Editorials
Our Opinion: Video lottery bill ignores unregulated sweepstakes games
North Carolina legislators seem to be OK with gambling just so long as the House — the one that meet...
Protect charter school students’ civil liberties
Families’ fight against a discriminatory dress code will continue, but a court ruling in the case co...
Our Opinion: Lawmakers, be good sports and kindly butt out
When legislators have a vested interest in the outcome, no institution is safe from their meddling —...
Transparency foes don’t represent NC stakeholders
Who says North Carolina’s state employees and schoolteachers are against transparency? Lobbying eff...
NC should let public review body camera video
The standard objection, a familiar talking point recited so often it’s become a cliché, goes somethi...
Our Opinion: Volunteers show heart by cleaning up trash
Thumbs up to the Butner Community Association and other local volunteers who got up early to pick up...
Our Opinion: Lift veil of secrecy shrouding public employee records
Your taxes pay their salaries, but when police officers, teachers and other public-sector workers ar...
Our Opinion: Counties once again looking to operate in the dark
February 5, 2021Like a bad penny, legislation to hide public notices from the public is back in the N.C. General Ass...
Bring body camera videos into the sunlight
Now shrouded behind a veil of secrecy, police body camera and dashboard camera recordings could beco...
Thank you, 2020 letter writers
These opinion pages are made better when it reflects the diverse, local opinions of its community — ...
Mask mandate drafts businesses as Cooper’s cops
Guest editorial North Carolina’s newest law enforcers won’t be sworn to protect and serve. They’ll be unarmed, and instead of badges, their uniforms will feature name tags from supermarkets, …
Police reform must start with transparency
As stakeholders work to repair North Carolina’s criminal justice system, they should make Louis Brandeis’ famous declaration their constant refrain: Sunlight is the best …
Open government guarantee belongs in NC Constitution
Along with public health, the COVID-19 pandemic is testing government transparency in North Carolina. State officials have withheld vital information about coronavirus outbreaks that would help …
Ask Congress to support local news during pandemic
During this coronavirus pandemic, access to accurate and trustworthy information in your community is as critical to life under quarantine and as sought after as hand sanitizer and face …
Protest is essential, even amid growing coronavirus crisis
With one unnecessary arrest and one tone-deaf tweet, police placed North Carolina smack dab in the middle of a national COVID-19 controversy. Videos from Tuesday’s #ReopenNC protest rally show …
local news
Granville schools keeps mask rules, opts in to COVID-19 testing program
OXFORD — At its regularly scheduled meeting on Sept. 13, the Granville County Board of Education vot...
PHOTOS: Annual Nifty Nineties celebrates Granville nonagenarians
OXFORD — Granville County residents aged 90 and above were honored Monday at the annual Nifty Nineti...
Credit card stolen from Creedmoor used at Belk in Raleigh
CREEDMOOR — The authorities are asking for the public’s help in identifying two suspects who might b...