The pain never really goes away.Former Fort Bragg soldier Kurt Ballash says he hurts on a daily basis from an injury he suffered while overseas in 2016.After a couple of years working on a contract …
Michael Futch | Photography By Tony Wooten
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He’s all about that bass
Pete Everett and his band were all-out swinging on a Friday night at Throwback Thursdays Sports Bar & Grill in Dunn. Everett leads the veteran trio — billed as Pete Everett and the Total Package Band — on his unusual nine-string electric bass guitar.
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For Manna Church, community is key
In the past, 62-year-old Walter Green made his bed under the Person Street bridge and by a dumpster next to a Bragg Boulevard pizzeria. A native of Rome, New York, Green is a former resident of the now-defunct HOPE Center on Person Street, which has since been transformed into the Manna Dream Center men’s shelter.