The Washougal School District is reconsidering its plans to acquire a 31-acre property for a future school site after neighbors raised concerns.

What’s the food forecast for 2025? If you like spice, there’s good news: A big cloud of peppercorns is on the horizon, happily rolling in.

Marin Plank truly had no interest in birds when she gave her husband a camera-equipped bird feeder for his birthday. But by Christmas, she had become so obsessed with it that most of t ...

Ice crystals clung to the eyelashes, parka hood, beanie hat and headscarf of Ruqayah Nasser as she took a break after her first-ever snow tubing runs in a Minnesota park on a sub ...

Winter weather often causes flight delays and cancellations. While airlines can’t control the weather, they are required in the U.S. to provide refunds to customers whose flights are canceled. Here’s ...

When John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” appeared in 1939, it shocked readers with its grim description of families experiencing homeless. For those who may have forgotten, the classic novel chroni ...

Anyone trying to understand where Washington’s education stands as far as performance can be forgiven for confusion.

Oprah Winfrey is beginning 2025 with an old favorite. She has selected Eckhart Tolle’s “A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life Purpose” for her book club, marking the first time she has chose ...

As we enter the new year, the future of our nation is still in our hands. America will be as good or bad as the American people themselves. How we act locally and who we choose to be as individuals an ...

I was 21 when Jimmy Carter was elected in 1976. Over the four years of his presidency, I started my newspaper career, got married, had two daughters, bought a house and sold it and then bought another ...

We’ve known portable electronics in the classroom are a distraction for decades. Rules to keep students off their phones don’t just make sense from a discipline standpoint, they’ll be good for everyon ...

With clarity and dignity in the Capitol chamber, Kamala Harris read off the electoral votes for Donald Trump and then for herself. To her left, Mike Johnson rose and applauded for Trump’s number, but ...