My friend Michael called one afternoon and I could hear the anguish in his voice. He asked if I could come over right away.

I stopped what I was doing and headed over.

In April 1897, two ladies from Robbinsville – Mrs. M.C. Foute and Mrs. Martha Barker – traveled to Waynesville to attend the meeting of the Asheville Presbytery.

Although Graham County was named for William Alexander Graham – who was a member of the North Carolina General Assembly – it was the Cherokees who named many sections of this area, long before whit

Nancy Pelosi infamously said of the 2,000-plus page healthcare bill that became Obamacare, “But we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it...”

I used to visit a homebound member who had a beautiful yard. Her and her late husband had farmed their place for many years.

Senior citizens say that you have to be tough to handle old age.

Joyce Kilmer Forest would certainly qualify as an “old timer “and has withstood several tests of nature and man.

I have six kids, so I may deal with more finger-pointing than most.

The 1847 Battle of Buena Vista was a victory for an American force that was outnumbered, 3-to-1.

The last two columns I’ve written have been about what seems to be a sensible, middle-ground solution to the public education crisis in our nation.