Commentary on Current Events of Interest to Columbus, and the Surrounding Counties of NC
By Cynthia Nelson Greater Tabor City Chamber of Commerce Thank you to those who came out on such a windy, chilly Saturday for the March 28 Easter Egg Hunt at...
Spring is one of my favorite times of the year; baby critters are being born, flowers are blooming, more moderate temperatures (even though I love winter, by March the honeymoon...
I am ashamed to admit I rarely make it to a sunrise Easter service anymore. Animals and malfunctioning body parts make for a slow start to any day, and...
Editor’s Note: the following is a partial transcript of this week’s edition of the Columbus Connection. There’s been a lot of gossip and speculation about the Cynthia Hansen murder on...
By Michael Myrie The Sheepdog Foundation Inc. Many families are concerned about the rise in crime in our communities and public schools. From mass assailants to peer violence, the safety...
Back down one of the old dirt roads I used to frequent, past the rotting remains of the home of a reputed “root woman”, just beyond a falling down tobacco...
Courtesy of the Sheepdog Foundation Editor’s note: This is the first in a new series on personal safety by Michael and Alicia Myrie of the Sheepdog Foundation. Personal safety and...
Gentlemen, fix your sons. I had stopped at a gas station to feed my ancient Tahoe, Valkyria. One pump down was one of those ridiculous, repulsive, supposedly illegal squatted trucks....
Spring is upon us and it’s time for important things outside, like sports. It’s baseball, softball, track, tennis, golf, and soccer time. My problem is, I don’t have enough time...
By Cynthia Nelson Greater Tabor City Chamber of Commerce In our last column we spoke of our 80th Annual Banquet. We are pleased to say that it was one of...
Some folks did not realize before last week that we have been at war with Iran for 47 years. It wasn’t always a shooting war; sometimes we were attacked by...
The mud squelched between my bare toes; it was cold, but not uncomfortably so. The pollen was rising, and I sneezed into the morning, startling one of the resident cardinals...
There are pure-tee idiots in every faith, denomination and following. But at the risk of bringing a fatwah down on my own head, I have to say the proverbial cake...
I had to wave and smile as I saw a fellow commuter the other morning. It was a dreary, gray, cold day – a braw and bitter marnin’, as the...
Just to hopefully reduce some confusion out there, I purchased Columbuscountynews.com from Jeff Allen Jones in December. Mr. Jones said he wanted to get out of the news business due...
She wasn’t always just a sweet little old lady. Don’t get me wrong; most of the time my mother, Lois C. Weaver, was a happy, loving woman. She was a...