Butner-Creedmoor News

12/06/2024

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12/01/2024

U.S. House formally condemns antisemitism

Antisemitism has been formally condemned in the U.S. House of Representatives through a resolution put forward by a North Carolina congresswoman passing 388-21. U.S. Rep. Kathy Manning, D-N.C., born to Jewish parents in Michigan 67 years ago about a decade after the Holocaust, is cochairwoman of the...

11/30/2024

Tax reform returns to center stage

With the tumultuous election cycle behind us, lawmakers in both Washington and Raleigh will talk taxes in 2025. In the nation’s capital, the return of a Republican Congress and Trump administration will likely produce an extension of expiring tax cuts enacted back in 2017, including rate reduction...

11/30/2024

Creedmoor Police host 2nd Annual Thanksgiving for Seniors

On Wednesday, members of the Creedmoor Police Department distributed Thanksgiving meals to seniors in the community. Before sunrise, officers gathered at the police department to begin preparing food for members of the File of Life Program. Once seniors have registered for the File of Life Program,....

11/30/2024

With malice toward none: On loving your political enemies

As the Civil War was concluding, President Abraham Lincoln gave his Second Inaugural Address, calling for malice toward none and charity for all. This was a much more divisive time, involving disagreements over human slavery and whether to remain a nation at all. Whether our team won, lost, or (like...

11/30/2024

How to give US manufacturing a makeover

American manufacturing is staging a comeback. More companies are building new facilities stateside or expanding existing ones. The biggest headwind? Companies are struggling to fill positions on — and off — the factory floor. There are three simple ways manufacturers can bring the talent they ne...

11/29/2024

Chronic pain is breaking health care system’s back

Employers spend more than $800 billion annually on health benefits for their workers. And surprisingly, the largest single driver of that spending isn’t cancer or heart disease — it’s back pain and other musculoskeletal disorders. Treating MSK disorders costs employers $52 per month per enroll...

11/29/2024

Federal judge warns about ‘flood’ of NC election lawsuits

The end of voting on Nov. 5 marked the unofficial conclusion of the latest election cycle in North Carolina. The official end should arrive this week with the State Board of Elections certifying results. Yet election certification marks just one milestone in a much longer season of election-related....

11/29/2024

Crimestoppers seeks persons responsible for thefts

Between the dates of Nov. 16 and Nov. 18, an unknown person or persons removed a Husqvarna chainsaw, two Echo weedeaters, a Stihl backpack leaf blower and a Stihl hedge trimmer from a carport located on Brogden Road in Creedmoor. If you have information concerning this incident, please contact the G...

11/28/2024

Thanksgiving is a bit more affordable this year, but don’t let politicians take credit

Fresh off a decisive election victory where voters voiced frustrations about rising prices, President-elect Donald Trump seems to have waved his pen to make Thanksgiving dinner more affordable. Outgoing President Joe Biden would also like to take credit. It’s a compelling narrative — one that fi...

11/28/2024

Lane is Grand Marshal for Butner Christmas Parade

The Grand Marshal for this year’s Butner Christmas Parade is Tom Lane, who served as Butner’s mayor from 2007-2015 and was the town’s second mayor after Butner incorporated in 2007. The first mayor left office before the end of their term and Lane finished that term and then served as mayor fo...

11/27/2024

Bogus explanations for shameless GOP power grab

In case you ever wondered, here’s a sure indicator that politicians have been caught doing something sketchy and underhanded. When the only explanation they have for an action they’re taking is to mumble that it’s “business as usual” or that it’s analogous to something their political ad...

11/27/2024

Granville briefs

Mission Market A Mission Market will be held at Helena Methodist Church at 290 Helena Moriah Rd, Timberlake, from 9 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on Sat., November 9 in the church fellowship hall. The event features homemade crafts, unique finds, indoor and outdoor plants, gift baskets and seasonal décor fo...

11/26/2024

A serious question about the US Constitution

Let’s get my “news hook” out of the way: President-elect Donald Trump has been offering up names for appointments to his cabinet and rattling a constitutional saber about using “recess appointments” to get around the constitutional requirement that those appointees be confirmed by the U.S....

11/26/2024

The legal theory of monarchy is seducing America

Legal beagles in the post-World War II era of expanding executive power are currently leaning heavily on two federal policies that originate in the ancient governmental system of monarchy. One policy is a “longstanding Department of Justice policy” that says a sitting president cannot be prosecu...

11/26/2024

What’s that you say, Mr. Robinson?

While Simon and Garfunkel sing “Jesus loves you,” the rest of us have questions. Like: How on earth did you ever get elected lieutenant governor of North Carolina while carrying so much baggage? In The Washington Post, Kathleen Parker gives the best insight into that answer. She says North Carol...

11/25/2024

The cat came back

Harry Miller wrote a song in 1893 about a cat who wouldn’t go away. Mr. Johnson tried and tried to rid himself of the “troublesome cat.” Despite his efforts, the cat kept coming back. This election made me think about another cat who wouldn’t go away. There must have been a lot of Donald Tru...