Opinion
Minimizing barriers to a higher education is important to all of us at Central Lakes College. This is also critical in our commitment to provide the highly educated workforce that our local economy demands. To this end, we are excited about a new program to help with both of those issues: Workforce...
When I finished my graduate study and moved out of Buffalo, N.Y. to take my first full-time professional job at the University of Missouri, I called my telephone company to discontinue my landline service. After being put on hold while the agent checked my account, I was shocked by the words I...
The commissioners in Guilford County, N.C., voted this year to move all public notices required by state law from local newspapers to the county’s website. Four companies that publish newspapers in the county recently filed suit to have the ordinance - and the statute that enabled it - ruled...
As the President and CEO of Lakewood Health System (LHS) Staples, I’m sometimes asked, “Tim, what keeps you up at night?” Or, “What do you worry about or lose sleep over?”
As far as LHS is concerned, I really don’t lose sleep. We have great employees, providers and teams in place who are dedicated...
r country? The Supreme Court just upheld President Trump’s travel ban. The Trump administration is determined to reduce all categories of immigration, including those seeking refuge and asylum from horrible conditions in their countries. Just this quarter, the administration has separated immigrant...
On the afternoon of June 19 I found myself parked on the shoulder of the Airport Road with an overheated engine and my hood up.
While I was waiting for the engine to cool, a young man with a noisy pickup stopped to help. He said his name was Joe.
Joe drove into town, bought some coolant, returned...
