By Mitch Kokai Raleigh, NC – Every North Carolinian who pays personal income tax would see a lower rate, under a proposal from legislative Republicans. At the same time, higher-income earners should foot a higher share of the bill. To…
Submitted by Chatham NC GOP Pittsboro, NC – Recently the Chatham County Republican Party held our 2021 convention. Part of that convention was the update to our platform, printed below. We encourage conservative-minded individuals in the county to get involved…
By Carl Mueller Bear Creek, NC – I’ve been in search for decent internet service for almost three years now for my property in Bear Creek close to Goldston. While Century Link claimed they could provide DSL, I didn’t sign…
By Mark Stinson Silk Hope, NC – Lately no matter how hard I try there is some very fragile person who melts down if I don’t say something to suit their emotional fragility. These overly critical overthinking superficial I’m better…
By N.A. Booko Pittsboro, NC – A couple of days ago I wrote about my mother. I didn’t know a lot about her parents other than they were a great grandma and grandpa! Sometime in the 1960s after all of…
By Burney Waring Pittsboro, NC – We got a new tax assessment, as I guess you did. When I was trying to understand it, I ended up at the handy Chatham Tax Record site, looked up my property and clicked…
By Andrew Dunn Raleigh, NC – Nearly two-thirds of North Carolinians worry about harmful side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine, even as a growing majority say they’ll take it to get back to normal life. A new public opinion survey…
Siler City, NC – Stephanie Boone and her kids can’t wait to paint the walls in their new Habitat house. “As simple as it is, that’s the most exciting thing to me and my kids,” Stephanie said. “That’s really a…
Pittsboro, NC – National Public Health Week (NPHW) is April 5th through 11th this year, a time to recognize those individuals who contribute to public health on a small and large scale. The Chatham County Public Health Department (CCPHD) is…
By D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – Who is responsible for last month’s jam up in the Suez Canal? Could it be a North Carolinian? The damages to the quarter-mile long container ship, Ever Given, which ran aground in the…