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A win-win for Highway 108

I’m writing in regards to the expansion of Highway 108 between Columbus and Tryon. My husband and I…

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And now for the rest of the story

The North Carolina Department of Transportation has finally finished their trilogy on what they have planned for Polk…

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The blessings of our county

Whenever I come back from a trip, after I’ve sorted through the pounds of junk mail, I sit…

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Fight against 108 widening should keep efforts focused

Many residents of Highway 108 have expressed their constitutional right to oppose the widening of the roadway for…

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Commissioner: Why I voted ‘Nay’

A primary concern I have as a Polk County commissioner is making sure that we are, at all…

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Thanks to the firefighters protecting the community

On May 7, knocking was heard at our front door.  Our visitor was a fireman coming to alert…

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Widening 108 will create what many came to the Foothills to escape

My husband and I are deeply distressed by the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s proposed widening of Highway…

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Highway 108 ‘improvement’ project boggles the mind

What a fiasco! Who are the bureaucrats who thought up this idea? Money burning a hole in their…

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RIP, Alfie Evans

I have seen socialism’s future, and its name is Alfie Evans. Short of his second birthday, Alfie Evans…

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Proposed DOT project will address 108’s problems

I guess I must be about the only person around in favor of the road project for Highway…