1232- 08 ABC PSC Ad 6x4 2/2 6/Wills Memori al Hosp ital Adm inistr ator Marvin Goldman (left) told members of the Washington Kiwanis Club about the hospital's planned "Regeneration Project" at their regular Tuesday lunch meeting on June 23. According to Goldman, the plumbing at the hospital was literally rotting away beginning about six years ago. More...

Saturday is the Fourth of July and I am reminded of a song made popular in the 1940s by Woody Guthrie. He was an "Okie" who fled the Dust Bowl during the Depression, a World War II GI, a merchant seaman, and a beloved singer of American folk songs. More...

It's amazing how blind some people are to their own inborn prejudices, but I got a chance to open one or two women's eyes last Fourth of July. Three wome n were visiting Athe ns from Connecticut, and happened upon our fair city with about 10,000 other people for our annual Independence Day celebration. More...

TO THE EDITOR: I would once again like to thank the citizens of Washington and Wilkes County for their continued support of our youth. The Washington-Wilkes Little League program is a continuing success due to the constant effort of the Little League president and officers, coaches, teams, parents, and of course, the community. More...

The 82nd playing of the Amos Martin Invitational golf tournament is set for this weekend, July 4-5 at the Washington-Wilkes Country Club. Last year's champ, Brandon Berry is positioned to become the tournament's ninth back-to-back winner if he can repeat or better his performance from 2008. More...

Graveside services for Mary Frances Drinkard Barnett, 95, of Spring Street, Washington, were held Friday, June 26, 2009, in Resthaven Cemetery, Washington, with Rev. Klay Aspinwall officiating. She died Tuesday, June 23, at Heritage Health Care in Washington. More...

Lydia Brooke Lamar of Washington and Bruce Albert Strother of Thomson exchanged wedding vows in a beautiful double-ring ceremony Saturday, June 6, at six o'clock in the evening at Union Baptist Church in Thomson. Rev. C. E. (Butch) Baston of Thomson officiated. More...

The libraries in the Bartram Trail Regional Library system will be closed July 3, 4, and 5, and will reopen on Monday, July 6, at 8:30 a.m. More...