“Saturday Night Live” has been on the air for nearly half a century, and the cast still does their best to push boundaries and make viewers laugh uncomfortably. But “SNL” might have pushed the...

The Student Government Association passed a bill Tuesday night changing the name of Night Stars to Night Assistants, a job some students at Appalachian State have.  These student employees work hard...

North Carolina is one of just six states that permit a practice called “forced annexation.” That could soon change if some state lawmakers have their way. Forced annexation is a long-standing state...

  CARTOON: Andrew Cox, Editorial Cartoonist

It is difficult for me, and many others around the world who are appalled at the Catholic Church’s handling of the sex abuse scandals, to picture Pope Benedict XVI spending the rest of his life in relaxed...

As the battle for gun control intensifies, new technology may make the debate obsolete. Three-dimensional printing could, in the future, allow virtually anyone to bypass restrictions on guns or certain...

Gov. Pat McCrory has been leading a recent push to get more vocational and technical training in North Carolina’s public schools, according to the Associated Press. The move comes as part of an ambitious...

Cartoon: ANDREW COX, Editorial Cartoonist

The Senate voted to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, according to The New York Times. And although it didn’t encounter major resistance, it did have a few prominent detractors. Marco Rubio...

There are over 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States, including 325,000 in North Carolina, according to slate.com. Immigration reform proposals by the government range from granting amnesty...

Single-use plastic water bottles are an epidemic that has grown exponentially in the last 15 years. In some parts of the world they are a necessity, but in the United States we have readily available clean...

Cartoon: ANDREW COX, Editorial Cartoonist