Community

Duke’s record on pollution, environment

Guilty as Charged: Duke Energy to pay $102 million after pleading guilty to years of illegal pollution, ignored ...

September 17, 2015

Community

From national to local, déjà vu?

Have you ever had the feeling that you’ve seen a past disaster unfolding in the present right before ...

September 17, 2015

Community

Say what!?

Having seen Commissioner Keith Holbert’s more recent explanation for his vote against two excellent, proven animal cruelty investigators, ...

September 17, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Why don’t you go for a walk?

To the editor: This morning I had the pleasure of a walk around the track at Harmon field. ...

September 15, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Animal cruelty investigators ask to be reinstated

To the editor: Have you ever seen a dog so skinny that you could count every bone in ...

September 15, 2015

Community

Common sense, a wise man once said, isn’t common. This may never be more true than in the ...

September 10, 2015

Community

Obligations as a public servant

Polk County Commission Chair Tom Pack and two of his Republicans colleagues, Keith Holbert and Michael Gage, voted ...

September 10, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Commissioners should be charged with a federal crime

To the editor: I think everyone is missing the point here. I was a volunteer with the county ...

September 9, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Do Black Lives Matter in Tryon?

To the editor: On Thursday, Sept. 3, I attended a meeting of the Eastside Citizen Advisory Committee at ...

September 9, 2015

Letters to the Editor

What is the value of our water?

To the editor: This is an open letter to each member of the Polk County Board of Commissioners. ...

September 9, 2015