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Read what Chief Myhand says about the city's new Main Street surveillance cameras

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GUEST COLUMN: Lifesaving ‘welfare’ program badly in need of reform

Two years ago, my brother and his wife both died within a month of one another.   Read Story »

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LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: Legislature undercuts local zoning authority

Cities and counties are just now starting to absorb the magnitude of the state Legislature’s stealth effort to abolish their authority to manage growth through zoning.   Read Story »

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First, the loss. Then, the insurance.

Watching the images of fires burning in and around Los Angeles is very triggering.   Read Story »

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Tips on handling holiday stress

The holiday season is upon us and while this time of year can be magical and memory-filled, it’s often also stressful and overwhelming for both grownups and kids.   Read Story »

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NC campaigns neglected a critical issue

During the homestretch of the 2024 election, I complained repeatedly about the absence of serious engagement by presidential and congressional candidates with the critical issue of the national debt. Most said virtually nothing about the eye-popping federal deficits of the past few years, while others claimed that excising “waste, fraud, and abuse” or “making billionaires pay their fair share” would solve the problem — which is mathematically impossible.   Read Story »

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STUCK MIDDLE: Help your neighbors

I honestly do not know where to start. Our lives have been forever changed by Hurricane Helene and its ugly aftermath.   Read Story »

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Former county GOP chair endorses Harris-Walz

Just a month into a hurricane recovery would not have been a time I would have ever thought to make a political statement.    Read Story »

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Hill weed-wacks the greenies

As Henderson County commissioners near the end of their three-year journey to rewrite the county’s land development plan, two commissioners are raising objections about information sources that are climate-change oriented.   Read Story »

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LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: Zoning vote exacerbates housing crisis

When 13 elected and appointed leaders passed judgment on a rezoning request for a residential development in Hoopers Creek, only two got it right.   Read Story »

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