I’m bad at golf. Will 10,000 hours fix that? I don’t know.

I had a golf club in my hands this past week, and I was as bad as...

Can anything be done to stabilize residential property tax bills?

Here we go. It’s budget time. Local government officials will be making decisions the...

Who’s been laying in my nest?

Angelkeep Journals’ headline today steals a bit of dialogue, with variations, from Goldilocks and the Three Bears. 

What’s happening at your newspaper

Our former editor, Jessica Bricker, would occasionally write her column about what was happening at The News-Banner....

One trip to Barcelona will likely result in a second

As we walked through the narrow cobblestone streets of Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter, we marveled at all that...

I’ve been workin’ on the railroad (story)

Railroads played a key role in history, once being the sole and indispensable means of long-distance transportation....

Is the gardening craze growing on you?

According to the National Gardening Association, the number of households growing their own vegetables, fruit and other...

Wee harlequin bug, by any other name …

True! Ask any citizen of Alberta, Canada. They would tell you of their wee harlequin bugs. They...

Is this another sign I’m getting old?

As time marches on, I’m occasionally reminded about how much things have changed. Most of it happens...

Two days hiking and eating in Spain’s culinary capital

As we began our hike to the top of the 400-foot hill, it didn’t take long for...