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COLUMN: Making use of what you have
When my mom was a child, back in the 1930s, the effects of this country’s Great Depression were still very evident. It had filtered down to just about every household in America.
COLUMN: Don't keep workers sidelined
North Carolina’s “headline” unemployment rate in May was 12.9%. That’s the highest monthly rate since the Great Depression. But on a number of occasions during the month, I talked with North Carolina restauranteurs and other business owners who were struggling to fill vacancies as they reopened.
Moss comes 'full circle' as 4th-generation owner of West Rockingham business Moss Brothers Tire
ROCKINGHAM — Will Moss never intended to be in the tire business.
After several years of helping his father, William “Bo” Moss, change tires, he vowed not to do it again.