Photo/Sara Eisinger - US Navy Vet. Robert Pillow sits in his storm damaged home June 3.
Friday, June 12, 2026
What began as a Flag Day golf tournament to provide recreational opportunities for disabled veterans has transformed into something much larger—a community-wide effort to support 83-year-old US Navy Vet. Robert “Bob” Pillow, whose home was devastated by a fallen tree last month.
Photo by Sara Eisinger - Friends of Marianna Black Library bookstore moves to the Varner building in mid-June 2026.
Photo: submitted - Hawthorn Heights visits Walnut Creek Farms in summer 2025.
(L-R): Ella Mounce, Adrian Gaches, Jaden Carroll, Adrienne Keene, Kristen Mankiller, Dugan Gibson, Colton Brinsfield, Jaycee Gideon, Taylor Pearce, Secretary of Natural Resources Christina Justice, Ashley Adair and Savannah Slayton.
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Jack Igelman / Carolina Public Press. An area of the Pisgah National Forest near Shope Creek, where severe damage occurred during Tropical Storm Helene in 2024.
Photo/Sara Eisinger. Far West Special Olympics with a superhero theme April 2025.
