Robert Nolley

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

In 1988 Dolly Parton pulled every 7th and 8th grader in Sevier County into a room and told them to pick a buddy.

She made them sign a contract.. if BOTH graduate, she hands you both $500. One fails, nobody gets paid.

The county dropout rate went from 35% to 6%.

She handed out the checks herself.

In 1989 she offered $500 to every kid in the county who wanted to go to the local college.

When Gatlinburg burned in 2016, she sent 900 families $1,000 a month for six months.

You've probably heard that part.

Here's the part you haven't:

The fund raised more than expected, so she showed up in May and handed every one of those families another $5,000 on top.

Then she quietly put $3 million into the recovery group that handles the years after the news trucks leave.

She built her county an entire hospital.

She played a benefit concert in 2007, Dollywood and the Stampede matched it, and LeConte Medical Center opened in 2010 with a birthing unit and a women's center in it.

In 2022 she started covering 100% of tuition, books, and fees for Dollywood employees.

Full-time, part-time, AND seasonal.

In 1991 she paid for a bald eagle sanctuary because the birds couldn't be released back into the wild, no press release.

And when Hurricane Helene came through here in Western North Carolina, she wrote a personal check for $1 million and her companies matched it.

She didn't owe North Carolina anything, but she helped us anyway.

She started the Imagination Library because her daddy couldn't read or write. Before he passed, he told her it was the most important thing she ever did.

Rest in Peace, Dolly 🇺🇸

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

🚨#BREAKING: A German soccer fan who flew to the USA but was fearful about coming because of news about criminals and people being mean...

...breaks down into TEARS, live on air saying he has FALLEN IN LOVE with America after a random man named "Bob" in Boston gave him a ride home after he was stuck at a game with no way back to his hotel

The German soccer fan's name is Sebastian, he said after meeting Bob, he extended his entire trip.

He said leaving America will hurt worse than watching Germany get knocked out of the World Cup.

"I fall in love with America. I'm sorry, it's just so emotional. Americans are not rude... if we are together, we can achieve great things."

THIS IS THE AMERICA I KNOW!!!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Robert Nolley @roblpd200]

@rawsalerts They need to go sit down and tend to their own problems! Always feeling like somebody has got to apologize for something! Wake up people and grow a set and lets open them eyes please!!

[NC Public Safety @NCPublicSafety]

We’re excited to announce that the division has received a Youth Garden Grant from @Kids_Gardening. With the award, the Division will be able to expand gardening programming at the Chatham YDC. Looking forward to warm weather and a bountiful growing season in 2024! #WeAreNCDPS

[Robert Nolley @roblpd200]

@RossMartin_IC Unless you’re in the starting five with Hubert, there’s no reason for any of them to stay!!

[Robert Nolley @roblpd200]

@RossMartin_IC

[Robert Nolley @roblpd200]

@InsideCarolina

[Robert Nolley @roblpd200]

@Breaking911 I’m starting to think they just make this stuff up to get free advertising! It don’t even make since!! Media, stop reporting stupidity!! 🤯🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

[Robert Nolley @roblpd200]

@wmbfnews

[Robert Nolley @roblpd200]

As much as I would like to, I will not be watching the HEELS play tonight. I have decided to opt out with the rest of those quiters on our team! NCAA please do something about this before it completely ruins college football!

[Robert Nolley @roblpd200]

@InsideCarolina Their ain’t no “I” in team, everybody work’s hard to get an invitation to play this big game and then these shelfish “I’s” bail out on their teammate’s!! Ain’t fair to the team, coaches and fans!!

[Laura Ingraham @IngrahamAngle]

America voted for this? Really.

[Jesse Watters @JesseBWatters]

Remember during this whole Russia Collusion thing, they had zero eyewitness testimony to say "I saw the Trump Campaign collude with Russia." Rudy Giuliani says he has hundreds of sworn affidavits saying they saw corruption. So you got to let this play out. #FoxNews

[Franklin Graham @Franklin_Graham]

Banned from @Harvard if you worked in the Trump Administration? I’m disappointed, but not surprised, to read that students there are circulating a petition to ban all Trump administration officials from teaching, speaking, or attending the school. https://t.co/WNsHYYhUOb

[Franklin Graham @Franklin_Graham]

.@Harvard says they're, “devoted to excellence in teaching, learning...& to developing leaders…who make a difference globally.” These students don’t sound like future leaders who can think on their own. It sounds like they're against anyone who has a different opinion than them.

[Robert Nolley @roblpd200]

@AP @wmbfnews You think things are bad now, you wait until they get done with their agenda! It will probably start the beginning of the end times!

[Robert Nolley @roblpd200]

@UNC_Humor Too much vote begging on here for me, I’m out!

[Robert Nolley @roblpd200]

@UNC_Humor I’m out! Finding a Hallowen movie to watch.