OPINION: Mountain Musings — The ties that bind us

by Kate Evans

We’re celebrating the 130th anniversary of The Morgan Messenger and I was asked to share some thoughts on that. I’ve been writing for The Morgan Messenger for 23 years now, since the end of January, 2000, along with periodic stories for The Hancock News over the years.

Both newspapers are small community newspapers owned by the Buzzerd family. As local newspapers they are part of the glue that binds us as a…