How do we keep enjoying and indulging in fashion without feeding into the same harmful trend cycles we criticize others for ...

As another crazy year on planet earth draws to a close, it's time to reflect on some of the standout moments of 2025.

While it’s basketball season, football keeps making headlines, especially at the college level, so this week’s edition of Random Thoughts centers around the college game, plus a bit of high school, ...

Abdullah stood nearby, calm and composed, having just disarmed a man who had stabbed the 11-year-old child multiple times.

Sometimes my wife, Krista, cannot get a song we’ve practiced for church choir out of her head — even long after it was ...

Katie Yates met Jason Smith on a dating app before he subjected her to relentless physical and mental abuse Handsome, charming, a "gentle giant" - Katie Yates believed Jason Smith was a real catch ...

• This week we introduce our new Twisp columnist for the Valley Life page, Anastasia Green — you can just call her Green, most of her acquaintances do. Like everyone else here, she has a “Methow Story ...

Last month, I spent a weekend in Clay County, perched on a ladder stand, looking for an unfortunate Minnesota deer. A hyperactive squirrel entertained me as my mind rolled with disconnected thoughts.

Last month, I spent a weekend in Clay County, perched on a ladder stand, looking for an unfortunate Minnesota deer. A hyperactive squirrel entertained me as my mind rolled with disconnected thoughts.

Alabama 27 Auburn 20 – It was another scary visit to Jerdin’s Hair for the Crimson Tide, but the VooDoo was working against the home team just as it has three straight Iron Bowl played in Lee County.

The NASCAR Awards ceremony came and went quickly this year. But here are some awards not given out at the ceremony earlier this month. These additional accolades, if you will, were born from some of ...