2018-01

Story and photographs by Meredith Bernard Small towns have a way of coming through in big ways for their people, and the communities of Hyco Lake and Roxboro, NC are no exception.  When Bobby and Candace Smith bought Hyco Lake Marina in April of 2017, they knew they wanted to be a hub where lake goers could find not only ...

Story by Michael Chaney After graduating from Piedmont Community College (PCC), I transferred to Campbell University located in Buies Creek, NC. There I completed a B.S. degree in Homeland Security with double concentrations in Terrorism and Intelligence and a minor in Criminal Justice Administration. Upon graduation, I began law school at Campbell Law in Raleigh, NC, where I am currently ...

Dream Home Leads to Dream Career Story by Peter Berry Photos by LeAnne Pulliam Anna Hester-Martin enjoyed spending time with her great uncle, Stedman Hester. In her late teens and through her late twenties, Anna regularly offered to take him back and forth from his home in Durham to his beach house in Pine Knoll Shores. For many years he ...

NEWS RELEASE   THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES OVER $635,000 IN NEW GRANTS; MORE THAN $22.6 MILLION GIVEN SINCE FORMATION   For release after                                                                      For more information, 4:30 p.m. January 24, 2018                                                    contact Debra Dodson   The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region announced today a total of more than $637,000 in new grants to 43 non-profit community ...