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 ... Read more
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: We need more hospital competition
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s hospital sector has undergone lots of mergers and acquisitions over the past decade. Now ... Read more
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Albemarle selects new city manager
Albemarle City Council has selected Todd Clark as its new city manager. Clark was chosen following a nationwide ... Read more
Opinion
JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Most communities have a crime problem
RALEIGH — In a recent column, I argued that cities would draw more investment and job creation to ... Read more
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Stanly County’s unemployment rate increases
Stanly County’s unemployment rate increased from April to May, according to the latest figures released Wednesday by the ... Read more
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. ... Read more
Opinion
DG MARTIN COLUMN: North Carolina food: great resources, great challenges
Let’s take a culinary trip across North Carolina. Our leader will be food expert and retired UNC-Chapel Hill ... Read more
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STATE: Officials warn of travel delay in Western North Carolina
Digital signs posted several counties away are warning of delays on Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River Gorge. ... Read more
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PEEKING INTO THE PAST – The Stanly County Patriots Part 2
During the first part of 1974, the North Carolina Professional Football League made up of the Stanly County ... Read more