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A look back at the history of the Cowichan Lake area

California Native Indian tribes are still opposing cardrooms and want the legislature to urge the courts to declare the legality of cardrooms' house-banked games.

Any time research is quoted I want acitation: who said it, and where can I find the article?

By Jayendrina Singha Ray, guest columnist, in honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

By Jayendrina Singha Ray, guest columnist, in honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

America is such a divided society these days that even friends and colleagues know there are some areas out of bounds in polite conversation. “We just don’t talk about politics or religion here anymore,” one old cowboy tells me. We’re standing on a dusty street on an old Wild West movie set, remembering how differences of opinion used to be settled.

Light's Fort, built in 1742 in what is now Lebanon, served multiple purposes over the centuries. The structure is still standing today, with restorations ongoing, and it is the subject of local folklore regarding the existence of subterranean tunnels.

South Dakota's new history and civics standards reject critical race theory, build on a Hillsdale College foundation.

Karen Ota-OBrien grew up with an incredible work ethic, living on a cattle ranch in 100 Mile House, British Columbia, about 300 miles from Vancouver. She was also average; a B student, C-plus in physical education, benchwarmer on the travel softball team and perennial runner-up at the Little Britches Rodeo.

An upcoming photography exhibition coming to Pleasantons Museum on Main will highlight Native and Indigenous cultures in California. "She Sang Me a Good Luck Song" from works of Dugan Aguilar will run from April 5 through May 27.