There are moments in time where the world just feels happier. We reflect on those moments — things like Woodstock or, for a younger generation, the summer of Pokemon Go — as brief flickers, glimpses of a happier world where we can just let the cold reality fall away, for a little while, ...

It’s no great secret that our healthcare system is broken. While a tired joke about American school shootings goes “there is no way to stop this, says only country that can’t stop this,” the same cannot be said of healthcare. Our system is famously busted — in keeping with the ...

Though “tis the season” for holiday cheer, we’ve noticed a dark cloud of negativity has descended on our area in recent weeks, ranging from individuals upset at what they consider to be a lack of festive decorations to changes in what many apparently thought was an unchanging tradition. ...

It’s 6:58 a.m. Thanksgiving morning, and you jolt up in bed, suddenly wide awake. In the fog of sleep, as the memory of your strangely poultry-themed dream fades away, one thought surfaces: the potatoes. You never bought the potatoes. As it happens though, you’ve got just enough time to ...

The holiday season, long looming, is officially upon us yet again. And, as everyone begins thinking about the weekend’s sales — Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday — we hope that people are remembering to prioritize shopping at their local businesses. To that end, ...

We have been heartened by the recent upwelling of local community members doing good deeds — be it the group organizing food for families in need every Sunday in Triangle Park, the basket raffle which aided the family of Coy Shade, or the various groups ranging from Kiwanis to Elks to local ...