By The Rev. Bob Holland Rev. Bob Holland When it comes to being knowledgeable, it’s not how much we know but how much we understand. It’s one thing to have bags of information seeds stacked up in the barns of our minds, but more importantly, how many seeds of truth have been planted and nurtured to take root within our conscience? Even the devil himself has more knowledge about God than the…
Mack Thompson, Editor It seems every time I watch the news or read the statewide paper I’m reminded of the opening line of the Hank Williams Jr. song, Country Boy can Survive. It goes like this, “Preacher man says it’s the end of time and the Mississippi River she’s a going dry. Interest is up and the stock markets down and you only get mugged when you go downtown.” Those words ring…
Tammy Curtis, Publisher The LaPlata Miner in the early days in Silverton, Colorado. The first miners to reach the Colorado Rockies were disappointed more often than not. They often sacrificed their lives in the quest for the illusive mineral that led them westward. They made their way through solid rock passes on little more than horses and wagons. The hope to cash in with some of the gleaming treasure hidden within the…
Tammy Curtis, Publisher He was staring at me through his owl like glasses as I sat in tears with my head on my truck’s steering wheel. His long gray, stringy hair and unkempt beard dripping with fresh tobacco juice increased my tear flow. I won’t lie, I was terrified. I don’t know of what, but I was. Visions of every horror movie I ever watched culminated in my mind that second after…
Cherokee Village Mayor Russell Stokes Fortunately, we have seen some decline in the number of Covid-19 cases in our area. However, the vaccination rate is still below fifty percent which is deterring us from avoiding infections. A little over one-third of the residents in Fulton and Sharp counties combined have been vaccinated. You definitely have a choice as to whether to get vaccinated or not but the virus does not give you…
