Editorials
Our community woke up to some sad news Friday morning when we learned of the passing of Angela Jeffress.
The 56-year-old mother was fatally shot multiple times after simply falling asleep in the …
If you spend any time driving the roads of Person County, you know that it’s election time.
Frankly, it’s impossible to get away from it.
The signs are everywhere — and …
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Columns
With only a few days left to cast ballots in the 2022 primaries, most North Carolinians are worried and frustrated. Many are furious. Some 62% of voters responding to a recent High Point University …
The next few weeks I bet you will be attending a graduation ceremony--yours or a friend’s or a family member’s. In an earlier column I shared my thoughts about the speeches given at those …
I’m a conservative without a conversion story. Plenty of others have such a tale — they read a certain book, had a certain teacher, or somehow became disenchanted with their previous, …
What books are you featuring on PBS-NC’s North Carolina Bookwatch this season?
When I get this question from fans of that television program, I have to explain that the program was recently …
Climate change is real.
Emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities such as power generation and transportation are a causal factor. Because the net effects of climate change are …
Tis the season; no, not Christmas but the political season. And, if the former President’s visit to Selma is any indication of what’s to come, then we need to get prepared because …
A book is going to put North Carolina in the news.
Again.
The book, “Where the Crawdads Sing,” is set in North Carolina.
And so is the upcoming movie based on the book.
There …
Some partisans I know insist political allegiances are so rigid that elections have become little more than turnout contests. Whichever party gets its base out wins. Persuadable swing voters used to …
Who was Andy Griffith, really?
Today, almost 55 years after the last production of “The Andy Griffith Show” and 10 years after his death, people all over the world still tune into that …
It’s an often-repeated tale, I admit, but I’m going to repeat it, again: the world’s largest low-rise office building, the Pentagon, was built in 16 months. Can you imagine a …
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Letters to the Editor
To the editor:
I’m embarrassed by the way the Person County GOP is behaving. Hailing from the western part of the state, at 21, I registered as a Republican and have remained a registered …
To the editor:
I would like to thank GKN, Roxboro Police Department, Person County Sheriff’s Department, Brandon Vernon, SECU, Sportsman Club, Hester Whitted and Day Funeral Home, and …
To the editor:
Older adults play vital, positive roles in our communities — as family members, friends, mentors, volunteers, civic leaders, members of the workforce, and more. Just as every …
To the Roxboro and Greater Person County Family:
After six years, it is with true sadness to announce that I am stepping down from my role as Chief Executive Officer at Person Memorial Hospital. I …
Letter to the Editor:
In answer to the question posed by Mr. Galloway’s letter to the C-T editor on April 7, the actions and events of Jan. 6, 2021, are generally interpreted from one of two …
To the Editor:
I would like to thank everyone who came out to the Friends of the Person County Public Library Spring Book Sale on April 1 and 2. This was our first full-scale sale since the …
To the editor:
As we begin to enjoy the warmer weather and being able to go outside this also brings with it the allergies that comes along with this change in seasons. Just remember if there is …
To the editor:
In 1995, the City of Roxboro was named a “Main Street Community” by a North Carolina program. This gave the entity known as Uptown Roxboro a founding and the impetus to …
To the Editor of The Courier-Times:
Commissioner (P.J.) Gentry has exposed an important issue:
Should one commissioner be able to order the creation of a bridge loan program using …
To the editor:
January 6: Was it “legitimate political discourse?” or a “violent attack?”
Do Person County Republican office holders and leaders agree with the …
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