Last week, Sen. Thom Tillis sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of the Interior, and the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, noting the "potential economic benefits coming from offshore energy production" but also noting the economic importance of North…
Tillis needs to stick up for coast, oppose offshore drilling/Letters/2019/02/17/Tillis-needs-to-stick-up-for-coast-oppose-offshore-drilling.html11
About a 20-minute hopper flight east of San Juan is the island of Viecques (Vee-eck-ess). It’s a gem of nature featuring wildlife sanctuaries, rain forest trails, perhaps the best beaches in the Caribbean and wild horses everywhere. The latter clutter up the narrow roads and munch happily in…
Viecques has even harder time getting DC's attention/Other-Views/2019/02/17/Viecques-has-even-harder-time-getting-DC-s-attention.html11
Listen in on discussions among area public boards, and it's likely economic development will arise in one form or another. Talk may be about how to stimulate the local economy with incentives to businesses, job creation or recruitment initiatives, or it may center on ways to improve life and…
Broadband service needs higher priority for region/Our-Views/2019/02/17/Broadband-services.html11
Colleagues of U.S. Rep. Walter Jones remember the long-serving North Carolinian as a humble, devoted maverick whose career was defined by conviction and kindness. Those principles extended to animals.
Jones was among the 150 co-sponsors of the historic Battlefield Excellence through Superior…
Jones' principles, service extended to protecting animals/Letters/2019/02/16/021319galalet.html11
My son attends Northeastern High School. Recently, he had a substitute bus driver.
When the bus was late, I called the bus garage, and they said it would be an hour late. Then at 9 a.m., I called again. This time I was informed the bus driver had missed my neighborhood and that no bus would be…
Lack of plan for responding to bus mistake dangerous/Letters/2019/02/16/020519robertslet.html11
