Opinion

LIBRARY LOOKOUT COLUMN: New year, new reads

If you’re like myself and the avid library users we adore, you’re always looking for your next great ...

Columns

DOUG CREAMER COLUMN: Happy New Year

It was a year that many want to put to bed. Others found 2021 to be a good ...

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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COLUMN: Nominations accepted for Citizen of the Year

At its annual meeting in the first quarter of each year, the Stanly County Chamber of Commerce presents ...

Opinion

DG MARTIN COLUMN: Blame the Scots-Irish

Why are we the way we are? Can we blame it on somebody else, like the British colonist, ...

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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: On becoming a political advertiser

It’s not personal, it’s just business — or so Facebook assures me. On this matter, I’m inclined to ...

Columns

DG MARTIN COLUMN: Almost nobody knows he lives in North Carolina

North Carolina not only grows great writers, like Jill McCorkle and Clyde Edgerton, for instance. It also imports ...

Opinion

JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Manufacturing continues to thrive

With the recent announcements of a new Toyota battery plant in Randolph County, a new Fujifilm Diosynth drug ...

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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Yes, college (usually) pays off

Is the purpose of a university education to prepare graduates to get jobs? I’ve never thought so. But ...

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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: Is it cheaper to live in North Carolina?

With the inflation rate at 40-year highs, coping with a higher cost-of-living is on our minds. Both households ...

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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Got to pick a pocket?

Did Fagin’s pickpockets stimulate the economy of London? ’Tis the season to reference a different Charles Dickens classic, ...

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