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My social media skills must be wearing thin, because until last week I'd never seen the phrase "YouTube celebrities.'' YouTube is that online...

May is mental health awareness month. One in five American adults or 46.6 million of us experiences a mental health condition annually, according...

I learned a meaningful life lesson the evening of high school commencement back in 1962 when, midway through my speech to the other graduates...

The lone graduate stood in front of the audience and tried to hold back tears as she told her story of addiction and her plans to stay clean...

Recently, I was reading a popularized account of modern physics, specifically an attempt to explain how certain really tiny bits of matter could...

Right here in Ponsford, 8th Fire Solar has launched its solar thermal manufacturing facility. Nick Belrock, Jon Martin, Eric Fasthorse and Ronnie...

Once when I was in Cub Scouts, I went to the garage, found some scrap lumber and made a side-wheel paddle boat to earn a badge or something....

Decades ago, when discussing the complexity of U.S. tax code, an ag lobbyist friend noted that all he wanted in any tax reform "was to pay the...

In Presho the other evening for a Lyman County event, I got to talking about the past winter with a rancher who took me back to my childhood...

Some of history's most significant what-ifs lie buried beneath layers of misunderstanding. So it is with Cinco de Mayo. This annual celebration...

If you've seen cartoons recently of nurses playing cards, they may be a response to what a legislator from Washington State said during a discussion...

Be brave. Be kind. Be you. That’s what I’m trying to teach my kids. The message seems to get through to them at home, but the majority of...

If you want to anger almost any American farmer, write something less than flattering about the declining use of biofuels — especially...

Palace City Profiles is an ongoing series of community members' stories, introducing our neighbors and the individuals who live and/or work in...

I smoked a pipe for a few years during and after college, but whenever I see a pipe cleaner, I think of May Day. Today is May Day, and somewhere...