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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Is America partially Putinized? Russia provides cautionary tale
April 4, 2022Isn’t it about time Americans understand how Putin invaded Ukraine so easily? Russians follow his or...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
We can do more than just claim a Ukrainian in our midst
March 7, 2022All over the country, news outlets are showing solidarity with Ukraine by running stories and photos...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Fontenot shows leadership on education, veterans’ issues
February 3, 2022We, the citizens of N.C. House District 24, should support Kenneth Fontenot in our Republican primar...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Rankin earned respect as NC House candidate
January 31, 2022One of the joys of public service is the massive amount of people you meet. As a serviceman, public ...
EDITORIALS
Our Opinion: For innocent man, governor's pardon is too long overdue
A year and a half after winning his freedom, Ray Finch feels forgotten. The Wilson man spent more t...
Our Opinion: District attorney backs vital court system reforms
THUMBS UP to District Attorney Robert Evans for his work on a comprehensive report recommending refo...
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...
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...
COREY FRIEDMAN COLUMNS
Add student press freedom to the syllabus
Trigger-happy gun ban will backfire
Fight conspiracies with amnesty, not blame
Black smokers don't need white saviors
Free broadcasters from political pressure
Cawthorn cries freedom, then plays censor
A solution for budget-busting hospital bills
Tide turning against bias response teams
Social media can 'defriend' direct sellers
Cuomo salutes Confederate flag censors
Artists seek more control, less fine print
Rewards for masks might be a lifesaver
Prescriptions aren't making patients safer
Parler falls short on lofty free speech promises
Marijuana bans going up in smoke
States can't defend ballot selfie bans
Scary laws won't make Halloween safer
Don't mistake moderators for censors
Will high court allow 'double secret probation' for sexual misconduct?
Trump diagnosis changes pandemic politics
Courts can't censor jury rights flyers
With war chests, candidates can support local news
Trump purges politics from diversity training
Regulators' food fight isn't about consumers
Joe Rogan picks Texas over taxes
COLUMNS
3 questions after the primary
Last week saw one of the livelier primaries North Carolina has held in recent years. But for all the...
How will the hospitality industry change?
The North Carolina hospitality industry, primarily composed of restaurants and hotels, is a multi-bi...
Making democracy happen
Many Americans seem to feel that democracy is a reward that society reaps by enabling free, individu...
The real meaning of the word ‘prompt’
“Failed gun legislation is the norm,” reads the headline at Axios, “after mass shootings like Buffal...
Cold front to follow scorching weekend
Temperatures are forecast to remain well above our historical averages this weekend, but major relie...
Calamity in the victory garden
According to the Google dictionary volunteer means to freely offer to take part in an enterprise or ...
Residents left in the dark on water woes
Last week, in Spring Hope, there was a catastrophic, multi-structure, multi-alarm fire at JHRG LLC. ...
Housing prices reflect changes in work
It was bound to happen. The percentage of adults working from home has fallen significantly from its...
Election winners: Trump, outside money and rage
Pundits and politicos like to talk about “mainstream” or “Main Street” Republicans, as if they made ...
Scammers target consumers with cryptocurrency scams
Scammers are always looking for what’s new and popular to strike the unsuspecting. Cryptocurrency is...
Suppressing insane ideas doesn’t stop insane conduct
Why did Payton Gendron — allegedly, but he livestreamed it, so it’s not like there’s much doubt — mu...
Warm front boosts storm chances; temps could peak at 98
A high pressure ridge promises to bring our area moderate temperatures and low humidity Tuesday and ...
When Carolinians killed Carolinians
Two hundred and fifty-one years ago this month, two large groups of armed North Carolinians camped a...
How will NC’s Trump-endorsed candidates fare?
How are we going to use the results of the May 17 primary to measure Donald Trump’s influence over t...
Scattered storms expected through Monday, then sun returns
Warm temperatures, lots of humidity and scattered thunderstorms are the top features of our weather ...
Ukraine war highlights 2 empires in decline
Nearly three months into the war Ukraine, events upended quite a few assumptions by quite a few peop...
Do we really need a border wall?
The country always seems divided on the topic of a border wall. Usually, but not always, it falls on...
Winds of change in the victory garden
Spring is in full force with its blustery winds and window rattling storms. Just like most things, t...
In school prayer, let the students lead
The religious right will rejoice if the Supreme Court upbraids a public school district for parting ...
Wise spending, saving can stretch NC’s surplus
When lawmakers return to Raleigh on May 18 for the biennial “short session,” they will be greeted by...
Telehealth genie has escaped its bottle
Before the onset of COVID-19 in early 2020, patients who preferred to obtain medical services throug...