Editorials

What To Do If A Terrorist Starts Shooting?

Next time I’m in a foxhole under fire from the enemy, I’d like to have J.B. Davis beside…

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Shushing talk of presidential politics

We banned all talk of Donald and Hillary at our recent family vacation. The adults were all told…

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Salamanders, Crayfish Top Smokies Hikes

ALUM CAVE, Great Smoky Mountains — They hiked like Olympic gold-medalists, four of my half-pint grandchildren — never…

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Our choices: A screamer or a bore

After two weeks of political conventions, it’s finally safe to turn on the television again. I watched the…

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Santa carver’s artistry lives on our mantle

Deep in the oven-like attic Saturday morning I found the big cardboard box of wooden Santas where I…

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Pokemon game highlights lots of local spots

GREENVILLE — Were I not a sophisticated, techno-savvy journalist, I might have thought those six college-aged men gathered…

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Buck Jordan, Zeb Eaton also made Majors

We’ve found two more. Two Cooleemee boys also made it to the Major Leagues. Since Whit Merrifield was…

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Ted Budd a likeable guy

How can you not like Ted Budd, who was recently a runaway winner in the Republican primary in…

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Major Leaguer ‘Bun’ Seats Of Farmington

How hard is it for someone to break into the lineup of a Major League Baseball team? Extremely…

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Walk across the 13th District: Part 3

Dan Barrett walked 100 miles across the district in his recent run for Congress.  The following is the…