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LETTER: Tribal member supports community policing
New officers that are taught bad culture or habits by others that was taught to them isn’t good.
EDITORIAL: Lurking in the parking lot
“It’s 10:00. Do you know where your children are?” In 1967 and running through the late 1980s, a media campaign asked this question of parents as high crime rates resulted in concern and community-wide curfews around the country. In the dark of night, bad people were doing bad things to good people, or anyone the bad people could find.
COMMENTARY: Sen. McCain’s service is something we all should strive to mirror
We can honor his memory by returning to civil discussions over our issues and reaching out to those who oppose us to work together for the greater good.
LETTER – Family had nice time in Cherokee
Many members of my family visited us this summer.
EDITORIAL: Glimmers of hope
I encourage you to share your examples of glimmers of hope. A single glimmer or spark can be the beginning of a bonfire.
LETTER: Reader complains about treatment in area hospital
At the top of her lungs, in a waiting room full of patients, she screamed at me, “You are a male sexist chauvinist pig”.
COMMENTARY: Reader upset with Jackson County Board “shenanigans”
Last night, I attended the Jackson County Board of Commissioners meeting specifically to apologize to Commissioner Charles Elders.
COMMENTARY: Why you should vote in all elections
Decisions made at all levels of government (President and Congress in Washington, DC, General Assembly in Raleigh and County Commissioners, Sheriffs, Courts, etc.) impact your daily lives.
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