Most of you know and have heard about Jim Valvano. He was the N.C. State basketball coach who led the Pack to a NCAA victory in 1983. He later worked for ESPN and died from cancer in 1993. He also was a visionary, leader, inspirer...
A while back, Missus and I had another bout of COVID, or something darn near like it. When it was over, and things were returning to normal, I was out in the yard one day and had to rest a moment, having still not regained all my ...
By Cynthia Stephens Tabor City Chamber We trust that each of you had a wonderful time at the N.C. Yam Festival! The weather was absolutely perfect for a fall festival and we are so grateful for that. The Yam Festival organizers w...
Downtown Whiteville is about to get busier than a pecan pie table at Thanksgiving. Starting Friday, Nov. 6 with the Pecan Prelude, followed by the Veterans Celebration Parade and the NC Pecan Festival, then Pass the Pink, Plaid &a...
We have officially reached that point in the election process where I must wonder, however briefly, if being ruled by an inbred, psychotic, syphlitic despot thousands of miles away in England was really such a bad thing. But I sti...
It’s rare that we can look at a tax as a good thing, but the quarter-cent sales tax on the Nov. 3 ballot (also your early ballot) is a tax everyone should get behind. It’s one-quarter of one penny on top of the 6.75 pennies charge...
