North Carolinians want their election laws to include a photo ID requirement. They’ve made this clear many times. In 2018, a large majority of voters chose to add such a requirement to the state constitution.

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Parents know how hard it is to navigate their child’s emotional state on a day-to-day basis, coaxing them through problems big and small. For me, as I think back on my oldest daughter through adolescence years ago, I often felt like a failure as a parent and as a professional social worker ­…

The Person County Board of Commissioners are facing a dilemma.

As the founder of one of North Carolina’s largest companies, James Edgar Broyhill helped build high-quality, durable furniture. His son, James Thomas Broyhill, who died Feb.18 at the age of 95, helped build something just as lasting: the North Carolina Republican Party.

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Earlier this month, the North Carolina Democratic Party’s state executive committee elected 25-year-old Anderson Clayton state party chair.

By Dan Oldman

If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. (Jame…

Old Testament: “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart; and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.” Deuteronomy 6:5

In late 2020 when COVID restrictions began relaxing, we began partnering conversations with the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) to bring nationally recognized de-escalation training to the region. PERF was founded in 1976 as a nonprofit organization as a police research and policy org…

According to the latest-available set of comparable data, North Carolina ranks 33rd in the nation in “deaths of despair” — that is, in the combined rates of suicides, fatal drug overdoses, and alcohol-induced deaths. In 2020 our age-adjusted rate was 55.5 deaths of despair per 100,000 reside…

Are the days of the roadside eateries gone? My book, “North Carolina’s Roadside Eateries,” celebrated the barbecue and country cooking family friendly restaurants near the interstates.

Why aren’t more North Carolina books made into movies?

Are North Carolina policymakers thinking big enough about the future of post-secondary education and training? I’m not convinced they are.

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Having enacted major reforms of North Carolina’s tax code, regulatory system, budgeting process, transportation funding, and education system over the past dozen years, what should the General Assembly do next?

Many of us were mesmerized in watching some or most of the fifteen votes required to elect a Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. I can’t remember which round it was when it hit me that North Carolina has been here before.

It’s now been three years since COVID hit. 

North Carolinians deserve reliable, sustainable electricity at a reasonable cost, but because of increasingly severe weather and aging fossil fuel plants, that result could be less certain. That’s why we now have a plan to ensure more reliable and sustainable electricity by moving more quick…

I have two favorite quotes from Ronald Reagan about the world of work. The first one illustrates his mastery of an indispensable political tool: self-deprecating humor. “It’s true hard work never killed anybody,” he quipped, “but I figure, why take the chance?”

Last Friday, while his former congressional colleagues in Washington were struggling to elect a House speaker, David Price was talking to the East Chapel Hill Rotary Club, delivering his first speech as a former congressman.

On behalf of Piedmont Community College’s (PCC) Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) International Honor Society members and advisors, I would like to thank members of our college and community for their support and help throughout the 2022-2023 Collegiate Hunger Challenge.

When COVID-19 first struck North Carolina nearly three years ago, Gov. Roy Cooper responded with a series of executive orders that closed or limited the operations of schools, businesses, public amenities, and even churches. Cooper’s attempt to regulate worship services didn’t survive legal …

Last year brought many amazing accomplishments by our staff.  To start off the 2023 calendar year, this chief’s column is a year in review dedicated to the amazing staff of the Roxboro Police Department.

Let’s take a culinary trip across North Carolina.

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I’ve been attending too many funerals of friends lately, perhaps a further sign of my advancing age. They are especially sad during holidays, but in one recent memorial service the congregation sang a hymn that has been nagging at me ever since.

One of the ironies of the holiday calendar is that Christmas follows closely after Thanksgiving. Many of the Pilgrims and Puritans who helped make Thanksgiving an American tradition were appalled by and opposed to the celebration of Christmas.

Clement Clarke Moore wrote this poem in 1822 for his own children. The poem is the origin for many of the modern notions of Santa Claus, his plump and cheerful white-bearded look, the names of his reindeer, and even the tradition that he brings toys to children.

How is the North Carolina Republican Party doing? The answer is 58.

It is hard to make sense of Christmas if you try to explain it in one dimension.

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Monday was a busy day around Person County.

While votes in the U.S. midterm elections are still being counted and the full results of various state races are not entirely certain (the Georgia Senate seat for example), what is clear is Americans did not succumb to paranoia or violence as feared by many.

Agenda packets for the Person County Board of Commissioners’ meetings tend to vary in size, but are oftentimes fairly lengthy.

So the finish line has officially been crossed in the 2022 election season in Person County.

In the 1800’s, Sir Robert Peele served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, twice. Prior to serving as Prime Minister, he served in the House of Commons, rising to Home Secretary where he modernized policing by instituting the London Metropolitan Police Force, “Bobbies”, a police for…

A couple of day ago, we received a letter to the editor from an upset mother.

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We are gearing up for what will certainly be a wonderful weekend for Roxboro and Person County.

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Every Christmas, the police department hosts Shop with a Cop. This annual community policing program focuses on helping underprivileged youth in our community enjoy Christmas.  Shop with a Cop partners our first responders with local children who otherwise would not have Christmas without th…

Hurricane Ian hit us here in North Carolina last week hard enough to get our attention with its heavy rains and winds.