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Storm chances spike as holiday weekend approaches
If the weather models can stay consistent, it looks as if the upcoming July Fourth weekend will prov...
Telling an aging relative she can’t drive anymore
North Carolina is blessed with more than its share of great writers. And I am looking over some of m...
Vintage vibes coming to downtown Wilson
Megan Lott didn’t set out to start a business. She was just refinishing furniture for her home when ...
‘Tune Our Hearts’: Celebrating the great songs of faith
What a joyous celebration of love, faith and personhood was lifted on Sunday at Forest Hills Baptist...
Will Joe Biden really go stag?
Soaring prices. Social unrest. A resurgent Russia. A military withdrawal followed by the collapse of...
Why wait? Jump-start your creativity and start writing
The screams of a woman were being muffled by the morning fog blanketing Atlantic Christian College. ...
The right’s lonely war against Medicaid expansion is doomed
A dream so long enjoyed cannot cease without hardship. But the psychological pain of diminishing hop...
America needs a national day of mourning
While a portion of the nation recently celebrated a day of freedom and a beginning of progress on Ju...
Monday cold front to bring showers, storms
Daytime temperatures in our area are forecast to be typical for an early summer weekend as highs bot...
Join us July 14 for a fun, family-friendly event
Wilson Community College is hosting its first-ever special registration event on our main campus, pa...
Abortion: No, Dobbs isn’t ‘decentralization’
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday handed down its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organizat...
Empty symbolism in the gun control debate
A product meant to keep beer and soda cans cold made Christy Clark hot under the collar. A former No...
Avoid making oaths that aren’t worth keeping
Among those who pledge to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, how many are nee...
Happy ‘holiday’ from gas tax? Maybe not so much
By popular demand, President Joe Biden on Wednesday asked Congress to pass a three-month “holiday” o...
Is male birth control finally at hand?
With the Supreme Court’s expected decision to overturn Roe v. Wade threatening to severely curtail w...
NC’s political imbalance calls for change
Lately, I’ve been thinking about the word balance. We refer to a well-balanced life as one with equ...
Stop punching political panic buttons
Remember when rapid automation was going to render large swaths of the workforce unemployed? Politi...
Words can give hope or cut deeper than knives
There is an attitude both young children and older adults nearing the end of their life often adopt....
What happened to Florida’s defense of ‘parental rights’?
In late March, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was all about “parental rights,” signing what critics calle...
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Telling an aging relative she can’t drive anymore
North Carolina is blessed with more than its share of great writers. And I am looking over some of m...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs receives lifetime honor at BET Awards
LOS ANGELES — With a speech about his own inspirational dream for the Black community, Sean “Diddy” ...