Opinion
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Patients deserve more choice of hospitals
Asheville’s Mission Hospital will soon have a new competitor in Western North Carolina. That’s good news: when a single hospital system dominates a market, that rarely works to the advantage of patients, employers, or physicians.
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Finding Christmas
In five days, Christmas 2022 will arrive in all its finery. Between now and then, people will begin holding festive lunches with friends and family, round out their shopping, begin their cooking and make their final preparations for any travel they may be doing.
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Shopping local businesses really matters
Local businesses are the lifeblood of any small community. They boost our economy, they offer goods and services that we might not otherwise be able to find in the confines of our county boundaries, and the owners are usually friends, neighbors and acquaintances who we know and who often know…
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Moral Courage Day
We recognize and honor physical bravery, but we seldom recognize moral courage. Both physical bravery and moral courage benefit society. We should give those who exhibit exceptional moral courage the recognition that they deserve. An appropriate annual date for Moral Courage Day in America is the first day of January…
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Ready to promote all the good things in Mount Olive
Every community should have a newspaper. Residents need to know what is happening in their towns, what government is doing on their behalf, how schools are faring, what good things are going on around them — and there are many — and, quite frankly, who has died within their midst.…
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Closing out a long career
This is my last column. It closes out a 60 year career for me, and is also the official end of this newspaper. It has served the Mount Olive and surrounding area since 1904. I have been writing this column since the mid 1970’s. It is a bittersweet arrival for…
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‘Something I really hate to see’
“This is something I really hate to see,” said Mount Olive Town Manager Jammie Royall. It was the reaction he had when he was told the Tribune was closing its doors, effective June 29. “I think every town needs a hometown newspaper. I remember the Tribune when I was a…
