the ...

Opinion

JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Push for liberty began in Rowan

RALEIGH — If you look at North Carolina’s state flag, you’ll see two dates: May 20, 1775 and ...

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