by Tina Neeley | May 8, 2025 | Stories
LIKE THE sky overhead, most of Fayetteville is still asleep when Rob Barnett arrives at Elk River Trading Company on a cold December Saturday morning. Today isn’t about sales — it’s about giving back. Barnett’s commitment to service began in 2020 with a simple...
by Tina Neeley | May 8, 2025 | Stories
ON CHRISTMAS Eve in 1960, Charles Gleghorn stepped behind the teller’s counter at Lincoln County Bank for the first time. He slid open a heavy wooden cash drawer, its metal dividers clinking against neatly stacked bills. He calculated transactions on the mechanical...
by Tina Neeley | May 8, 2025 | Cover
HOLT’S IGA may bear Dan Holt’s name, but this hometown grocer’s greatest success is carried on the shoulders of his team. Holt never set out to own a grocery store. In October 2016, he bought a Fayetteville shopping center, expecting rent checks from Piggly Wiggly....
by Tina Neeley | May 8, 2025 | Feature
FROM THE corner of your eye, Mt. Washmore looms — laundry stalled by a dead washing machine. The big box store’s helpline? Forty-five minutes on hold, promising you’re “next.” It hasn’t always been this way. Decades ago, washing machines, clothes dryers, and kitchen...
by Tina Neeley | May 8, 2025 | Feature
TRAFFIC CRAWLED along Lincoln Avenue, a backhoe leading the way, soon joined by a Fayetteville Police Department car’s flashing blue lights. The officer eased the machine over, clearing the way for frustrated drivers. As the cab door opened, preteens Chad Mullins and...
