Opinion: Time To Celebrate America’s Founding
By John Hood
RALEIGH — For political journalists, a standard tool of the trade is the New Year prediction column. Especially when the date...
Opinion: State Revenues Are Down This Year
By John Hood RALEIGH — State Controller Nels Roseland has just released five months of reports about North Carolina’s General Fund budget. I’m told...
Councilman: Juneteenth Should Be A Johnston County Holiday
A member of the Smithfield Town Council asked Johnston County Commissioners on Monday to make Juneteenth an official holiday in Johnston County. Councilman Marlon...
You Decide: Will We Return To Farm Life?
By Dr. Mike Walden
My father grew up on a hog farm in southwest Ohio in the 1920s and 30s. In those days, farms were...
School Choice: A Family Legacy
Op Ed By: Dr. Melissa Edwards
Superintendent of Neuse Charter School
Being an advocate of school choice is something I had the privilege to learn about...
Social Security Matters – I’m 66. When Should I Claim Social Security?
By AMAC Certified Social Security Advisor Russell Gloor
Association of Mature American Citizens
Ask Rusty – I’m 66. When Should I Claim Social Security?
Dear Rusty: I'd...
Activists In Our Schools – The Propagandist
Part 1 of a Multi-Part SeriesBy Michelle AntoineDennis Draughon, political cartoonist, and eighth grade Smithfield Middle School social studies teacher has catapulted Johnston County...
Too Many Workers Are Sidelined
By JOHN HOOD
RALEIGH — The latest federal job report is out — and it shows North Carolina’s employment recovery stalling out a bit during...
Food Friday: How To Stop Wasting Money & Food At Home
By Cassidy Hobbs Hall Area Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences Johnston County Cooperative Extension
What if I told you that I would give you...
You Decide: Why Do Gas Prices Rise Faster Than They Fall?
By Mike Walden
Drivers suffered through almost daily hikes in gas prices when the war in Ukraine began. In the early weeks of the...
