Opinion

Associates can help solve brick wall problems

If you are having trouble solving brick wall genealogy problems, you might be able to use a relatives associates to aid in your research. Often, they are relatives themselves. Other times, they may just be clues to where the family came from. In a society, people interact with others.

It's time to show our resilience

By Lee Hamiliton Guest Writer   If you pay attention to global affairs, you know that increasing numbers of people believe United States leadership in the world is coming to an end. I think these predictions are exaggerated, but they are not without some basis.

2020: The state of our climate

We are almost at the end of another year and it is time to look at the present state of climate change. Last month was the hottest November in history.

Gary Chamberlain: A passionate, humble hero

Regular readers of the Clay County Progress will probably recognize the name Gary Chamberlain from letters in our “Your Views” section or maybe from a photo in which he is accepting a check from a local business to help support his anti-litter campaign.

Your views: November 19, 2020

A man is a woman and a vote for Trump is a vote for Biden George Orwell’s “1984” has come to the year 2020. A man who cannot win with the men can cut off his man parts and call himself a woman so he can finally “win.

Your views: Oct. 22, 2020

REACH is grateful for support during pandemic We would like to thank The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina for awarding REACH of Clay County the Emergency and Disaster Response Fund Grant in the amount of $5,000.

Your Views: Oct. 8, 2020

Opinion pages don’t reflect both parties I find that the Clay County Progress opinion section is very biased against President Trump. It is hard to find a conservative viewpoint in this newspaper. If it does publish a conservative viewpoint it is offset by more than one liberal viewpoint.

Feedback: Oct. 1, 2020

Mail-in voting here a very smooth process This is a public thank you to the Clay County Board of Elections. This year we voted by absentee ballot. North Carolina ballots were mailed on Sept. 4. Ours were completed and returned and are confirmed as accepted by the BOE on Sept. 19.

COVID stories are unique but all are connected

In a society where seemingly everything can be a tool of division, I think there is one thing we can agree on. The day when COVID is a word lost to history will be a happy one. Whether you’ve had the virus or not, everyone’s life has been impacted in some way.

Feedback: Sept. 24, 2020

Local 9/11 service elicits memories from war Memories: Standing among the crowd at a ceremony remembering the events of 9/11, I looked around at all the people knowing that each one has a story. There was music of patriotic songs and several speakers with kind words of remembrance.