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JMH saving patients $750,000

Our thinking is that people working fewer hours are still glad to have a job. That is to say, the hospital could have chosen to lay off employees.

Updated: Jun. 4, 2008 8:58 AM | Full story

Park owner, too, has a role to play

Selma leaders should put their focus on the people who live in mobile homes, not on the folks who own the parks.

Updated: Jun. 4, 2008 9:02 AM | Full story

Today in North Carolina: Are our kids getting smarter?

Bright Beginnings, More at Four and Smart Start might well be having their intended effects. No one should be afraid to find out, to the degree possible, exactly how well each is meeting its goals.

Updated: Jun. 4, 2008 9:06 AM | Full story

Let schools decide how to spend

Have County Commissioners been playing politics with teacher pay all along?

Updated: May. 28, 2008 9:02 AM | Full story

Biggs earns his keep

We think Mr. Biggs earns every penny he is paid.

Updated: May. 28, 2008 9:05 AM | Full story

Today in North Carolina: Debate could use common sense

Corporate donors to politicians of both parties know well that immigration reform lacking some form of amnesty will damage the economy and their bottom line.

Updated: May. 28, 2008 9:08 AM | Full story

EMS merits county's oversight

Emergency medical service in Johnston ought to be an agency of county government, at least in the neediest of cases.

Updated: May. 21, 2008 1:45 PM | Full story

Today in North Carolina: Session unlikely to make waves

The reasons that legislators have been a bit short with their reach in recent years are many.

Updated: May. 21, 2008 2:00 PM | Full story

Republican Party passes primary test

The risk on May 6 was that a lot of money could derail loyalty and discipline, throwing the party into disarray.

Updated: May. 14, 2008 9:16 AM | Full story

Princeton must justify annexation

Forced annexation is justified when people who live just outside of town benefit from their proximity to town.

Updated: May. 14, 2008 9:19 AM | Full story

Today in North Carolina: Get out the vote, or not?

Maybe it�s standard operating procedure for national get-out-the-vote groups to fail to read state voter-registration laws, time after time.

Updated: May. 14, 2008 9:25 AM | Full story

A black spring for Republicans

When I was much younger, it could be said that one Republican did not speak ill of another. That changed over time, but not in Johnston County, not until now.

Updated: May. 7, 2008 9:24 AM | Full story

Ham & Yam still draws good crowd

Ham & Yam has adapted since its namesakes � hams and yams � lost their high profile.

Updated: May. 7, 2008 9:21 AM | Full story

Today in North Carolina: Is state serious about waste?

State taxpayers are about to find out whether North Carolina�s legislative leaders are serious about being more efficient with their money or if they are simply wasting more of it themselves.

Updated: May. 7, 2008 10:00 AM | Full story

From Our Readers: Alumni say thanks

The Smithfield High School Alumni Association sincerely appreciates the many people who made our April 26 Gala Celebration a memorable success.

Updated: May. 7, 2008 9:57 AM | Full story

Stan Farmer served Selma well

Stan Farmer's tenure will go down as a crucially successful run for the departing town manager.

Updated: Apr. 30, 2008 10:48 AM | Full story

In Clayton, bond issues make sense

The growing town could use more and better places to play.

Updated: Apr. 30, 2008 10:45 AM | Full story

Today in North Carolina: Dems target auditor

Whoever wins the Democratic primary won�t find it easy to take out an incumbent, no matter how many Democratic powerbrokers chafe at having a Republican in the office.

Updated: Apr. 30, 2008 10:52 AM | Full story