Sat, 19 Sep 2020 | PREMIUM CONTENT

It would be terrible for me to ride north on Madison Street and see a vacant space at the traffic circle where once stood two...

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 | PREMIUM CONTENT

There are a lot of pieces to the puzzle required to make Election Day go smoothly. One of the pieces that’s taken for granted by...

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 | PREMIUM CONTENT

I once proposed that a major criterion for determining whether a person was a real North Carolinian was his degree of fondness for boiled peanuts. ...

Tue, 15 Sep 2020 | PREMIUM CONTENT

With the election, social unrest and the pandemic, it’s been easy to overlook the climate crises that are occurring with unprecedented fires in the West...

Sun, 13 Sep 2020 | PREMIUM CONTENT

By Sheila Pridgen, Special to The News Reporter In October 1973, I began working in the Clerk of Superior Court’s office located in the Columbus County...

Sat, 12 Sep 2020 | PREMIUM CONTENT

The pandemic has forced local governing boards to be creative to ensure meetings are open to the public. Solutions have ranged from simple phone conference...

Fri, 11 Sep 2020 | PREMIUM CONTENT

It’s started already. Even though the election, Nov. 3, is 54 days away, absentee ballots are already being cast.  Elections officials are telling residents that...

Thu, 10 Sep 2020 | PREMIUM CONTENT

There are hundreds of salvaged train depots across North Carolina. They have been saved from destruction by individuals and groups who have turned them into...