Most of the time, when a reporter goes to cover a feature story, they’ve done some background research and carry along some questions to ask of the su...
Journal from the James: Song dogs …
Greetings from the James Reserve. In continuing at our peeks into the natural world, this installment will be on another species of mammal found in th...
Another Point of View: Childhood trauma: choosing self-pity or empathy for others
By Rick Barker Idyllwild Editor’s note: With permission from Rick, this is a letter he addressed to Bryan Asch regarding Bryan’s recent series on ment...
Readers Write: Fire abatement …
Editor: I’d like to share my perspective about the possible new fire abatement enforcement protocols currently under committee discussion. I was at t...
Past Tense: January 15, 2015
65 years ago - 1950 One hundred cars were hung up on the icy Hurkey Creek grade. A spot check revealed that only one car in 10, on the Pines-to...
Creature Corner: January 15, 2015
Paws up to Boomer. His birthday is in February, and it looks like he will have a brand new home for his special day. Along with Dusty, they will both ...
Off the Leash: Help available …
Keeping with the self-reflective tone of last month’s column, I’d like to talk to you about taking care of my side of the street. I like to think of m...
Readers Write: AB 32 …
Editor: I saw your article(s) about AB32. It hit us at about $0.10 per gallon. I went to get gas today and sure enough, it was about 10 cents more. S...
Readers Write: Je suis Charlie?
Editor: Is it wise to exercise our right to free speech by mocking and antagonizing a man we are told is mentally unstable, thinks of himself as a god...
Health on the Hill: Our mental health, part 4 …
A truly compassionate nature is something I just knew I had. I didn’t understand exactly how or why I seemed to care more than most, about more than m...