When I was a kid, my friends and I spent long summer days outdoors, picking daisies, observing roly-poly (also known as pill) ...

The National Transportation Safety Board on Friday enters its third and final day of public testimony over the fatal midair ...

In early July, the Clark County Council was called upon to address a controversy between the county clerk and Superior Court judges: Should the county clerk be elected — the current method — or appoin ...

When presidents get into political hot water, it’s almost always their own fault. That’s as true today for President Donald Trump in the Jeffrey Epstein case as it was for his predecessors.

The late golf legend, Arnold Palmer, told his golfing partners if you’re asked to sign something or for an autograph, write so that it is legible. Has anyone tried to read or make sense of Donald Trum ...

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Open letter to Sen. John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson, You are not my senator/representative — I can’t vote for (or against) you since I don’t live in your states. But in your roles as Senate ...

Every day, the Department of Homeland Security puts out multiple announcements about how its immigration raids around the country are rounding up “the worst of the worst.” But there’s been a sudden su ...

In the spring of 1972, my friend Steve and I bought a boat. We were both teachers at Marshall Islands High School in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands.

Johnston started attending weekly meditation sessions and longer retreats at the Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple, a remodeled church in Northeast Portland. That’s where she met fellow seekers from ...

The West Columbia Gorge Humane Society in Washougal is changing some of its procedures after fielding criticism from some benefactors.

As the region inches closer to a new Interstate 5 Bridge, organizers must begin to provide firm answers about one of the project’s most contentious issues — light rail.