Our Opinion: King's dream should convict, challenge and unite us
Martin Luther King Jr. shared his dream of equality, justice and unity with a quarter million people...
Talk Back: Skateboarders elicit strong reactions
December 21, 2020Enterprise readers shared their views on the newspaper’s editorial, “Skateboarding is not a crime, S...
Our Opinion: Skateboarding is not a crime, commissioners
Psychologist and public intellectual Jordan Peterson’s bestseller “12 Rules for Life” should be requ...
Our Opinion: King's dream should convict, challenge and unite us
Fifty-seven years ago today, Martin Luther King Jr. shared his dream of equality, justice and unity with a quarter million people in the nation’s capital. Delivered from the Lincoln Memori...
Our Opinion: Political clothing offers no excuse to mistreat guests
Rachel Williams says a T-shirt got her thrown out of a Wilson doctor’s office. In the Charlotte suburb of Gastonia, Lydia Sturgues-Robinson said an ice cream parlor booted her over a …
Our Opinion: Pandemic makes Pumpkin Festival in 2020 too risky
As Nash UNC Health Care continues to cope with a growing number of seriously ill COVID-19 patients, Nash County — like the rest of North Carolina and the United States — is having to ...
Our Opinion: 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 …
Our Opinion: 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 …
Our Opinion: Southern Nash shows its pride in our students
Southern Nash County had never witnessed a graduation parade before, but the COVID-19 pandemic that has upended the last few months of the school year, creating a “new normal” and a new vo...
Our Opinion: Cooper's church occupancy limits are unconstitutional
In the age of COVID-19, is pushing a shopping cart really safer than holding a hymnal? Gov. Roy Cooper’s May 5 executive order reopening parts of North Carolina’s economy allows …
Our Opinion: Transparency, free speech win in NC Supreme Court battles
The North Carolina Supreme Court supports transparency in higher education and free speech for motorists, two well-reasoned Friday rulings suggest. A long-awaited decision in DTH Media Corp. v. …
Our Opinion: Ask Congress to support local news during COVID-19 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 masks. Your lo...
Our Opinion: Cooper wise to avoid restricting #ReopenNC protests
THUMBS UP to Gov. Roy Cooper for explaining that his statewide stay-at-home order designed to reduce the spread of COVID-19 doesn’t prohibit public protests. After N.C. Capitol police …
Our Opinion: 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 …
Our Opinion: Certificate of need laws could harm COVID-19 patients
As COVID-19 cases mushroom, state officials have suspended a rule that would have prevented North Carolina hospitals from adding beds. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services announced …
Our Opinion: Put transparency laws to work this Sunshine Week
Want to know how much your police chief and school principal are paid? How about a full rundown of your city council’s spending during that out-of-state conference? The information’s yours for …
Our Opinion: Sharpsburg should end arbitrary limit on dog ownership
A Wilson County man’s recent brush with the law has brought a little-known dog ownership restriction in the town of Sharpsburg to light. Gregory Cherry of Lincoln Street is due in court Tuesday …
Our Opinion: State lawmakers know newspapers serve a vital role
Journalists and lawmakers don’t always see eye to eye. But three state legislators agree that North Carolina needs a free and independent press to hold elected officials and …
Our Opinion: Nielsen’s sexism disqualifies him from state Senate
A Republican state Senate candidate is making headlines throughout North Carolina for all the wrong reasons. Dennis Nielsen was served with a domestic violence protective order after wife Karen …
Our Opinion: Banning hemp to fight pot is reefer madness
Eight decades after the anti-pot propaganda film “Reefer Madness” stirred a moral panic over marijuana, cops and prosecutors in North Carolina are bending the truth to bind hemp to its infamous …
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Nash schools won't reopen until March
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Officials: Resolve to drive safer in 2021
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