New Year’s resolutions remind us how hard it is to improve one’s life.

According to sources, the first “Neighborhood Watch” was formed by the National Sheriff’s Association in 1972.

But the association must not have ever been in Graham County.

One of the things that makes me proud of our community is the way we pull together when there is a need.

This is probably one of the hardest goodbyes I’ll ever make: I am resigning from my position as staff writer at The Graham Star.

For 10 years, I worked as the director of Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministries’ Steadfast House for women in west Asheville.

Readers of this column likely find the idea of eating dog meat repulsive.

The visit of shepherds to see the Christ child is a prominent part of the Christmas story and is told in the second chapter of Luke in the Bible.

A few years ago, Matt Chandler – pastor of the Village Church – wrote a Bible study on the Apostles’ Creed.

For years as an adult, I used to only read nonfiction, thinking those were the only books that were worthwhile.