Opinion

Chalk it up

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The New Year brings many traditions, from “Watch Night” services to a hearty meal of black-eyed peas and collards.

A Light in the ‘midwinter bleakness’

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Once, a member asked me if I allowed the congregation to sing Christmas hymns before Christmas.

Not sure what field I was stepping in, I said, “Sure, I have no problem with that.”

The Milltown Era

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Local resident Martha James Orr recently requested that a column about the Milltown area of Graham County be written.

Life of St. Olga

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As this year’s Native American Heritage Month comes to a close, we have exciting news from the Orthodox Church of America.

Civil War reached remote areas

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Even as far removed from national events as present-day Graham County was during the time of the Civil War, one would have thought it could have escaped an event that claimed 620,000 lives -- or al