It’s about time for New Year’s resolutions. My recommendation for North Carolina politicians of all stripes is to resolve to focus their attention, rhetoric, and legislation on reducing the ranks of the unemployed.
The Durham Area Transit Authority reported to the City Council recently about changes to its route network and resulting on-time performance figures.
Thank you for Jason Hawkins’ recent article on Doris Wilson and her new book, “Seniors 90-100+ and Their Families: What Keeps Them Going?”
Just in time for holiday giving, here are some good ideas about a variety of North Carolina-related books, one or two of which might be perfect for a last-minute gift.
If Washington drives over the fiscal cliff, North Carolina’s fragile economic recovery will be part of the wreckage.
It was a Friday night. My wife was in Boulder, Colo., visiting our son and grandson. I had attended the Durham Preservation Society’s annual gathering at Morgan Imports and had left early after a busy day to return to our home in Trinity Park.
Two area churches are showing what goodwill toward women, men and children is all about this holiday season.
North Carolina’s efforts in improving education appear to be paying dividends. A comparative study of student achievement found our fourth- and eighth-grade students ranked highly with students in other states and other countries.
As politicians compete to prove who loves the middle class more, they're missing the elephant and the donkey in the room.
I am among the millions of Americans mourning the tragic and senseless loss of life at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. This deadly rampage brings back the painful memories of the innocent lives also lost in the Columbine and Virginia Tech shootings.
To offer a few tentative thoughts in the aftermath of the Connecticut school shooting is a daunting undertaking.
Seven years ago, Durham resident Chad Sanders lost his sister, Shelly, to drug overdose. Shelly had been using drugs with a friend in her dorm room when she became unresponsive.
Perhaps I spend too much time thinking about downtown.
According to recently released rankings, Durham County is the eighth healthiest county in the state of North Carolina, out of 100 counties statewide. North Carolina, however ranked just 33rd in health out of the nation’s 50 states.
The article in the Dec. 3 Herald-Sun regarding the plans of the UNC School of Medicine to train U.S. Army Special Forces medical sergeants in a two-year master’s degree program reminded me of the beginning of the first-ever physician assistant program at Duke University Medical Center.