Rae Herman, Lindsey Herron and Traci Salmi display their crafts in Mimzie’s Creations, a store-within-a-store at Lonepine General Store. (Carolyn Hidy/CF Valley Press)
February 20, 2019
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February 20, 2019 2:59 p.m.
New store brings warmth to lonesome Lonepine
On a bleak, winter drive down Highway 28 from Elmo to Plains, there is suddenly a small splash of color ahead in the gray. It is something you would take for granted in most places. But in Lonepine, a community about six miles north of Hot Springs that lost its zip code years ago, a sign that simply says “Open” is a welcome sight.