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July 21 Mr. and Mrs. David Avrette Quintin and Rhonda Byrd Billy and Annette Barfield

July 21 Valencia Ann Bell Efrem Byrd Tabitha Y. Deller Sal DiChiera Josh Faircloth Allen Fann Rita Fulmer Daisy Angela Gregory Dot Holmes Rebecca Holmes Dale Hyatt Roy Johnson Holly Kloempken David Lassiter Jay McFadden Sam McFadden Joyce Murchison Ken Pleasant Vicki Stephens Ivan Strickland Sr. Renne Tew Becky Vann Joshua Walsh Patrick White Wesley West Jonathan Thomas Williams

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I have been together for eight years. When we first met, I was in the military and she was a bartender. Needless to say, she made far more money than I did at the time. Six months into our relationship, she got pregnant and quit her job. For the next seven years she raised our ...

Back in the 1970s, Robert Morgan resigned as our state’s attorney general to launch what now looks like a most unusual campaign for U.S. senator. This was not a campaign driven by focus groups and pollsters, it was a campaign of the people. His supporters weren’t promoting a brand, as is so often the case with today’s big-league politics, they ...

Challenges For Black People: Part II The prospects for a better future are nearly hopeless for roughly 20 percent of black people — those who reside in bigcity crime-infested and dysfunctional neighborhoods. There is virtually nothing that can be done about it without a major rebuilding of the black community from within. Let’s examine some of the aspects of the ...

Let’s try and connect some dots. Recently, FBI Director Jim Comey expressed his view that, after investigation of Hillary Clinton’s handling of State Department official business, including classified material, on her personal email server, he would not recommend criminal charges against her. This despite describing the behavior of the former secretary of state as “extremely negligent.” Former New York City ...

RALEIGH — In 2016 North Carolina features the country’s most competitive election for governor, one of the country’s most competitive elections for U.S. Senate, and the tightest state race in the country between Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump. This is one of those bad news/ good news situations. I’ll give you the bad news first: ...

As part of the new eCourts initiative, the North Carolina Court System has launched two online services that N.C. citizens will find easy-to-use and convenient, while at the same time being more efficient for the state. Through the Online Collections and Payments (OCAP) system, citizens can now pay probationrelated costs, fines and fees online using their credit / debit card. ...

Marshall Stephenson is bringing back his “Country Music Opry” this Saturday at the Dunn Plaza theater. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. The show is a tribute to the world-famous Grand Old Opry stars of the past such as Merle Haggard, George Jones, Buck Owens, Ray Price and Ernie Stubbs. “We’re trying to keep the country music alive,” said Mr. ...

DAILY DIGEST The Town of Erwin and the Erwin Area Chamber of Commerce have invited the community to support local law enforcment officers Wednesday, July 27 at 6 p.m. in front of town hall. For more information, contact the EACC at (910) 897-7300.