Communities

  Finding our better angels   By Tim Clarke Rebuilding Together Mountain Communities   Sometimes, it takes an unexpected and extreme weather event to show us how fragile our community infrastructure is. Who could have predicted, in the middle of a...

Operation Provider is here to assist those in need By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer Operation Provider has been serving the mountain communities for 34 years. Holland Lowe, Operation Provider’s director, continues to stay focused on her calling of feeding the...

‘Coming out of the dark’ The Mountain Christian Women’s Fellowship will hold its next tea on Friday, March 31 from 1 to 3 p.m. Speaker Nicole Briggs will share her personal journey – “Coming out of the dark into God’s glorious light” – of how God not only delivers but...

The nutrition program at the San Moritz Lodge has been opened up to people of all ages for the next month or so. (File photo) Hot meals for all at the San Moritz By Mary-Justine Lanyon Penny Shubnell knows how much the nutrition program that has been offered at the...

By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer There’s no doubt about it: This winter’s series of so-called atmospheric river storms has resulted in unprecedented damage to mountain area buildings. Goodwin and Son’s Market, Akasha Healing Center, Linder’s Tires and Lake Gregory...

By Tim Clarke Rebuilding Together Mountain Communities Sometimes, it takes an unexpected and extreme weather event to show us how fragile our community infrastructure is. Who could have predicted, in the middle of a drought, we would get snow being measured in feet...