by Tina Neeley | May 8, 2025 | Fayetteville, 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 | Fayetteville, 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 | Apr 17, 2025 | Fayetteville, Stories
SPEND A few minutes with former educator and school superintendent Stan Golden, and you’ll leave with an impression of his heart for the students and community he served. A sense of humor and dedication flows through the conversation like a creek after a gentle summer...
by Tina Neeley | Apr 17, 2025 | Fayetteville, Stories
BEYOND THE front door of Backstage Performing Arts (BPA) are studios with mirrored walls, barres, balance beams, and music punctuated with instructors’ directions. Little ones tippy-toe twirl while older dancers progress through more highly choreographed routines,...
by Wesley Bryant | Apr 17, 2025 | Fayetteville, Stories
A STUDENT IN our community today will walk the halls of Congress with a pinned American flag on their chest. A student in our community today will pray their knees still hold when their nerves get the best of them as they walk the steps to the stage to accept a...
by Tina Neeley | Apr 17, 2025 | Fayetteville, Stories
LOOKING AT the answers on the worksheet before her, Bridgette Jones leaned in to make eye contact with the young student she tutored. It wasn’t just the correct answers that brought them both joy; it was the newfound confidence ignited by Jones’...
