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Mr. John Anderson Ratcliffe III, age 81, a resident of Washington, NC died Sunday August 30, 2020 at Vidant Medical Center of Greenville.
Published: Tuesday, September 1st, 2020 @ 11:27 am
By: Announcements
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Katherine Sholler Currie, age 89, well beloved citizen of Beaufort County, North Carolina, passed away Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at her final residence, Autumnfield Assisted Living Home.
Published: Friday, May 29th, 2020 @ 12:34 pm
By: Announcements
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Sometimes it is hard finding truth. That's where I am regarding the UNC Board of Governors.
Published: Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019 @ 9:49 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Nancy McFarlane is my mayor. She has led Raleigh through explosive growth, including a new train station, the purchase of Dix Park, promotion of Raleigh as an arts scene and tourist destination and recognition on many "best of" lists. Why is she stepping down?
Published: Wednesday, March 20th, 2019 @ 1:54 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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This weekend marks the end of a sports era. Since I was around at the beginning, I want to join others in mourning the loss of over-the-air broadcasts of ACC sports.
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2019 @ 8:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Here's a good news-bad news story that needs a happy ending. The good news is that as of January our state's unemployment rate was 3.6 percent. When you consider it was 4.5 percent last February that's cause for celebration
Published: Tuesday, March 12th, 2019 @ 9:59 am
By: Tom Campbell
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We've had time to digest last week's 9th District congressional hearings, so let us summarize what we learned.
Published: Tuesday, March 5th, 2019 @ 11:52 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Do you remember the TV game show Family Feud? It was good fun as one family competes with another for cash prizes, but we all know that real life family feuds can be bitter, divisive and cause great damage.
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 @ 10:05 am
By: Tom Campbell
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State political leaders have known for decades that the Department of Motor Vehicles needed to move out of its headquarters on New Bern Avenue in Raleigh.
Published: Saturday, February 16th, 2019 @ 9:17 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In these uncertain times, with events hurling at us so fast we don't have time to process them, this is a prayer worth repeating and ideals worth following, regardless of our faith, our politics or circumstances.
Published: Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 @ 8:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Candidates are lining up to run in 2020 and we've heard those running on a more liberal or "progressive" platform, as well as those espousing a more conservative agenda.
Published: Monday, February 4th, 2019 @ 8:27 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Lawmakers return to Raleigh next week for the 2019 session of the North Carolina General Assembly.
Published: Monday, January 28th, 2019 @ 11:50 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Imagine travelling from Raleigh to Charlotte in about 22 minutes; not by train, plane or car, but instead in a pod, transported through an almost friction-free tunnel. This concept is under experimentation right now, as nearly 1,000 learned last week at the NC Transportation Summit.
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 11:19 am
By: Tom Campbell
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2019 was only four days old when we got the announcement the U.S. Supreme Court was going to hear arguments on North Carolina's redistricting lawsuit in March. Once again, our state will be in the political spotlight.
Published: Wednesday, January 16th, 2019 @ 3:31 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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No self-respecting columnist passes up the obligatory prediction column the first week of the year. So here goes mine
Published: Sunday, January 6th, 2019 @ 11:29 am
By: Tom Campbell
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It was Christmas Eve 1914. World War I was in its early stages and trench warfare was the rule of the day. Soldiers on opposing sides could hear the bullets whistling overhead coming from trenches, often no more than 100 yards from theirs
Published: Tuesday, January 1st, 2019 @ 4:03 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Have you driven around North Carolina recently? More people have decorated with outdoor lights, blowups and festive displays than we've seen in years
Published: Sunday, December 23rd, 2018 @ 9:50 am
By: Tom Campbell
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While many are fretting over the just-right Christmas present, tackling last-minute holiday details or preparing for years-end, many of North Carolina's high school seniors have the added stress of preparing applications for college
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2018 @ 4:39 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Back in 1897, an eight-year-old girl, prompted by naysaying friends, wrote The New York Sun wanting the truth about the existence of Santa Claus. Today that letter might be answered by apparent congressman-elect Mark Harris, confirming not only Santa's existence...
Published: Thursday, December 6th, 2018 @ 8:39 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Instead of going over the river and through the woods to grandma's house we traveled east this Thanksgiving
Published: Friday, November 30th, 2018 @ 1:54 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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After more than a year dangling the carrot to Raleigh and other communities Amazon finally announced their choices for their HQ2 project. Once again Raleigh didn't win the proposed 50,000 jobs and $5 billion investment. Curiously, we can't find many really upset about it
Published: Sunday, November 25th, 2018 @ 8:08 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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As a young boy I remember hearing the stories about that first Thanksgiving, when the Pilgrims and Indians feasted together
Published: Thursday, November 15th, 2018 @ 6:54 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The 2018 midterm was one of the most interesting elections held in our state. While there wasn't the "blue wave" many had predicted, this was a change election
Published: Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 @ 8:07 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Bill Friday was right. Friday, the founding president of the 16 campus University of North Carolina System, fought with then-Governor Bob Scott in 1971 over the creation of the new system
Published: Thursday, November 8th, 2018 @ 11:39 am
By: Tom Campbell
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If you've ever been involved in political campaigns you know there comes a point when you have drained every ounce of energy and resources available and exhausted, you declare, "it's all over but the shouting."
Published: Tuesday, November 6th, 2018 @ 12:43 am
By: Tom Campbell
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We talk a lot about today's tribal, partisan politics, where the camps seem to migrate farther and farther to the right or left, screaming at and accusing each other of ever-increasing atrocities
Published: Saturday, October 27th, 2018 @ 9:56 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Many are saying that the November 6 elections are all about Trump, a referendum either affirming or refuting his leadership
Published: Monday, October 22nd, 2018 @ 9:00 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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About this time each year we looked forward to receiving the Sears Wish Book. This wonderful catalogue was about three inches thick, packed with thousands of items
Published: Sunday, October 21st, 2018 @ 7:17 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Nothing could be finer than things in North Carolina, according to our Republican-controlled General Assembly
Published: Saturday, October 6th, 2018 @ 12:32 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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When President Trump visited North Carolina he assured our state that the federal checkbook would be opened and that we would get almost anything we wanted from FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency
Published: Thursday, September 27th, 2018 @ 2:14 am
By: Tom Campbell
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It happened once again with Hurricane Florence. Whenever North Carolina is in crisis - such as with storms or other catastrophes - we collectively rise to the occasion
Published: Saturday, September 22nd, 2018 @ 9:52 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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We should start a petition for the National Weather Service to eliminate names starting with the letter "F" in naming storms
Published: Thursday, September 13th, 2018 @ 11:06 am
By: Tom Campbell
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell administers the State Health Plan, the largest in our state
Published: Monday, September 10th, 2018 @ 11:14 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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