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LOCAL NEWS
I’ve been covering Yadkin County politics for some 20 years or so and I’ve never seen one issue so dominate the landscape. Depending upon which position you took, it co[...]
19 May 2012
YADKINVILLE – After years of political bickering, experience lawsuits and prolonged controversy, construction on a $6.1 million jail will begin Monday. As they picked up thei[...]
19 May 2012
EAST BEND — The call came out from emergency personnel to a 911 dispatcher. “Code Blue,” meaning that someone had died. In this particular case, it was a driver from Ra[...]
17 May 2012
EAST BEND — East Bend residents will not see an increase in their property tax rate or utility fees, according to a proposed budget. Mayor Larry Adams said it wasn’t an easy [...]
17 May 2012
EAST BEND — One person was killed and two others injured in a three vehicle accident this afternoon. According to Darian Mendenhall, a trooper with the N.C. Highway Patrol, the dri[...]
16 May 2012
EAST BEND — Frank Pickett, a former mayor of East Bend and full-time philosopher, always seemed to know just the right things to say. He sold coffins for a living so he had a littl[...]
16 May 2012
Opinion
I serve on the Coalition to Protect ALL NC Families steering committee. I read your story because it was found and distributed to all of us on the committee. I was so moved, I am c[...]
26 Apr 2012
Love speaks the truth. It does not deceive. Who likes being lied to? Truth and genuine love are trustworthy. It is not hate to want truthful, trustworthy definitions. Marriage is d[...]
24 Apr 2012
America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America. –Jimmy Carter In the 1950s and 1960s, African Americans were fighting — and sometimes[...]
15 Apr 2012
Features and Columns
I’ve been covering Yadkin County politics for some 20 years or so and I’ve never seen one issue so dominate the landscape. Depending upon which position you took, it co[...]
19 May 2012
The Yadkin Valley News welcomes guest columns and opinion pieces. Email them to Andy@yadkinvalleynews.com or mail to Andy Matthews, 305 West Main Street, East Bend, N.C. 27018. Th[...]
25 Apr 2012
EAST BEND — Pauline Oldham Smitherman was one of the most generous people I have ever known. She delivered acts of kindness and generosity that are rarely seen in today’s soc[...]
18 Apr 2012
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