Last week's Big Sandy Mountaineer featured an article announcing Lorrie Merrill's upcoming retirement. Lorrie is the owner and operator of the Mountaineer, which means that the paper will potentially cease publication in September. The story behind Lorrie's tenure at the Mountaineer is a long and winding road.
Lorrie initially became a part of the Mountaineer when the previous staff writer, Robbie Lucke went in for cancer treatment effectively limiting his ability to write for the paper. She had recently retired from her career at Big Sandy Activities, where she started as a gopher for the boo...
