Columns

Who cares about public notices? You should
One of the great things about living in the U.S. is that our city and county governments are require...

Don’t overflow Granville; we’re at capacity
I was born in a small town, Oxford, and have held residence, and visited many larger, more populated...

Weekly devotional: Real hope is only found in the eternal
2 Timothy 3:16-17 (ESV) “All scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for repro...

Add student press freedom to the syllabus
In Indiana, student journalists say Plainfield High School prevented them from reporting a classmate...

Review: Grisham’s Jake Brigance back in ‘A Time for Mercy’
“It was long after midnight when the headlights finally appeared ... she watched him get out ... and...

Discuss organ donation before you have to
Health writers never run out of topics for articles, but I like to choose ones that might be of real...

Weekly devotional: A compassionate kind of love
Romans 5:8 (ESV) “But God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for...

Build slaughterhouses, not animal shelters
In this final article, I think I should use two Granville County news events to clarify what I have ...

I thought blacklisting was bad
RALEIGH — I’ve never really been a victim of cancel culture. But that’s not to say my critics haven’...

School reopening debate strains old ties
One of North Carolina’s most enduring political alliances — teachers and the Democratic Party — is b...

Sales tax hike is unnecessary
RALEIGH — When North Carolina Democrats are in power, their go-to source of new revenue is to raise ...

Trigger-happy gun ban will backfire
A sweeping gun control bill stoking red-state resistance may prove more of a blessing than a curse f...

Protect your heart, wallet this Valentine's Day
Valentine’s Day brings romance to the front of all of our minds, but it can also bring heartbreak. ...

How will a $15 minimum wage affect workers?
There is a proposal in Washington to more than double the minimum wage to $15 an hour. The increase ...

Left is damaging public education
RALEIGH — “One of the most unhappy series of events in the state’s history began in 1835,” stated a ...
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Sheriff: 1 charged after deputies find meth in Stem home
STEM — A woman was charged this week with trafficking in illegal drugs, including methamphetamines, ...
Winslow calls for optional summer learning
RALEIGH — A bill that would create an optional six-week summer school program to offset COVID-19 lea...
Oxford Preparatory School names students to Directors’ List
The following upper school students were named to the first-semester honor rolls at Oxford Preparato...