Columns
MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: How well has North Carolina dealt with COVID-19?
Even though COVID-19 continues with its variants, medical experts are hopeful the virus is becoming less deadly and…
Opinion
REX NELSON COLUMN: Chuck Ambrose – the change agent
The following column is reprinted with permission of Rex Nelson of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. As I walk in,…
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CRYSTAL COCKMAN COLUMN: A spring hike at Morrow Mountain State Park
Recently, a friend and myself went for a morning hike at Morrow Mountain State Park. We did the…
Opinion
DG MARTIN COLUMN: Crawdads again
A book is going to put North Carolina in the news. Again. The book, “Where the Crawdads Sing,” is set…
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: North Carolina is bouncing back
RALEIGH — Most states have still failed to recover the jobs lost during the depths of the COVID…
Columns
TRAVELS WITH TOBY – WEEK SIX: Four down, four to go
Thursday, April 7, Day 27 Bastrop to Branham, Texas Cool temperatures returned to Central Texas as our rest…
Opinion
DG MARTIN COLUMN: Ppreciate it!
Who was Andy Griffith, really? Today, almost 55 years after the last production of “The Andy Griffith Show”…
Opinion
MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: Why do gas prices rise faster than they fall?
Drivers suffered through almost daily hikes in gas prices when the war in Ukraine began. In the early…
Opinion
DOUG CREAMER COLUMN: God’s House
We had a workday at church last Saturday. A group of people worked inside the church and another…
News
TRAVELS WITH TOBY WEEK FIVE: Halfway home (but we won’t be there by morning)
Thursday, March 31, Day 21 Sanderson to Comstock, Texas Overnight camping in Sanderson was restful, and as we…