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...INCREASED FIRE DANGER WEDNESDAY...

Gusty southwest winds will develop by mid day Wednesday then shift
to the northwest late as a strong cold front crosses the area.
These winds combined with fairly low humidities will lead to an
increased fire danger Wednesday.

Outdoor burning is discouraged. Please refer to your local burn
permitting authority on whether you can burn. If you do burn, use
extreme caution and ensure fire suppression equipment is readily
available.

Steps should build faith in vaccine

Blood clots in veins that drain blood from the brain can lead to alarming strokelike results. The symptoms can be severe headaches, abdominal pain, leg pain and shortness of breath.

Compromise on gun laws must happen

It would be understandable if some wished that we could return to stricter sequestration. Not only because we’d be safer from the risk of COVID, but because, especially at this time last year, several societal problems seemed blessedly diminished — including gun violence.

April 16 Bless Your Heart

Somebody once called me fat and lazy. If this person would quit smoking, maybe they would gain some weight. Wake up America, smoking kills you. It should be a thing of the past since the surgeon general told us that in 1964!

McConnell fine with corporations, when they pay up

When it comes to American corporations expressing themselves, Republican U.S. Sen Mitch McConnell would rather these businesses put their money where their mouths are than listening to them when they speak and act up.

April 14 Bless Your Heart

Bless you heart to the kind and honest person who turned in my dropped book of checks to the worker at the Winterville post office. They made sure it was put in my box. Your note indicated you would hope someone would do the same for you, and I hope so too! You did not identify yourself so I…

Editorial: State should open books on public employees

A bill currently before the legislature, The Government Transparency Act of 2021, would allow public access to the records of public employees who are disciplined, suspended, demoted or fired from their jobs. In the case of dismissal, the bill calls on department heads to set forth “the spec…

Vaccine credentials should help, not harm

As controversial as they’ve become, “vaccine credentials” that allow individuals to show they’ve been vaccinated should be part of the answer — as long as careful safeguards are included.

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Don't fumble so close to the end zone

In a play last season that he may want to forget, former Duke star Daniel Jones, now the starting quarterback for the New York Giants, suddenly broke into the open in a game against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Don't pretend that shootings are inevitable

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Filibuster rule exists for a reason

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Prison reforms unnerving, but may be solution

It’s an agreement that could unnerve the public. To settle a lawsuit over crowded prison conditions during the pandemic, the state of North Carolina has agreed to the early release of 3,500 prison inmates during the next six months.

What we've learned from pandemic

One year and one day after COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic, a federal mass vaccination center opened at Greensboro’s Four Seasons Town Centre.

What we've learned from pandemic

One year and one day after COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic, a federal mass vaccination center opened at Greensboro’s Four Seasons Town Centre.

NC lawmakers should expand Medicaid now

During a recent interview with Politico, a Washington news service, Gov. Roy Cooper indicated he holds out hope he’ll be able to work out a “grand bargain” with the Republican leaders of the General Assembly on his top legislative priorities — particularly expanding health care to more than …