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I almost blew it until a Sunday paper alerted me to National Pecan Pie Day.
So, it was time to make a pecan pie — not for me, but for Ashley Benton, my oldest granddaughter. …
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By Oliver Hedgepeth
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7/13/20
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Schoolwork may become homework if the coronavirus closes classrooms, but school rules are less likely to hitch a ride home with socially distanced teenagers this fall.
A rural Pennsylvania high …
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By Corey Friedman
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7/10/20
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Protections for human trafficking survivors are being steadily eroded.
From cuts in funding to clandestine attacks on immigration rights for survivors, the current administration has …
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By Melinda Sampson
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7/10/20
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Did you know that Wilson Community College has a brand-new program starting this fall?
The new two-year degree program, building construction technology, prepares students to apply technical …
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By Jessica Bailey
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7/10/20
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I’ve started doing something each night that I haven’t done since I was a young girl — kneeling beside my bed to pray before climbing under the covers.
I have a dedicated space …
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By LaMonique Hamilton
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7/9/20
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This was the most unusual July Fourth holiday most of us ever experienced. It just wasn’t the same without the traditional bands, parades, fireworks and cookouts. With all we’ve been …
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By Tom Campbell
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7/9/20
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RALEIGH — North Carolina’s “headline” unemployment rate in May was 12.9%. That’s the highest monthly rate since the Great Depression. But on a number of occasions during …
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By John Hood
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7/9/20
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Lost among the news from a busy Independence Day weekend was a Washington Post report that the National Football League would begin its first game of the 2020-21 season with the playing or …
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By Hal Tarleton
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7/8/20
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Reciprocity, the act of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit, is one of the laws of social psychology that we just cannot do without. We are taught as small children to do kind things for …
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By Sanda Baucom Hight
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7/8/20
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Open up. Talk and listen.
Those words were the ending of my previous guest column. Last weekend’s Fourth of July was special to us all for listening. Elizabeth and I celebrated …
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By Oliver Hedgepeth
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7/8/20
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“Defunding the Police” has received mixed support throughout the nation. Though many people are against systemic racism and our current form of public safety, there is something about …
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By Cori Buck
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7/6/20
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RALEIGH — If you are among the minority of North Carolinians who haven’t supported the expansion of parental choice in education over the past two decades — in the form of charter …
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By John Hood
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7/6/20
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From police to portraits, from statues to school buildings, Americans are taking a new look at our racial — and racist — past. One legacy of that past is the Electoral College for …
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By Gary Pearce
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7/6/20
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What would Joe Oxendine say to the Washington NFL football team about its nickname?
Oxendine, a proud Lumbee Indian and a personal hero of mine, died in April at age 90. He was chancellor of …
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By D.G. Martin
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7/6/20
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Have you ever wondered who teaches at your local community college?
Although Wilson Community College has 46 full-time instructors who teach classes at the college, we also have 87 part-time …
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By Jessica Bailey
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7/6/20
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An FBI special agent, a corrections officer and a postal program analyst have few duties in common, but their jobs have the same qualification: a four-year college degree.
Jailers and gun-toting, …
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By Corey Friedman
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7/4/20
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I usually pepper my public presentations with some humor. After all, even I know economics can be a rather dull and dry subject. Injecting some jokes and laughter lightens the mood and makes me …
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By Mike Walden
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7/3/20
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For years, my wife and I lived in apartments. We never had one with a balcony and thinking back, I don’t believe we ever had a patio.
I’m not sure if it was just dumb luck or the …
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By Joe Weaver
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7/3/20
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Over the past several weeks, as we’ve mourned the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and so many others, North Carolinians and people across our nation have been having critical, overdue …
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By Josh Stein
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7/3/20
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In a typical year, the Fourth of July would be an occasion to celebrate America’s origins, history and future. Marking the anniversary of our nation’s founding should be an opportunity …
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By Scott Barton
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7/3/20
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