Trying to predict the weather that will be floating to our region is quite a futile habit. However, several neighbors of the late Bill Botzek insisted he knew more about the atmosphere than anyone …

Just over four years ago, I was hanging off the side of a cliff, saved from a potentially devastating fall by my jacket snagging on a barbed wire fence. I distinctly remember a wave of gratitude …

For shooting enthusiasts, happiness can be defined by the sight of tightly grouped holes in paper, the echoing sound of a bullet striking a metal target or the satisfying view of a clay target …

We feel somewhat cornered — pushed into a position from which there’s no escape. As individuals, we’re not directly involved in the madness of the world, but we have no escape route …

Halloween night conjures up many different feelings and memories for people based on how they celebrate the spookiest night of the year. Some imagine trick-or-treating with their families, …

In this climate, I doubt that switching our perspectives, forecasts and our physical lives from one season to the next is ever more filled with personal memories than these weeks that lead into …

While Americans typically spend Thanksgiving expressing gratitude and celebrating with family, it is immediately followed by a day known for shopping mall stampedes and cutthroat capitalism. …

I have always brought out my pink clothing during October in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but last year, I learned how devastating the disease can truly be from people who battled it …

Sooner or later, if we’re fortunate enough to live through our childhood years and then cap that first period when we blaze through our teen years, face young adulthood and wander into midlife …

“O’Zapft is” translates to “It is tapped” from the Bavarian dialect of German. The mayor of Munich, Germany, has announced these words every year since 1950 once …

In the 1920s, Benton County’s interest in the laws pertaining to the maintenance of law and order in the era of Prohibition varied. Personal opinions ranged from “Send every moon shiner …

Crop residue, by definition, is the vegetative material left behind after harvesting and often includes leaves, stalks, straw, pods, cobs and roots. Like many things in the agricultural world, …