Opinion

Editorial: Judging Wake’s next superintendent

Garner residents don’t want to miss the opportunity to weigh in on Wake County’s choice for the next school superintendent.

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OPINION

Editorial: A message not heard enough

Teenage drivers think they are invincible. They don’t try to get in wrecks. But the fact is their judgment isn’t always sound. The results of poor judgment can’t be explained too much.
OPINION

Column: Garner more than just a farming community

Garner is fertile ground for those of us in the news business.
OPINION

Once again, Garner folks answer call

Some on the Garner Town Council and in Town Hall wondered whether they could raise enough money privately to pay half the cost of sending a delegation to Denver for the All America City competition. They feared private donors were tapped out after generously supporting the Garner Veterans Memorial...
OPINION

Change afoot on website, editor’s desk

Here are a few updates I want to share.
OPINION

Hog farmers turn green

Who would have thought two decades ago that North Carolina hog farmers would prove pivotal in preserving an environmental law?
OPINION

How should Tar Heel state pay for its roads?

My father was born in 1922 on a farm in rural Ohio. Horses and carriages were as common as cars. When the first road was built, it was tolled, meaning only those who paid the gatekeeper at the entrance to the road could use it.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Reader writes: GOP deconstructing government

In a recent column, John Hood of the John Locke Foundation, a conservative, small-government think tank, argued that our recently elected governor was playing “small ball” in his first 100 days.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Reader writes: Celebrate older adults

Every year since 1963, May has been the month to appreciate and celebrate the vitality and aspirations of older adults and their contributions and achievements. It is a proud tradition that shows our nation’s commitment to honor the value that elders continue to contribute to our communities...
EDITORIALS

Garner has school-building needs too

Garner High School is so crowded that freshmen will soon attend school in a former movie theater and in mobile classrooms in the theater’s parking lot. And yet a proposed Wake County school bond issue contains few dollars for Garner High.
COLUMNS

GOP likely making mistake

One interesting aspect of Republican rule in the state capital is this: As the GOP has rejected significant portions of public policy drawn by Democrats predecessors, Republican lawmakers have embraced a demonstrated failure of Democratic policy.