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Lyndon johnson developed a reputation as a dmen straightive public speaker with a pension for telling tall tales. His six consecutive terms in the house of representatives and two term as a senator from texas could not erase his down home image. Many democrats in 1960 frowned upon kennedys choice for a man they believed belched allowed, cussed, violated personal space, and never apologized. Once president , he claimed that he did not, want to be the president who built empires or sought grandeur. But johnson liked to be in charge. In private his wife said he was a warm and mellow man. In gener...

The parking lots at the vacant Yard Birds shopping mall in Chehalis have been mostly empty for most of the last 21 months following the mall’s permanent closure. This week, the lots were …

Jeannette Franks has been waging a silent war in the parks and roadsides of Bainbridge Island for over 20 years. Her foes are noxious, numerous and sometimes deadly — but that has never stopped her.

KC McGinnis | October 2, 2015 Dr. Dick Baker thanks CGRER for giving him a chance to “cross-pollinate” with other researchers. When CGRER was formed Dr. Baker, professor emeritus of Earth & Environmental Sciences at the University of Iowa, was already working with a wide variety of scientists from geology, ecology and paleoecology, but with…

As many of you know by now, I love the history of this grand sport of harness racing. From the Narragansett Pacers of the 1700’s to the arrival of Messenger in 1788 to the first 3:00 mile recorded by Yankee in 1806 to Conquerer’s epic 100-mile world recorded in 1853 (in eight hours, 55 minutes