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Some time ago, I received a letter from a reader who wanted to thank me for my articles in the newspaper. Next, the young man described that he is recovering from a bout with drugs and he is turning his life around. “It is wonderful to know that if I live by God’s will and release my faith for a miracle, remarkable things happen,” he wrote. “When I was using drugs, I was self-centered and full of fear. Drugs were the only thing that would temporarily fill the hollow space I ...

"The longer you live in the shadows the harder it will be to escape it."

Skip to main content Currently Reading Opinion: I was the Asian kid in a California farm town. Heres what it taught me about belonging Harry Mok FacebookTwitterEmail The author’s mother, Shue Mok, gathering with the grandchildren, Woodland in the 1990s.Courtesy Harry Mok A moving van and a wood-paneled station wagon stop in front of a mobile home and a family of four emerges from the vehicles. The father proudly surveys their new home and the surrounding farmland. For him and his family, this...

Lubbock man indicted on charge of online solicitation of a minor Jacob Durisseau, 20, of Lubbock (Source: LCDC) By KCBD Staff | April 27, 2021 at 2:27 PM CDT - Updated April 27 at 2:27 PM LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Jacob Durisseau, 20, of Lubbock has been indicted by a Lubbock County Grand Jury on a charge of online solicitation of a minor. According to the indictment, Durisseau is accused of engaging in sexual contact with a minor around March 26, 2021. Durisseau knowingly solicited the mi...

(MENAFN - Gulf Times) Jacob deGrom continued making history on Friday night, when the New York Mets ace struck out a career-high 15 in a two-hit shutout and also doubled home the games first run in a 6-0 win over the visiting Washington Nationals. The Mets snapped a three-game losing streak. The Nationals had a two-game winning streak halted. DeGrom (2-1) allowed a second-inning single to Starlin Castro and a third-inning double to Andrew Stevenson before retiring the final 19 batters. He lo...

After multiple leadership changes over the past year, San Antonio Metropolitan Health...

FacebookTwitterEmail MIAMI, FLORIDA - JANUARY 31: Tyrese Gibson and Vin Diesel attend Universal Pictures Presents The Road To F9 Concert and Trailer Drop on January 31, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Universal Pictures)Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Universal Pictu You hear that sound? Its thousands of Fast and Furious aficionados losing their collective mind over the the latest "F9" trailer. The Fast and Furious franchise has been teasing the film since 20...

Updated Anchorage election results show Lessens, Higgins still leading with thin margins in school board races Author: Anchorage Daily News Published 2 hours ago Share on Facebook Print article Updated Anchorage election results posted Tuesday show Kelly Lessens and Pat Higgins still leading by thin margins in two school board races. For school board seat B, Lessens has 24,454 votes to opponent Judy Eledge’s 24,179 votes. Lessens’ lead grew — on Tuesday, she was leading by 275 vot...

1 of 3 Shop Local at Stone Rest will take place Saturday and Sunday at Stone Rest Event Venue, at 8757 Rufing Road in Greenville.  Brooke McAfee | News and Tribune Cosmos Craft Chicken is among the food trucks that will be featured at Shop Local at Stone Rest in Greenville this weekend.  Facebook photo Grateful Gourmet, a business that sells food items such as spicy pickles, is among the vendors included at Shop Local at Stone Rest in Greenville.  Facebook photo GRE...

Famed artist Henk Pander takes on the pandemic, protests and chaos in downtown Portland. Well-known Portland artist Henk Pander has spent the past year working on a series of epic paintings. He does not believe they will ever be shown. The paintings are his response to the earth-shaking events that swept the city, country and world since last March — the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed nearly 3 million people, the resulting recession that threw millions out of work, and the racial justice...