Mike and Mary Burton: Their love is mountain high

Mike and Mary Burton: Their love is mountain high

Mike and Mary Burton have shared a love story spanning 29 years — one that has defied doubts, embraced challenges, and thrived through life’s highs and lows. As we celebrate Valentine’s Day, their journey offers a heartfelt reminder of what it means to truly cherish...
HH Lincoln Health: Two Years of Community Care

HH Lincoln Health: Two Years of Community Care

HH Lincoln Health President Mary Beth Seals shared an update in an August 2024 press release on the system’s second year of providing care for the Lincoln County community. She noted various additions to the staff and services and highlighted many programs,...
Kat Coffey: Coffey, Community, and Calling

Kat Coffey: Coffey, Community, and Calling

At first glance, it’s a small coffee shop in a revitalized rural community, its tall glass windows and stone foundation reminding you of a greenhouse. Flower-topped tables and conversation nooks invite a pause from the world outside, and the aroma of ground coffee...
Two Trees + One Farmhouse = Creative Connections

Two Trees + One Farmhouse = Creative Connections

ONCE FILLED with the rhythm of family, its memory-paneled walls stood patiently waiting, certain that life’s pause button would be released and the blaring silence would yield to a sweeter song. The bricked hearth longed to be called to duty, offering its solid...
Stacy Johnson: Emergency Response Meets Education

Stacy Johnson: Emergency Response Meets Education

AS STACY Johnson stands before students in his classes, he sees the earliest sparks of a desire to find their place among those who help us when we’re not able to help ourselves. As future emergency medical technicians (EMTs), first responders, and health care...
Julie Burnum: Cultivating Tomorrow’s Leaders Today

Julie Burnum: Cultivating Tomorrow’s Leaders Today

WITH HER tiny hand tucked inside his tan, weathered one, they walked purposefully past the colorful tents and silent carnival rides. The Earth’s aroma mingled with sweet hay. She couldn’t yet read the sign but recognized her destination. Being “farmer for a day” at...