Guest columns
My Turn, Kenneth Stutts: Be careful with Salisbury City Council changes
I want to thank Councilman David Post for repeating the call for an elected mayor position and voting wards for our city. Many others have brought ...
Chris Verner, Author at Salisbury Post
Local
Artful nature: Diane Jones’ driftwood creations will help raise medical funds for son
By Susan Shinn Turner For the Salisbury Post In the summer of 2015, Tom and Diane Jones’ son moved to High Rock Lake. Diane decided ...
by Chris Verner, Monday, October 16, 2017 12:00 am
News
Letter to the editor: A date we should never forget
Last week as I was reading the Salisbury Post I glanced at the date and realized it was 9/11. The fact that I had just ...
by Chris Verner, Sunday, September 24, 2017 12:29 am
Letters
Letter: Duke wants customers to pay for its mess
I would like to know why Duke Power thinks their customers should pay to clean up the mess they caused. They make enough profit ...
by Chris Verner, Sunday, September 3, 2017 12:19 am
Letters
Letter: Hate in America
It breaks my heart to see the America I love be consumed by the hate groups that are trying to destroy it. Like the ...
by Chris Verner, Sunday, September 3, 2017 12:05 am
Letters
Letter: Inmate grateful for responses
There has been so much encouragement and support over my May 4 letter (“We reap what we sow, especially in crime”) that gratitude overwhelms me. ...
by Chris Verner, Sunday, May 28, 2017 12:00 am
Opinion
Clarifying crime statistics for the town of Spencer
By Reid Walters For the Salisbury Post As the Spencer town manager, it is necessary that I address a recent article in the Salisbury Post ...
by Chris Verner, Sunday, April 2, 2017 12:13 am
Guest columns
Both parties benefit from policies that boost voter turnout
By Bob Hall For the Salisbury Post Kevin C. got married last fall and moved from Wake to Harnett County “to get out of the ...
by Chris Verner, Monday, March 13, 2017 12:20 am
Opinion
Joan Kroc and the joy of giving
By David Setzer Philanthropy is an unusual activity, practiced by folks in wonderful ways and in surprising methods. One of the most intriguing to me ...
by Chris Verner, Monday, November 21, 2016 12:34 am
Opinion
Paul Ehrlich & Pete Myers: Mass Extinction Event Now Under Way
Center for the Environment Internationally renowned thought leaders Dr. Paul Ehrlich and Dr. Pete Myers will give a presentation on “The Current Mass Extinction Event: ...
by Chris Verner, Sunday, October 9, 2016 12:33 am
Letters
Letters to the editor — Monday (8-22-2016)
Rowan doesn’t need riot gear I am disturbed by the Post’s Aug. 17 story that the Rowan County Sheriff’s Department is militarizing with riot gear, ...
by Chris Verner, Monday, August 22, 2016 12:10 am
Local
Mt. Hope Church has successful first 5K
By David Freeze For the Salisbury Post Guillermo Razo topped the field in the Mt. Hope Church 5K for Missions on Saturday morning. He covered ...
by Chris Verner, Monday, March 28, 2016 12:13 am
Local
The robin in the window
By Wayne Hinshaw For the Salisbury Post Hey, it’s spring time, income tax time, an election year, the world is a bit crazy, so what ...
by Chris Verner, Monday, March 28, 2016 12:05 am
Letters
Letters to the editor — Thursday (10-29-2015)
Hillary Clinton isn’t fit for office of president Hillary Clinton has an extremely long nose. As she lifts her head and looks along that length, ...
by Chris Verner, Thursday, October 29, 2015 12:10 am
Guest columns
My Turn: Schools can’t do it all on their own
By Gordon Correll I always had a soft spot in my heart for special needs children in public school. The article in the Post concerning ...
by Chris Verner, Monday, February 23, 2015 12:24 am
Entertainment
Salisbury’s ‘Blazin’ Blues Bob’ to perform at International Blues Challenge
Salisbury resident, actor, singer, guitarist and Woodleaf Lanes owner “Blazin’ Blues Bob” Paolino has been selected to represent the Charlotte Blues Society at the 31st ...
by Chris Verner, Sunday, January 18, 2015 12:03 am
Columnists
Cal Thomas: Teaching hatred against Israel, Jews
“You’ve got to be taught to hate …” — Oscar Hammerstein, “South Pacific” The murder on Tuesday of five people and the serious wounding ...
by Chris Verner, Monday, November 24, 2014 12:11 am
letters to the editor
Letters to the editor — Monday (11-24-2014)
Had it not been such a serious subject, I would have smiled over the “new math” obviously invented by our current school board when they ...
by Chris Verner, Monday, November 24, 2014 12:09 am
Local
Wayne Hinshaw: In search of myself
Always searching for a better understanding of myself and the photography that I undertake, I have recently been studying the work of Duane Michals and ...
by Chris Verner, Monday, November 17, 2014 2:42 am
Opinion
Letters to the editor — Monday (11-17-2014)
What is the progress of upgrading Klumac Road? Perhaps a better question is, what is the holdup of progress? Was there a good reason why ...