by Wesley Bryant | Nov 13, 2025 | Stories
IN MARCH of last year, my cousin’s work schedule became incompatible with raising his first pet, a brown and white Bernedoodle puppy. I took her in, not knowing just how much she would change, well, everything. I set alarms every three hours to take her outside...
by Amanda E. West | Nov 13, 2025 | Stories
MORGAN HEAD bent her elbow and slowly raised the mascara wand toward her dark eyelashes. Her grasp faltered, and the wand dropped from her shaking hand, leaving a black trail down the front of her scrubs. With the clock ticking and a list of hospice patients to visit,...
by Amanda E. West | Nov 13, 2025 | Stories
FROM THE livestock in your barn to the pets snuggled on your living room couch to your furry — or not-so-furry — friend snoozing in your pocket, Cascade Veterinary Hospital LLC (CVH) welcomes every creature great or small. Domesticated animals such as parakeets,...
by Amanda E. West | Nov 13, 2025 | Stories
ON OCT. 18 and 19, Bell Buckle welcomed thousands of visitors to the annual Webb School Art & Craft Show. The salty-sweet aroma of kettle corn, funnel cakes dusted with powdered sugar, and sizzling fruit pies dripping with opaque glaze delighted our senses. Food...
by Wesley Bryant | Oct 9, 2025 | Stories
THE CREAK of an old wooden floor, the worn edges of a brick building, the way a nameplate on a storefront shines a little softer with age. These are not just small details from the past. They are reminders that our hometown carries stories in every step and every...
by Amanda E. West | Oct 9, 2025 | Stories
WE HAVE understood the term “kick the bucket” for centuries. But it wasn’t until 2007 that screenwriter Justin Zackham coined the phrase “bucket list,” following the release of his film, which co-starred Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. In the movie, two terminally...
