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Illness and medical emergencies can happen to anyone, without warning. They’re some of the scariest moments in anyone’s life. And instead of being able...

From the pages of the Wilmington Journal over 150 years ago on January 4, 1872:On the front page begins the list of names of...

The pressure is on. My first column with this old-school medium of communication; the finest in my humble opinion, if you don’t count the...

A pox on March which entered with a “ba-a” and prefers exiting with a “roar!”March happens to be my birthday month. I should have...

Planting season is almost here. Across our state, farmers have prepared all winter to begin the hard work of growing the food that feeds...

Reading bookends my days. I start the morning with newspapers, including this one, and turn in for the night with a book.I’m picky. I...

Last night, in the beautiful, blue-lit sanctuary of the Wilmington United Methodist Church, heartwarming songs were separated by moving readings of poetry and prose...

For 10 years now the United Nations has conducted a world survey called the World Happiness Report, a survey distributed to people who live...

I first picked up a flute in fifth grade, when Mrs. Spradlin (then Miss Doepker) traveled to the elementary schools with a selection of...

In our country, workers have rights. Corporations shouldn’t be able to take away the health care workers earned just because workers stand up for...