When my son Rowan was 8 years old, he was diagnosed as autistic, something that should have been obvious given his aversion to hand-dryers and his proclivity for completing puzzles face-down. The doctor cautioned that Rowan would need more time to process things in school, but I soon realize…
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Public opinion polls can be tricky. They can be inflammatory. They can be wrong.
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Following a 15-year period in which North Carolina’s juvenile crime rate fell by more than 50%, new data warns us that urgent action is needed to prevent a recent upsurge in juvenile crime from becoming a troubling long-term trend.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics just released its latest jobs report for North Carolina and the rest of the country. As usual, the report contained a mixture of good news and bad.
Most, if not all, of you are aware of the challenges the newspaper industry has faced, particularly over the last 15 years.
Most, if not all, of you are aware of the challenges the newspaper industry has faced, particularly over the last 15 years.
Reader writes letter to the 'reasonably intelligent Republicans' who voted for Ronald Reagan and the first President Bush. He questions the toleration of Donald Trump and his acolytes.
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Resident of Gibsonville, N.C., says he and his wife have been fortunate to have two neighbors who help them keep their driveway clean.
Some Virginia residents had stopped in Burlington, N.C., when they had an accident. Unhurt, they were able to continue their trip. They wanted to thank the kind people who helped them.
Burlington resident asks Sens. Burr and Tillis about their millions of dollars in support from NRA sources and their silence on common sense gun regulations.
Mebane resident says instead of littering with your old masks, find a trash can, put it in your pocket and take it home, or keep it on and protect yourself and others.
Reader says assault weapons, which are designed to kill a lot of people, should be banned. The only reasons for owning this type of gun would seem to be for mass murder or insurrection.
Keep Alamance-Burlington School System staff, teachers, students safe from shootings. But the real SROs are school counselors and student services.