Opinion
Local newspapers play essential roles
What’s missing is regular and trustworthy attention to your own community. You only get that by consuming local media.
News
Adams investigated by House Ethics Committee
US Rep. Alma Adams, D-NC12, was recently investigated, then cleared, by the House Ethics Committee regarding an alleged inappropriate relationship with a female staffer.
Opinion
Flashback: NC’s Easter Monday tradition forged on the baseball diamond
On Good Friday state offices were closed in North Carolina for Holy Week, along with 10 other states. However, that has not always been the case in North Carolina. The Monday after Easter — rather than Good Friday — was a legal holiday in North Carolina for 52 years, and for many years before by...
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Candidate for NC House passes suddenly
“Kim was a lovely person with a warm, generous heart, and she carried herself with kindness, sincerity, and grace,” said Thomas Monks (Delaney's opponent)
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US expat pleads guilty to threatening to kill Tillis
An American citizen living in Thailand pleaded guilty Wednesday to threatening to kill US Sen. Thom Tillis and his staff in September 2021.
Opinion
How presidents have misused the Dept of Education — and why we should close it
Eliminating the US Department of Education will deprive presidents and federal bureaucrats of their preferred vehicle for cramming top-down mandates onto classrooms and students.
News
Disturbing threats against Tillis’ family and staff escalate
Threats against public officials are hitting an all-time high and reflect an unsettling trend in America's civil society.
Opinion
Want to reduce gun violence? Prosecute felons illegally possessing guns
Keeping guns out of the hands of violent felons would do more to prevent gun violence than anything else, but progressive DAs frequently drop these charges.
Opinion
MSNBC’s use of Nazi imagery is a dangerous step in political coverage
When every controversial political event is linked to such horrors, the gravity of those historical events erodes. History's darkest chapters should be handled with reverence, not casually wielded in political rhetoric.
Opinion
News consumers deserve better than automated click bait
Baiting someone to click on an irrelevant article may be a small victory, but it's a bad long-term strategy. Because some of the those who click may never click again.
Opinion
New book explores 1989 Edenton child-abuse witch hunt
Nearly 35 years after the Little Rascals allegations first surfaced, it's hard to fathom how anybody could believe that seven average people could commit unspeakable crimes against humanity in broad daylight in downtown Edenton.
Opinion
Flashback: North Carolina’s Easter Monday tradition forged on the baseball diamond
On Good Friday state offices will be closed in North Carolina for Holy Week, along with 10 other states. However, that has not always been the case in North Carolina. The Monday after Easter — rather than Good Friday — was a legal holiday in North Carolina for 52 years, and for many years before...
