Editorials
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Wilsonians who want to watch their representatives in action can tune in to Channel 8, Greenlight Community Broadband’s government access channel. But if you want to hear what fellow residents have …
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A Wilson Times Co. editorial
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2/21/20
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Will Bernie Sanders surge to victory in North Carolina, besting early favorite Joe Biden?
Which conservative candidate has the best chance of giving U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield a run for his money …
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A Wilson Times Co. editorial
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2/14/20
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Designating Wilson County a Second Amendment sanctuary won’t override any gun laws, but as part of a movement sweeping the state, it could stop new gun control efforts in their tracks.
More than …
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A Wilson Times Co. editorial
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2/7/20
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A Republican state Senate candidate is making headlines throughout North Carolina for all the wrong reasons.
Dennis Nielsen was served with a domestic violence protective order after wife Karen …
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A Wilson Times Co. editorial
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1/24/20
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One of the affinities this region feels for Martin Luther King Jr. is that he was a Southerner. He was Georgia-born and educated, a top Baptist seminarian who went on to guide congregations in …
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A Times archive editorial
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1/19/20
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Eight decades after the anti-pot propaganda film “Reefer Madness” stirred a moral panic over marijuana, cops and prosecutors in North Carolina are bending the truth to bind hemp to its infamous …
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A Wilson Times Co. editorial
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1/10/20
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As a Senate impeachment trial and the partisan spectacle of a presidential election cast long shadows over the New Year, Wilsonians can take solace that, at least on the local level, there are more …
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A Wilson Times Co. editorial
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12/31/19
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As Wilson County enters a new decade, a modern animal shelter on N.C. 42 East will replace the crumbling eyesore on Airport Drive. And it took earnest efforts from Wilson County stakeholders to bring …
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A Wilson Times Co. editorial
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12/27/19
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Editor’s note: It is, perhaps, the most well-known and beloved newspaper editorial of all time. On Sept. 21, 1897, The New York Sun answered 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon’s earnest question …
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12/23/19
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In 1984, Congress used its power of the purse to limit alcohol sales to buyers 21 and up. The National Minimum Drinking Age Act threatened state legislatures with a loss of federal highway funds if …
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A Wilson Times Co. editorial
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12/20/19
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Two decades. More than 2,300 U.S. troop deaths. Roughly a trillion dollars.
Time, blood and treasure haven’t stamped out the scourge of terrorism or transformed Afghanistan into a stable …
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A Wilson Times Co. editorial
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12/13/19
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It wasn’t a mere mistake, sloppy detective work or prosecutorial tunnel vision that locked Charles Ray Finch away for a murder he didn’t commit, a bombshell lawsuit alleges.
Instead, lawyers …
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A Wilson Times Co. editorial
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12/6/19
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For nearly six decades, C. Bruce Rose has served Wilson and its people with a singular selflessness. Today, Wilsonians offer their gratitude for a job well done.
It’s Bruce Rose Day in the city …
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A Wilson Times Co. editorial
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12/4/19
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Thursday is for turkey, family and football. Friday is for big-box doorbusters. And Saturday is for shopping local.
Small Business Saturday, a campaign supporting mom-and-pop shops that’s only …
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A Wilson Times Co. editorial
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11/29/19
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A political Thanksgiving tradition observed last week likely struck Charles Ray Finch and his family as more galling than charming.
Gov. Roy Cooper spared 45-pound toms Orville and Wilbur from …
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A Wilson Times Co. editorial
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11/26/19
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Former President Barack Obama is urging the crowded field of Democratic presidential candidates to temper their progressivism with a dose of pragmatism.
Far-left policies like eliminating all …
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A Wilson Times Co. editorial
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11/22/19
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President Donald Trump is in the thick of yet another high school free speech controversy.
A North Surry High School student made a joke about Trump during an improv club meeting on Wednesday, …
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A Wilson Times Co. editorial
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11/15/19
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Author, businessman and decorated Marine veteran Karl Marlantes wrote, “When the peace treaty is signed, the war isn’t over for the veterans, or the family. It’s just starting.”
In 1968, …
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A Times archive editorial
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11/11/19
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If you live in the city of Wilson or in one of Wilson County’s seven incorporated towns and haven’t participated in one-stop early voting, today’s the day to make your voice heard. …
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A Wilson Times Co. editorial
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11/4/19
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THUMBS UP to the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office for solving a 3 ½-decade-old homicide thanks to advances in forensic technology, persistence and good, old-fashioned detective work.
Sheriff’s …
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A Wilson Times Co. editorial
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10/25/19
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