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Outside of the Glorieta Adventure Camp dining hall, 56-year-old Lisa Blackburde was having an emotion-filled conversation with a couple of other evacuees.  Nearly three weeks ago, as the fast-moving Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire made a run toward her home near Ledoux, Blackburde heeded a mandatory evacuation order that had already been in place for days. […]

Here’s what happens when rural New Mexicans are priced out of homeowners insurance. Or denied it altogether.

Music fans around the world were disappointed as concert venues shut their doors to slow the spread of COVID-19. But the loss of live music was particularly detrimental for many seniors in long-term care homes.

News in brief from around Licking County.

"As I watch the Russian invasion of Ukraine.... I think back to the experiences of my family and the Japanese community and wonder how Russia’s aggression will impact upon Canadians of Russian descent," writes Japanese Canadian Art Miki.

The redevelopment of downtown office buildings into residential towers has been getting a lot of attention recently, but this isn't part of a new trend. Calgary has been adapting old buildings for new uses for decades, writes Richard White. 

Company attracted by population growth, building of schools in West Shore

NaAC CEO Jung-Suk Ryu says that when the city offered them the space, along with a promise of $2.5 million in upgrades, he didn't realize the building's impending heritage designation would make the front staircase an immovable asset.

Rush is a Band: Neil Peart, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson

Basketball was less than 25 years old in 1914 when team owners from Pittston, Wilkes-Barre, Freeland, Hazleton, Tamaqua and Plymouth met to form a professional basketball league called the Penn