The Power of Story

The Nugget believes in the power of Story. Since you are here backing us up with your support, it's pretty safe to assume you do, too.

The work that keeps us going week in and week out is the effort to tell the stories of the people of our community, in all their wide diversity in age, background and experience. When I first started writing for The Nugget 30 years ago, I wasn't sure how deep the well of Story would be here. Turns out, it's bottomless.

A couple of weeks back, I wrote a profile of Adora Hitchcock, who was adopted into a pioneering lumber family in Sisters. I was struck so powerf...