TO THE EDITOR: I was born at Grace Hospital on Jan. 16, 1950 and was raised in Glen Alpine my whole life. When I was growing up in Glen Alpine, my father was the Scoutmaster for several years. During …

TO THE EDITOR: On behalf of the Friends of the Burke County Public Library, I would like to express my appreciation to the volunteers, book donors, library staff and patrons for their support of our …

TO THE EDITOR: On behalf of the Historic Morganton Festival Inc. Board of Directors, Abby  and myself, would like to thank attendees, sponsors, volunteers, city employees and staff for all their …

TO THE EDITOR: Linda and I moved to Raleigh 43 years ago, when I relocated the organization I managed to Research Triangle Park. As many of you know, we were introduced to Valdese in 2005 when …

TO THE EDITOR: I was uncertain how to address the recent story headlines in The Paper’s Saturday, Aug. 12 edition: “Crimes by Homeless People on the Rise.” Besides the fear-invoking title of …

TO THE EDITOR: I never wanted to get into politics. However, our town government has lost its purpose of serving the citizens of Glen Alpine. After I complained several times about the police cars …

TO THE EDITOR: Reading Publisher Allen VanNoppen’s column “ Battle of the Creeds ” last week, with references to his young daughters having said “the darndest things,” was interesting; …

TO THE EDITOR: This letter is the Burke Coalition for Reconciliation’s response to Rep. Hugh Blackwell’s July 15 column advising students to learn lessons in civil discourse from Dr. Martin …

TO THE EDITOR: I have never wanted to get into politics, but our town has lost its purpose of serving the citizens of Glen Alpine. Glen Alpine has a social club government that looks after themselves …

This country is great because our Founding Fathers made a commitment to public education.  Over the years every generation has worked hard to provide a better education for their …

To The Editor: I am sorry Brian Barrier was upset by the letter to the editor from the Burke County Young Republicans endorsing Josh Stein for governor. His meticulous research revealed that members …

To The Editor: Intentionally misleading the media and citizens who watch or read the media is immoral and unethical and should always be exposed, regardless of political affiliation. In a recent …

To The Editor: This is a “thank you” to everyone who helped at our race this past Saturday to earn funds to support our life-saving work for cats. Cats' Cradle would like to thank everyone who …

To The Editor: As a footnote to The Paper’s 1938 photo of Mimosa Queen Margaret Chaffee , perhaps the story below will answer your conundrum: “It’s not known for certain how the mimosa tree got …

To The Editor: Our town of Glen Alpine needs to think about taxpayers first, and employees second. The town government said they did not give employees raises last year, but they did not mention the …

To the editor: I got upset when I read the letter in this morning’s Paper by Jamie Wycoff, who was responding to your article about our school media centers. Mr. Wycoff claims there is unlawful, …

To the editor:  As a subscriber of The Paper, parent, taxpayer, and citizen of Burke County, I wish to respond to the information provided in the article “Burke County Public Schools’ Media …

To the editor: What is happening to my town of Glen Alpine? Tennis courts donated to the town for recreation. Then sold for a fraction of the tax value. I was told it was done legally because it was advertised in the newspaper. The neighbors right next door were never even notified or a sign posted on the property.

To the editor: Three old friends reunited after forty plus years apart . . .Two old friends came back into my life a few days ago. I hadn’t seen either of them in so long …

    To the editor:   What is happening to my town of Glen Alpine? Tennis courts donated to the town for recreation. Then sold for a fraction of the tax value. I was told it …

  To the editor: I would like to spread awareness concerning wildlife, which most people have very little knowledge or appreciation of, in particular, snakes. Most people kill snakes out …

To the Editor:I may have to reconsider my subscription to The Paper. So far today, I haven’t gotten anything done but read your fantastic first edition. And I have more stories earmarked to read …