“Hello pastor.” This is a simple greeting and one I appreciate yet behind these words are a story.

A practice once used to celebrate holidays especially the July 4 holiday, and other celebrations and events was one that many people have never heard of.

Independence Day festivities are a great opportunity to celebrate freedom and be reminded of the “way of life our fightin’ men have fought and died to keep.”

I often tell anyone that asks (OK, admittedly I volunteer it on occasion) that this feels like home to me. It is home. I hope to never leave.

Are things back to the way they were before COVID in the churches of Graham County?

One good sign is the return of Vacation Bible School.

Hello, this is your friendly neighborhood editor, back for what has evolved into a quarterly check-in on the opinions page.

Like many other improvements such as roads and electricity, Graham County was behind much of the country in getting a post office. 

Mark Twain’s greatest literary achievement is arguably Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Did you know that Graham County has a Gideons International Camp?

The Gideons recently held their annual pastors’ breakfast and it was one of the best breakfasts around.

While growing up on Atoah, I spent a lot of time playing with neighborhood children – whites and Cherokees, as both were our neighbors.