Letters

Of the 3.75 million Tar Heels who cast votes in the 2018 election, 55 percent supported a “Constitutional amendment to require voters to provide photo identification before voting in person.”

I appreciate Gov. Roy Cooper and Health and Human Services Sec. Mandy Cohen making the trip to Greenville Monday and their willingness to discuss issues related to the health and wellbeing of eastern North Carolinians. Unfortunately, I was unable to participate due to clinical commitments in…

From what I can gather, the world is likely a better place without Iran’s brutal General Soleimani. However, President Trump’s decision to take the man out is a frightening and appalling abuse of power that sets an extremely dangerous precedent, in my view.

To be inspired, challenged, loved and made to laugh, spend an evening with Lucille Gorham, who died last January. For the sake of our community and our world, she’s someone to keep fresh in our memory, especially as we approach MLK Day.

Legislators have a lot of unfinished business to attend to when we return to Raleigh for a special session next week.

Pointing out President Trump’s negative characteristics gets tiresome, but I can’t let this one pass: Killing the top general of Iran was questionable but threatening to strike Iran’s cultural sites is a cheap shot unbecoming to the leader of the free world.

Tobacco Farmers are paid 9 cents for the tobacco in a pack of 20 cigarettes. That’s less than a half a penny per cigarette. Tobacco farmers haven’t had a pay raise in 37 years. The federal government should step in and mandate a pay raise for the American tobacco farmers so they can grow the…

Certainly none of the members of the Greenville City Council are as boneheaded or mired in climate change denial as as our president and so many in his administration. The council should be applauded for their previous efforts at “greening” our city but there is so much more that we all coul…

The current resident of the White House knows nothing of the realities of war. Had he served in the Army as a participant in the Vietnam War — as he rightfully should have — he would not now display such a cavalier attitude about starting yet another war for other people to be maimed in and …

Columnist Rob Schofield (Jan. 3) listed his 10 key missed opportunities and wrong turns for North Carolina.

Beginning on Friday, Dec. 27, about 9 a.m., several households on Daventry Drive in Greenville lost internet, cable and home phone service.

Beginning on Friday, Dec. 27, about 9 a.m., several households on Daventry Drive in Greenville lost internet, cable and home phone service.

In 2018, North Carolina voters amended the state constitution to enshrine the principle of voter ID. The previous state voter ID law was struck down by a Federal Appeals Court in 2016 when the Obama Justice Department argued that it unconstitutionally suppressed minority voting.

Pender County has granted a building permit for a 500 acre, approximately $40 million solar farm.

Another year in Greenville has ended, and the city continued to make great progress. The City Council has worked closely with city staff to accomplish our goals, and we were delighted to get the chance to continue those efforts during the next two years.

Wow, reading Vic Corey’s letter paraphrasing an interview with this so called prophet Mark Taylor (Public Forum, Dec. 28) just proves that the cult mentality has fully taken root in Trump’s Republican party.