We welcome letters on local issues. National topics may be referenced only if they have direct local impact. Letters must include the writer’s name, address, phone, and email; only the name and …
The Lincoln County Veterans Services Office is launching a new program to honor area veterans with complimentary hats representing their branch of military service. “Operation Hats Off to Our …
Dear Reader, Veterans Day, observed on November 11, is a time to honor and celebrate the veterans of the United States Armed Forces and all they have done to serve our country. While this time …
Dear Reader, In our society’s grand tapestry, we find ourselves constantly measured by our financial standing. We create these rigid categories—royalty or servant, elite or …
Local news is in crisis. By some estimates, more than 3,200 print newspapers have vanished since 2005.
Dear Reader, In times like these—when our streets fill with protest, our communities fracture, and violence replaces dialogue —we face an unsettling truth: those who claim to …
Dear Reader, Imagine approaching your most meaningful work—the projects that enrich others’ lives, the contributions that strengthen your community, the accomplishments that truly …
Dear Reader, I want you to think back to a moment in your life when you felt fear about money. Perhaps you were laid off and watched your savings dwindle. Maybe a medical emergency emptied your …
Dear Reader, There are two ways to live a life, and most of us never consciously choose between them. The first is Formula One living—all throttle and adrenaline, taking corners at …
Dear Reader, We spend remarkable portions of our lives in what feels like maintenance mode—shopping, preparing meals, doing laundry, commuting to work. It’s easy to feel like …
Dear Reader, A. E. Housman wrote eloquently of youth and time’s swift passage in his well-known poem, “With Rue My Heart Is Laden.” With rue my heart is laden For …
'The Departed' is a 2006 epic crime thriller directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, and Jack Nicholson.
Dear Reader, There are goodbyes that echo through generations, and then there are farewells that reshape the very foundation of a family. Last month, I experienced the latter as we watched our …
Dear Reader, We all want to make a difference. It’s perhaps the most universal human drive—this need to matter, to leave something meaningful behind, to know that our brief time here …
Dear Reader, I’ve been thinking about something we all know but rarely talk about openly – what happens to our kids when they leave home and go out into the world. We raise them …
Dear Reader, The first Monday of September has long been recognized as Labor Day - a day truly worth celebrating as it honors the achievements and contributions of countless Americans who have …
Dear Reader, I remember the days when everything I did was transactional. Whatever I did—with romantic partners, with jobs, with all engagements involving people—was based on …
Dear Reader, When I think back to those sunlit summer days, with cool breezes of sailing and evening woodland walks, I remember the people who shared those and various other precious microcosms …
Dear Reader, You are in love with someone. You’ve spent a majority of your life with that someone, collecting moments that have woven you together as if you were one person. So who …
Dear Reader, They say you can never truly go back. When you attempt to revisit old memories, you find they’ve already dissipated, vanished into the ether. …