February 08, 2019 at 8:35 am
By Kelly Butts-SpiritoEugenio Montale once wrote, “The most dangerous aspect of present-day life is the dissolution of the feeling of individual responsibility. Mass solitude has done away with any difference between the internal and the ex...
February 01, 2019 at 2:21 pm
East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact. A recent sampling:•In 2017 the IRS conducted 675,000 fewer audits as compared to seven years ago, which allowed a lapse of $8.3 billion in old debt taxes, accor...
January 25, 2019 at 3:00 am
East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact. A recent sampling:•In 2017 the IRS conducted 675,000 fewer audits as compared to seven years ago, which allowed a lapse of $8.3 billion in old debt taxes, accor...
January 22, 2019 at 10:15 am
There won’t ever be many editorials from me. I believe there is nothing more out of place in a newspaper than a journalist’s opinion. This is your newspaper — a part of your community and your heritage. I’m just a lucky guy who gets to writ...
January 08, 2019 at 5:09 pm
East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact. A recent sampling:•The red-berried Brazilian pepper tree, now an invasive pest in the U.S., appears promising as a treatment for MRSA, Scientific Reports says. ...
December 25, 2018 at 2:00 am
East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact. A recent sampling:•The sound is alarming, but a dog with reverse sneezing is usually OK. The respiratory issue is rare in cats. Air is pulled in through the nos...
November 16, 2018 at 3:00 am
Every year after Thanksgiving, Americans kick off the holiday shopping season with big stores advertising deal after deal. Not long ago, Americans during the holiday season typically would visit locally-owned small retailers in a downtown a...
November 09, 2018 at 3:00 am
Days ago, I hunted up the reservoir. It had rained overnight, and larch needles and leaves had been falling. I took a road over a ridge to the south. As I reached the top, the road swung toward the southwest. Clouds brightened. I drove slow...
November 01, 2018 at 4:04 pm
As people of faith, we believe we have the moral obligation to take care of our neighbors. Often that means helping individuals by donating clothes after a house fire or providing dinner after the loss of a loved one. However, sometimes we ...
October 30, 2018 at 3:00 am
For decades, schools across the nation have been receiving threats similar to what we recently found at Libby Middle/High School. Such threats have been created by students for a variety of reasons: someone thought it would be funny, or wan...
