Firefighters from Southern Pines, Aberdeen, Pinehurst and West End are heading to the North Carolina mountains to assist in relief and recovery efforts amid devastation left by Hurricane Helene.

Reynolds Price was right. Those nurturing memories that the small towns make possible are important in giving people a sense of who they are. People who have a sense of who they are become our best ...

In a memo he sent introducing himself to the campus community, UNC-Chapel Hill interim Chancellor Lee Roberts expressed a desire to move toward applied disciplines. He wanted to steer more ...

For all the “smart technology” these days, the one truly innovative feature that would mean the world to me would be a filter on my TV for political ads.

I have been to at least five pharmacies over the past year to fill prescriptions, only to be told that they do not accept my insurance.

For several months now, we have been subjected to a flood of campaign ads that are mostly attack ads against an opponent. Unfortunately, most of these ads are full of ...

One can be forgiven for thinking that the Moore County Board of Education’s governance style has been schizophrenic of late.

I read the Sept. 11 article regarding Ken Benway’s negative feelings toward a book titled “The Vietnam War” in the Southern Pines Elementary School library. Like Lt. Col. Benway, I ...

One of the most predictable crises of modern times is the implosion of America’s federal finances.