State Sen. Jim Perry, a Republican from Lenoir County, was appointed to his seat only in January after Sen. Louis Pate resigned because of ill health, but the freshman senator has quickly taken on his […]
To the editor: A recent, rare stop by Richmond Senior High jogged my memory to the day in 1974 when a flat tire had me checking in late at that reception desk. The jaundiced, skeptical […]
The recent skirmish between the State Board of Education and Superintendent for Public Instruction is yet another reminder of the longstanding debate about just who is in charge of public education in our state. This […]
October 16, 2019 By JOHN HOOD RALEIGH — If you think very rich people pay a lower share of their income in taxes than you do, you are very likely to vote for Democrats and […]
I was driving out to the old bayou area of the “bootheel” of Missouri when I realized that my memories of the place were different than what I saw today. As we grow older and […]
Once upon a time, having a job at a newspaper meant working in one of the most imposing buildings in town, inhaling the acrid aroma of fresh ink and the dusty breath of cheap newsprint […]
The drownings of two swimmers in rip currents off Kure Beach raise a number of questions, and many of them come back to climate change. 1. It used to be axiomatic that “beach season” ended […]
RALEIGH — In 2012, 92 percent of North Carolina workers commuted to their place of employment by automobile. By 2018, that share had dipped to 90 percent. But before mass-transit advocates get excited, I should […]
Sharon Nichols dodged two banquet tables along Rockingham’s historic downtown district, leaped over an extension cord, hesitated briefly as a car swept in front of her entering a parking lot and jogged up to me, […]
In a one-sentence blurb given to a local online blog, Chairman of the Richmond County Board of Commissioners Kenneth Robinette decided to point a finger at this newspaper. Robinette, a long-time power broker in the […]
To the editor: There is nothing more sacrosanct in our system of government — on any level — than an election. Who gets to extend, or curb, our freedoms? You may have spent first grade […]
Freedom of the press, of speech, of religion, of assembly and to petition the government are woven, like stars in the flag, into the fabric of the First Amendment. The blood of patriots is the […]
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