Volunteers show up to help clean out canyonSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 3:26AMJim Huff, left, and Seth Fuller volunteer while assisting in the cleanup of the home of Dennis Means, right, Saturday in Miller Canyon. Several volunteers were on hand to clean up debris, cut tree limbs, haul and a host of other chores in many locations along Miller Canyon Road. (Mark Levy • Herald/Review) By Jacob Petersen Herald/Review SIERRA VISTA — Clogged with debris ranging from boulders ...
Build a Backpack drive kicks off todaySaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:57PMBy Sarah Campbell scampbell@salisburypost.com Communities in Schools of Rowan County is hoping to provide at least 1,000 local students with the school supplies this fall, but they need help to reach that goal. The nonprofit organization, which ...
Recalled alcohol wipes may still be in useSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 10:41PMMore than six months after a worldwide recall, potentially deadly alcohol wipes remain in medicine cabinets and possibly on store shelves.
Young entrepreneurs use free ads to land summer workSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:57AMThis summer, Bruce Brown, 13, earned some money, and learned professional work skills in the process. “I learned a lot of things. I learned how you gotta work, and you gotta do it the way the person wants it,” said Brown of his summer job. Brown is one of the local teens who took part in the Curry Coastal Pilot’s free summer ad for area youth service.
UPDATED: Investigators learn new details about body found in Cumberland RiverFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:26PMRescue workers used a boat along a section of the Cumberland River in eastern Whitley County Thursday to recovery the unidentified body of a man found by a fisherman. Officials say a body had been reported seen floating down the stream several weeks ago.
Asheville piggy banks buffed, stuffed to help Brother WolfFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:32AMArtist Lori Kane, donors Craig and Cynthia Crossman and Brother Wolf Animal Rescue executive director Denise Bitz stand behind some of the piggy banks that will be used to raise money for the animla rescue group. The Crossmans found the pigs at thrift shops and online.
A walk in the dark: patrolling with the SamaritansFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:23AM"That's Gray Well," said Bob, pointing to an old-fashioned windmill as we pulled into a spot of shade. It sang a dark, galvanized song as the breeze turned it around and around. We'd been on the road for a couple hours, half of it on a remote, twisting road.
Backpack SundayFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:26AMBy Dick Andersen For the Herald/Review Two dynamic congregations are partnering Aug. 7 to outfit needful area elementary and secondary school students with 300 supply-filled brand new backpacks for the academic year starting in August. Sierra Evangelical Lutheran Church has been doing this for nine years, and this year St. Paul’s Missionary Baptist Church is linking up with them. Actually ...
New Child ID program at weekend eventFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:12AMAlamogordo New York Life Insurance agent Christa Haynes travels several times a year in conjunction with her job, but Haynes has put a couple thousand extra miles on her vehicle for the Child Identification and Neighborhood Watch program since August 2010.