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Sitting, sleeping and standing deemed health risks
Empires have been built upon the narrative that we should all be eating kale, buying watches that tell us how many steps to take per day, and sitting on balance ball chairs at our desks. If sitting on a giant beach ball at work isn't your thing, you can now buy an adjustable desk that will allow you to stand while doing paperwork - but don't stand for too long, because that's not healthy either.
Cooking with Tammy Kelly: Celebrate the Mighty Muscadine
If you are from Eastern North Carolina, you’re probably familiar with Muscadine grapes. They’re the large, round, thick-skinned fruits that are often transformed into sweet wines and jellies. They are considered “the grape of choice in the South,” according to many Muscadine producers and processors.
Bryan Hanks: It was 'back to the future' for Rowe, Patriots Friday night
Yes, ‘real’ football is played at Arendell Parrott Academy — whether it’s 8-man or 11-man.
Dr. Escabi: The patient-doctor team is a patient-doctor relationship
The real enemy needs to be the illness.
Jane Phillips: Meet Maxwell Becton, entrepreneur
The first 50 Years of Becton-Dickerson brought conservative and steady growth. It was a family-run business with the sons of both men working for the company. The enterprise entered the affluent postwar years with a solid market share in medical supplies and was well prepared for a major expansion.
Smith: Week 3 and everyone's back to school
Junious Smith III breaks down the Week 3 match-ups for football games scheduled for Thursday and Friday.
Mike Parker: Civility is a key element in self-government
We have drifted a long way from the days of George Orwell, who said: “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
Reece Gardner: An orderly society
Columnist Marc Thiessen recently pointed out nonstop over-the-top attacks are pushing people further into the president's camp.
Health Column: Why I never catch the flu
Want to learn how to never catch the flu?
Aaren Brumley: Raising Southern kids outside of the South
These kids may not get to grow up in the South like we did but we keep it in our hearts and in our home.
John Nix: The medicine
In his second column on hemp, John Nix takes a look at medicinal uses of the plant.
Jon Dawson: Cheddar Bo controversy brings North Carolinians together
People who traditionally avoid each other like moldy okra due to political, cultural or hygienic differences united as one to weather the biscuit brouhaha.
Cooking with Tammy Kelly: Cook With Honey!
Today, Tammy gives us some great recipes, including: Bee Good Vinaigrette, Sweet Southern Honey Glazed Ham, Green Beans and Radish Salad, Chile-Infused Honey, Copper Pennies made with Honey, Boneless Fried Chicken Thighs with Hot Jalapeno Honey, Hot Jalapeno Honey, and Grilled Spicy Honey Lime Chicken Kebabs.
Jane Phillips: The lady that stayed behind
A Northern lady in town helped her neighbors during the Battle of Kinston.
Reece Gardner: Ballot updates for 2018
Neuse News columnist Reece Gardner discusses the judicial ballot confusion and updates regarding the North Carolina constitutional amendments.
Cooking with Tammy Kelly: It's time for a mess of butter beans!
Everyone is always waiting for the first “mess of butter beans”, if you are from the South, that just means a big pot of the yummy green baby lima beans!!!
Murphy, Hanks, Smith and Gardner launch TV shows
Legendary Lenoir County broadcaster, columnist and former bassist for Sly & The Family Stone Reece Gardner's new show will feature local dignitaries, celebrities, and political figures.
Jane Phillips: Kinston's Moses led way for African-Americans in the NYPD
Jane Phillips introduces you to Moses P. Cobb, the first African-American to serve a full career as a police officer in New York City. Born into slavery in Kinston, he walked all the way to New York in search of a better life.
Mike Parker: Upon what are your opinions ‘baized'?
I wish people would take the time to educate themselves on issues before pontificating. I also wish people who really have not studied an issue would simply respond: “Well, I have not studied that issue, so I really do not have an opinion.”