Opinion (481)
COLUMN: Court distinguishes between social media rant, legitimate death threat
Written by Mitch Kokai
If being cooped up for days has made you irritable, so irritable that you’ve taken out your frustrations online, a recent ruling from the N.C. Court of Appeals might offer a small degree of comfort.
Richmond County COVID-19 Heroes: von Drehle keeps the paper rolling
Written by Meghann Lambeth - Richmond County Tourism Director
Toilet paper has always been a household staple, but under the current statewide stay-at-home order due to COVID-19, it has been quite the popular commodity.
COLUMN: After the Pandemic: Back to school, or forward to a better future?
Written by Thomas L. Knapp
Anyone who tries to tell you that the COVID-19 pandemic, and its associated social, political, and economic panics, are good things is an idiot, or trying to sell you some kind of snake oil, or both. Society-wide disasters are always net negatives, or we wouldn't think of them as disasters in the first place. Silver linings are never as shiny as the clouds they run through are large.
Richmond County COVID-19 Heroes: Affordable Hosiery switches operations to mask-making
Written by Meghann Lambeth - Richmond County Tourism Director
Located in Ellerbe, this family-owned business might be small in relation to some of our other Richmond County industries, but their impact is huge, especially in the wake of COVID-19. Owners Rodney and Polly Mabe from Derby have mastered every aspect of knitting and sewing in their start to finish hosiery mill, Affordable Hosiery.
Does North Carolina lock up too many people? I’ve long thought so.
Richmond County COVID-19 Heroes: Richmond County Schools lives up to 'Better Together' motto
Written by Meghann Lambeth - Richmond County Tourism Director
An old American proverb says “education is a gift that no one can take away.” Richmond County Schools has demonstrated the truth in those words in the past few weeks of transitioning students to homeschool and proving that even a stay-at-home order cannot stop their students from learning.
Richmond County COVID-19 Heroes: Trinity's bleach a crucial component
Written by Meghann Lambeth - Richmond County Tourism Director
Trinity Manufacturing, Inc. has been making products that purify the earth’s soil and water since 1989. With their production of cleaning agents that ensure safe, clean drinking water and to support the agriculture industry with soil purification, their products are more essential than ever. Their agriculture products are distributed globally and other products, such as bleach, are distributed regionally.
COLUMN: People want to buy liquor, so N.C. should make it as easy as possible
Written by John Trump - Carolina Journal News Service
Virginia, also — like North Carolina — an alcohol control state, is allowing distillers to deliver to people’s homes.
It’s a big step, and it would be great if North Carolina found a way to implement a similar service, for myriad reasons, which I’ll get to.
Richmond County COVID-19 Heroes: Superior Cranes critical to infrastructure
Written by Meghann Lambeth - Richmond County Tourism Director
Superior Cranes, Inc., has always been an essential industry in Richmond County that provides services nationally and globally. As one of the largest employers in the county, Superior Cranes continues to lead the way and make a substantial positive impact in supporting both our local community and our nation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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LETTER: A brokenhearted high school senior
Written by Letter to the Editor Contributor
To the editor:
Did I already have my last day of high school and not know it? Did I sit beside the people I grew up with for the very last time and not know it? Did I play my last game with my best friends that turned into sisters and not know it? Did I eat lunch with my school family for the last time and not know it? Did I take for granted all the times I may never get back?
Richmond County COVID-19 Heroes: Hood Packaging develops bags for student lunches
Written by Meghann Lambeth - Richmond County Tourism Director
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
Winston Churchill’s words have been actualized by Hood Packaging in Hamlet.
Richmond County COVID-19 Heroes: VBC on standby to make emergency modules
Written by Meghann Lambeth - Richmond County Tourism Director
A local industry that might seem to be unrelated to Covid-19 response efforts has proven they too can and will support the cause.
COLUMN: Technology has reduced suffering during shutdown
Written by John Hood
As painful as it is to live under North Carolina’s partial lockdown, just imagine how much worse it would be if the COVID-19 outbreak were happening before the advent of the Internet.
