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Story by Meghan Bradbury Photos by Valarie Harring This holiday season, as you sprinkle Christmas magic throughout your home, dream big.

Covington, IN – August 30, 2023 – Artist Cheryl A. Harris won third place in The Trail of Painted Ponies Holiday Design Contest in 2012. Her winning design “Candy Apple

Whether you need a new plant for your chameleon, some wet food for your cat, dog toys, or a leash for your ferret, you can find it at one of these pet stores in Thurston County.

Ed Dunagan served in the U.S. Army from 1942 through 1945, rising in rank from Private to Captain in the Pacific Theatre.

Southern Pines is known far and wide as a “horsey town,” but it is never more so than during the Painted Ponies Art Walk.

The Carolina Horse Park Foundation’s annual Painted Ponies Art Walk will bring artistic representations of local culture to downtown Southern Pines for the third year.

Tioga County Fair officially on, organizers anticipate big crowds OWEGO (WBNG) -- Its been nearly two years since the grandstand at the Tioga County Fairgrounds at Marvin Park has been filled with fair goers, but organizers are hopeful that come August, the wooden floors will be thumping with foot traffic once again. Jonathan Marks, President of the Tioga County Fair Board, says while the fair was initially planned with the ability to pull the plug if restrictions t...

They don’t eat anything, no fenced pastures are necessary — and they’re completely weatherproof. Downtown shoppers and joggers are already well-acquainted with the Painted Ponies who have graced Broad Street for the last two months. Local artists have poured their creative talents into each of the life-size fiberglass horse sculptures, which represent an array of local traditions from the literary and golfing to the patriotic. They’ll be sold on Saturday in a live auction to...

Donald Ross, Peggy Kirk Bell and Payne Stewart will soon grace Broad Street in downtown Southern Pines. Their portraits, carefully painted on the side of a life-size horse sculpture, are part of the 2021 Painted Ponies Art Walk set to begin this coming week. “It’s been a fun challenge,” said Dan Dreyer who was commissioned by the local Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) for the work titled, appropriately, “Home of American Golf.” When he’s not painting, Dreyer work...

This is a public art display of 12 life-size sculptures of horses that line Broad Street in Southern Pines. Visitors can walk around the downtown area and view the Ponies, as well as shop, dine and stroll.