Without the societal pillar of law enforcement, the ways of life that we are blessed to enjoy would crumble before our very eyes. This is not hyperbole, it’s a fact. The cities, neighborhoods, towns, and rural areas within the 5th District would simply not be able to function without the brave men and women who keep watch over us all and uphold law and order. Anyone who knows me can… Read more »
Through unified oversight efforts on the part of Democrats and Republicans on the House Committee on Oversight – as well as in the entirety of the People’s House – justice for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s heinous crimes is coming to fruition. These efforts have been consistent throughout the 119th Congress and began via a resolution that formalized the federal government’s… Read more »
The issue of housing affordability has been on the minds of many across the United States, and the 5th District, for some time. This is an issue that has persisted for years, and has been exacerbated by incompatible regulations, short-sighted zoning policies, and slanted land use.
The Watauga Democrat has covered this many times before, and how everyone from small business owners to… Read more »
Since the day the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was constituted, so-called liberal “pundits” within the mainstream media have whipped themselves into a self-induced, apoplectic frenzy. They sprang to their bully pulpits and preached of a forthcoming apocalypse — as if to suggest that an injection of accountability and transparency within the federal government is a… Read more »
In the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, adopting tactics of the minority will never yield substantive wins for the majority. Caving to that temptation will backfire and undercut our own ability to govern and legislate. The agenda of President Donald Trump, along with the mandate that was given to this majority, will be circumvented entirely – a result that should never… Read more »
Purveyors of the status quo in Washington, and those who are scattered across every state throughout the country, are watching in real time as the bureaucratic goliaths they faithfully champion take a one-two punch of accountability. This root and branch overhaul by President Trump and his administration is exactly the prescription the nation needs at this moment. It’s a proper course… Read more »
Reports indicate that the United States Senate is poised to abandon – or quickly table – its Constitutional duty of holding a trial for the now impeached Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas. This is a flagrant abuse of constitutional order and precedents of its own body. And it comes against the backdrop of the House’s grueling work to adhere to our rules and… Read more »
As evidenced by this summer’s excessive flooding across Appalachia, Western North Carolina’s vulnerability to the devastating effects of extreme weather is undoubtedly heightened. With a strong influx of frequent and extreme weather events descending upon the region, communities deserve to be better prepared for a future steeped in precipitation.
One of the best deterrent… Read more »
In communities across the United States, especially within Watauga County, businesses, renters, and homeowners are being pummeled by slanted land use and local zoning policies that are the epitome of inflationary with respect to home prices. America’s housing affordability challenges continue to be exacerbated by these policies, and our hometown newspaper, the Watauga Democrat, has… Read more »
Following the Supreme Court’s historic 6-3 decision in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Democrat strategists and so-called “pundits” within the mainstream media went into a manic frenzy. Every negative characterization in the book was thrown at the Supreme Court, its conservative Justices, Republicans, and the entire pro-life movement. Headlines foretold of the… Read more »
