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Aaron Murphy originally went to Colombia for a three month backpacking trip. Nearly two years later, he’s still in South America and he’s changing lives.
The Daily Yonder Book Review: Grounded by Jon Tester Senator Tester's memoir could become a helpful roadmap for coastal Democrats fighting for rural votes. The question is: will they pick it up and read it? Senator Jon Tester, of Montana (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Democratic Senator Jon Tester of Montana got little fanfare from the press when he published his memoir, Grounded, in September 2020. Only the I can see why national media wouldn’t rush to do puff pieces on a self-serving book, which all memoirs are, of course, if only in their aim of selling books. More so pol...
No. 16 Wayne Country Day overcomes 10-point deficit to defeat No. 25 Greenfield School, 81-79 Tags: By Joel Bryant, HighSchoolOT reporter Goldsboro, N.C. — No. 16 Wayne Country Day overcame a slow start and a bad foul situation to come back and defeat No. 25 Greenfield School by a score of 81-79 on Friday night. The game was played at Wayne Country Day in Goldsboro. Wayne Country Day is a member of the NCISAA 2A classification, while Greenfield School is in 1A. Both teams play in the NCISAA Coastal Plains Conference. Greenfield took the first quarter by a score of 16-15. Midway through...
Newly appointed mayor Joe Wise believes Johnson City’s New Year’s resolution should be to place a priority on pandemic recovery, both physically and fiscally.
Johnson City officially has a new mayor and vice mayor. During their final meeting of 2020 on Thursday, city commissioners selected Joe Wise, the owner of Wise Property Solutions, to serve a two-year term as mayor and Todd Fowler, a sports medicine physician at Watauga Orthopedics, to serve as vice mayor. After the vote, Wise acknowledged the contributions of Commissioner Jenny Brock, who stepped down Thursday from the position of mayor. Wise said the example set by Brock over the past two years demonstrates what genuine care for the community looks like. âA city would always be well-ser...