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TweetPinShareColumn By Melissa Martin Yes, Pete the Cat is lying on his video about a groovy new year. “While Pete tries to figure out what a New Year’s resolution is, he forgets …
Step away from resolutions for 2020 Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Melissa Martin There’s a certain gift that most of us want. We desperately seek it. We long for it. We ask for it every Christmas and even throughout …
Editorial: The gift nobody gets Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Melissa Martin Journalists are jailed around the globe. How can it be? First Amendment aggressions are occurring in the United States. How can it be? Devious despots misusing …
Editorial: When freedom of the press is silenced or imprisoned Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy UTBA Column By Melissa Martin Parents use Elf on the Shelf as a surveillance device to ensure younger children are behaving during the holidays. But what about a …
Editorial: Grouch on the couch Read More
TweetPinShareH.R.H. The Prince of Wales with children from Damers First School in Poundbury, England. (c) 2017. The Duchy of Cornwall. Photo: Finnbarr Webster. Used with permission. Column By Natalie Pace …
Editorial: Nature’s prince and his two eco-communities Read More
TweetPinShareImage Courtesy NBC Universal: Rankin/Bass’ animated “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” premiered on NBC in 1964 and is the longest-running Christmas special. The initial story behind Rudolph was written by Bob …
Editorial: A true Christmas story: How Rudolph came to life Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Melissa Martin I don’t like the mischievous elf on or off the shelf. There, I said it. Some parents may wag their tongues and refer to me as …
Editorial: Pesky Elf on the Shelf is back Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Melissa Martin After I bought a bag of Nestle’s Dove milk chocolate candies, intrigue set in as I read the phrases on shiny wrappers. The neurons in my …
Editorial: My chocolate dream job Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Melissa Martin Hurried holiday humans rev up everyone in the near vicinity and beyond. How can you spot the marathon shopping mothers? They’re the ones with the lazed …
Editorial: Try to relax during holiday hubbub Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: The Field of Honor was on display for the week for Veterans Day. Dear Editor: The inaugural Veterans Field of Honor® week is now history. …
Letter to the Editor: Organizer gives thanks for those involved with Field of Honor project Read More