Opinion and guest columns from Catawba County
The County Line is Catawba First News’s home for local opinion and guest columns. The desk is open, with columns already published from Hickory, Newton, Conover, Claremont, and across the county.
AI extinction panic uses the same fear-and-control playbook as climate absolutism. Catawba should debate data centers on facts—not doomsday liturgy.
Rep. Pat Harrigan says principled compromise requires shared values — and that Washington’s gridlock comes from disagreeing on the problems themselves.
As Randy Isenhower prepares to leave the Catawba County commission, the quiet revolution he led — fiber, data centers, Trivium, and school merger — is the blueprint he leaves behind.