August 14, 2018

Johnston County Certified As A Work-Ready Community The Capital Area Workforce Development Board (CAWD) designated Johnston County as a Work Ready Community. The certification recognizes a workforce that is a cut above when it comes to real-world job …

Local Grad Designing Homes A graduate of Triton High School is making her mark in the local area as she designs homes in subdivisions. Lindsey Malone, a 2018 graduate of Triton High School, is the designer of the Sand Stone …

Local Car Dealer Spreads His Influence One of the best known car dealers in the area is now operating another related business, distributing parts of all types to auto service professionals from a location in Lillington. John Hiester, …

Dunn Chamber Business Fest Booths Available Applications are now being accepted for the Family Medical Supply Business Fest 2018, Dunn’s Annual Business Expo. The show will be held Tuesday, Sept. 18, from 10:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. at the …

Seminar To Focus On Business Expo Success The Dunn Area Chamber of Commerce has announced the next Business Success Seminar, which will focus on the upcoming Family Medical Supply Business Fest coming up in September. This session will be …

To the editor, The Dangers Of Drinking And Driving I stopped by a bar just to have one drink, then I was going to drive home while I could clearly think, but as I got up to head for the door, a friend said sit …

Do Not Judge My son, Aaron Gregory, is a gift from God. There are some people who don’t look at it like that. He loves God. But there are some places that are very nice to him, WPYB, WCKB, Taco Bell, Hot Dog …

Tax dollars not used The “Tighten Budgets” comment in last week’s Sound Off [June 8] made some false assumptions about the use of Harnett County tax dollars to fund the Harnett County Public Utilities annual water quality report insert.

New NCAA Plan Is A Shot Off The Mark Your son is 6 feet 8 inches of sinewy arms and rocket-powered legs that move with sublime grace around a basketball court. The top colleges come courting before he turns 15, fawning over him with …

Big Shoes To Fill At Dunn Chamber The Dunn Area Chamber of Commerce has some big shoes to fill when they start looking for a replacement for Tammy Williams. We’re going to forgo our style here at The Daily Record and refer to …

Tar Heel Editors Speak Out If it doesn’t work, fix it. This seems to be the approach our district attorney is taking with local addiction problems that impact our legal system and our society, and it’s one with …

N.C. Is Right To Join Suit Against Posting Of Plans For 3-D Guns Imagine a gun you could build in the privacy of your home in much the same way that you assembled model cars and planes as a youth. A few clicks of a mouse and — voila! — you’re in …

Courts Should End Certificate Of Need Health Monopolies A Winston-Salem surgeon tired of seeing his patients saddled with sky-high bills for diagnostic tests decided to do something about it — he opened his own imaging center and cut the cost of MRI …

Democrats Earlier this week, Candace Owens, a young black conservative, was shouted out of a restaurant by a white crowd screaming obscenities and racial epithets at her and her dining companion, Turning Point …

Monument Protests Marred By Illegality RALEIGH — If critics of Confederate monuments truly want to accomplish their goal of removing such objects from the public square, I’m a good example of the kind of person they ought to be trying …

To Space, And Beyond? Anyone who writes a column on a regular basis knows that coming up with an idea is often the most difficult part of the process. Once the idea is in place, the words seem to begin to start flowing. …

N.C. Politics RALEIGH — In North Carolina politics, Democrats dominate urban areas while Republicans win suburban and rural voters. Outcomes are determined largely by which counties have the highest turnout in a …

Mother, Momma, Madre, Ma I struggled mightily last week to create a column worth its weight in ink. I toiled over sports subjects, trending topics and even partially wrote a column in which I was sharing all of my unpopular …