
Trump called for peace, not violence
February 25, 2021On the Feb. 18 Opinion page, Roger Jollis (letter, “Trump is guilty”) and Jean McCamy (column, “Pred...

Racial Equity workshop would only divide
February 25, 2021I read in the Feb. 18 edition that Wake Forest Commissioner Bridget Hall-Lennon wants the town to en...

Poem honors nurses’ sacrifices
February 25, 2021Poem honors nurses’ sacrifices I am writing to you to request you share a poem I wrote about the nur...

Trump is guilty
February 18, 2021My name is Roger Jollis and am an independent voter who has voted equally for Republicans and Democr...

Wake Forest keeps heart healthy
February 18, 2021Wake Forest keeps heart healthy This month is American Heart Month. As a physician I know what I sho...

Insurrection requires consequences
February 12, 2021My name is Belinda and I am a small business owner in Raleigh. The House impeached Trump for his inc...

Congress must strengthen voting protections
February 12, 2021The first 100 days of Biden’s presidency are under way and I’m hoping that he and Congress will make...

Virtual school not so bad, has benefits
February 4, 2021My name is Zach Bilyj. I am a 14-year-old Boy Scout from Troop 5, Wake Forest, Presbyterian Church. ...

School choice benefits students, not systems
January 28, 2021The issue of school choice declares education tax dollars should follow students. The issue is not s...

Peace and blessings be upon you
January 28, 2021“Love thy neighbor” is a universal teaching in all major world religions and one very much needed in...

Congress should pass global relief
January 6, 2021The holidays just passed, and thankfully there is finally a COVID relief bill in sight. Unfortunatel...

Replace Electoral College with proportional point system
December 17, 2020The debate has started again as to whether the U.S. Constitution should be amended in order to chang...

Celebrate Granville’s 275-year anniversary
December 10, 2020Granville County will soon be observing its 275th anniversary. Established in 1746, the county we ca...

Consider pet adoption to stave off winter blues
December 10, 2020America is suffering from a mental health tragedy. Forty percent of Americans — and a whopping 75 pe...
Honor victims’ lives by preventing impaired driving
December 16, 2020Ninety-five percent of roadway crashes are completely preventable, so as we approach the end of the ...
LETTER: Integrity of election not in question
November 19, 2020The election cycle is over, even as it seems to drag on indefinitely. There is a lot of rhetoric right now around election integrity and claims of fraud. And that makes it easy to lose sight of just …
LETTER: Driving impaired kills
October 29, 2020Last year, North Carolina lost 35 people during the week of Halloween, and nine of those deaths were caused by impaired drivers who were drunk, high or under the influence of some other mind-altering …
LETTER: Short-sighted board can’t see school choice benefit
October 29, 2020With over 8,000-10,000 names on waiting lists of charter schools in northern Wake County, it was incredibly short-sighted of the Wake Forest Board of Commissioners to deny the request from Wake …
LETTER: Crowded public schools show need for school choice
October 22, 2020I am a single mother of a high school student. I have been a resident of Wake Forest for the last 13 years. I love our community! I am aware of a project to open Wake Preparatory Academy. I fully …
LETTER: Consider charter school in Wake Forest
October 22, 2020We really need this school to come to Wake Forest. We live in Franklin County and our schools suck for our address. We want our child to go to an academy and since they are hard to get into because …
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Envision Science Academy reports outbreak of COVID-19
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Johnson & Johnson vaccine arrives in Wake County
RALEIGH — More than 4,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses were transferred to 29 different vaccine providers ...

County Alert Map shows lowest community spread since its start
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s key metrics are decreasing, even though they remain high, the N.C. Depart...