Shelf Life - Jen Pace Dickenson

Love on every Page: Romantic reads for Valentine’s Day

Love is in the air—and on the shelves! With Valentine’s Day around the corner, there’s no better time…

The Real World - Kirk Gollwitzer

Protecting your home’s foundation

While the 2025 real estate trends are complicated and difficult to decipher, two factors remain constant: people still…

Ask Aunty Pam - Pam Stone

Did my husband cross a line?

Dear Aunty Pam,   I am so mad at my husband that I could throttle him. He says…

Life on the farm- Larry McDermott

So you’re going to have chickens and eggs, are you?

Every time the price of eggs jumps, somebody decides it’s time they get their own chickens so they…

Across the Mountains - Drew Hines

How the Liberty Church got its name

Liberty Methodist Church stands alongside a once much-traveled road. Unfortunately, the story has been clouded and virtually lost…

Boats Against the Current - M.M. Cochran

Dear lovely couple, thank you

I wasn’t going to write my column this week. Sometime on Monday or Tuesday, I’d made the conscious…

Film Talk with Tryon Theatre

“The Shawshank Redemption” celebrates strength of friendship

This Tuesday at the Tryon Theatre, for one night only, is “The Shawshank Redemption” (1994), this month’s film…

I'm Just Saying - Pam Stone

Heart to heart

“Did you know,” mused Baron, my hairdresser (which still sounds a little pompous as I sit in the…

Tales of the Hunts

Fossil hunting

Have you ever had an activity described to you and immediately thought, “I’m going to be so good…

Ask Aunty Pam - Pam Stone

How long does a woman hold a grudge?

Hey Aunty Pam,   I’ve been seeing this gal that I like a lot (we’re both in our…