Thank you to our Community Journalism Project Donors!

2025 Donors


Essie B. Anderson

Athens Family Charitable Fund

Rick and Kara Ault

Phillip and Oteeka Baker

Robert and Pat Besom 

Robert Billingsley

Tommie and Marie Blankenship

Richard and Gaye Bland

Michael and Anita Blanton

Carol Bobek

Jill Bogert

Robert Brent and Amy Boyd

Richard E. Boyett

Kay Brewer

Steven and Derie Briman

Ed Brocksmith - In memory of Mike Masterson

Kenneth Brown

Robert and Dosia Bryant

Rick Buck

Evan and Anita Bukey

Jacqueline Burnett

John and Debbie Bzoski

Steven Carter

John J. Casey

Mary Charlton

Suzanne Clark

Leslie J. Cleary

Randall Lee Cook

Robert Crafton

Richard and Marlene Craig

Sandy W. Crow

Carl Crowe

Mary Crowley

Curtis L. and Barbara A. Brooks Living Trust

Jack and Trina Davis

Robert and Karen Day

Dennis Bittenbinder Living Trust

David and D.L. Dixon

Deborah Doerr

Scott Donnell

David Edmark

Edwin & Dian Williams Rev Trust

Sam and Susan Emerson

Erstine Holding Company Inc.

Susan Park Esche

William and Elizabeth Etges 

Ted and Julie Fish

Thomas Flynn and Susan Labidee

Eliza and Alec Gaines

Richard Gatlin

Jeremy and Emily Goucher

Mary M. Gray

Griggs Joint Revocable Living Trust

Bonnie Grimes

Fran Hagstrom

Adrienne E. Hanna

Ian and Donna Hanson

Deborah Hardiman

Jenny Harmon

N.E. Hartney

Joel and Deborah Henderson

Megan Hill

Jay Horton

David and Sheila Humphrey

Samuel Jay Hundley and Dawn Joan Kaiser

Ben and Walter Hussman

Palmer K. Hussman

Jane E. Johnson

Michael and Terry Johnson

Rick and Suzanne Jones

Sonya Jones

Wendy Kane

Gary and Trudy Karnes

Ken and Victoria Kilgore

Tom and Jill King

Phyllis Klinger

Stephen and Gail Knudsen

Diana Kolman

Bobbi and Mark Lane

Leann and Bill Underwood Revocable Trust

Maxine LeBlanc

Kenneth Leonard

Robert James and Kathleen Leser

Bryant Lewis - In honor of Lee Lewis 

Steven Long

Otto and Betty Loewer

Mark and Judy Mallett

David Matthews - In honor of Doug Thompson 

Mark and Shelia May

Charles Mayfield Jr.

Jonathan and Becky McCain

Bruce W. Miller

Cay Miller

Deborah Miller

Staci Miller

Mitchell’s Folly Art and Antiques

Teresa Mohling

Robert and Mary Jane Morgan

Moye Family Charitable Fund

Chris and Lesa Moyer

Mary Okonski

Luke and Janet Parsch

James Parsons

Kristin Pawlik - In honor of Leland Duvall 

Neal Pendergraft - In honor of Ross Pendergraft

Robert and Teri Penquite

Judith Perkins

Finley Plager

Flip M. Putthoff

Wendy and James Revell II

Robert K. Rhoads

Phyllis Rice

Tom Richards

Faye Ridpath

Linda G. Rogers

W. F. Rugel

Les J. Saumweber

Sally Schuster

Clifton Scogin

Diana Scott

Norma Senyard

Frank Sharp

Mark and Cathy Sharp

Ted and Suan Short

Jeff and Mary Silva

JoAnn Snider

Joyce Stafford

Truman and Dolores Stamps

Diane Standefer

Mark Stewart

Lloyd and Linda Stith

Brad Stout

Anne Ray Streeter

Kim Styron

John C. Swanson

Karen Takemoto

Philip Taldo

Laurie Telfair

Gloria Tran

Robert J. VanDerClock

Sidney and Mirela Vinson

Ronnie and Deborah Wann

Bill and Lisa Watkins

Shereen West

Katherine Whelchel

Michael and Lee Anne Wiederkehr

Carrie D. Wilson

David F. Wilson

Marv and Donna Wiseman

William and Virgina Womble

John and Helene Wommack

Steven and Cheri Wood

Mark Woodyear

Geniece Yates

Tod Yeslow

2026 Donors


Robert Brent and Amy Boyd

Ed Brocksmith

Eliza and Alec Gaines

Palmer K. Hussman

Steven Long

Staci Miller


Faye Ridpath

Les J. Saumweber

Diana Scott

Allison Shirk and Dylan San Miguel