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THE photographs in this week’s trip down West Fife’s Memory Lane look back at one of the worst mining disasters in Fife. It happened early on the morning of October 28, 1939, in the Diamond Section of Valleyfield Colliery. In all, 35 men lost their lives. An explosion of fire damp took place in the section in which all the 33 men who were employed there must have been killed almost simultaneously. In the Culross Five Feet Section some distance away from the scene of the explosion, about a dozen other men were injured. Four of these men were taken to Dunfermline and West Fife Hospita...

by Thomas E. Simmons A tenured professor at the University of South Dakota School of Law, Thomas Simmons concentrates on trusts, estate administration, and the estate tax. Prior to joining the legal academy, he was a partner with the law firm of Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson & Ashmore, LLP Released in November, The Reagans is a four-part documentary produced by Showtime. It is comprised of film clips of President Reagan and others close to him along with an assortment of journalists, activists, biographers, and former Reagan aides. The President’s son Ron Reagan Jr., journalist Lesley Stahl, an...

Trump has convinced his supporters the election was stolen The transfer of executive power in the US is often dicey and usually not an administration’s finest hours. Students of the presidency consider the transition from Herbert Hoover to Franklin Roosevelt following the 1932 election as the most troubling since Abraham Lincoln replaced James Buchanan in 1861. With the Great Depression deepening by the day, Roosevelt, the Democratic governor of New York, soundly defeated Hoover, the Republican president. Election Day that year fell on November 8 and the inauguration — as was the custom u...

Trump pardons sparked controversy but have been the fewest in more than 100 years President Trump's pardons have included servicemembers charged with murder and a former national security adviser accused of lying to the FBI Jim Sergent, Savannah Behrmann and George Petras, USA TODAY Published 3:00 pm UTC Jan. 5, 2021 President Donald Trump, like many of his predecessors, is using his final days in the White House to increase his use of pardons and commutations, including some that have sparked controversy.   Trump has already issued several politically charged clemencies, with 49 pardons a...

No time like the present: A last-minute Clark County gift guide Published: December 18, 2020, 6:02am Share: 30 Photos The French Door, tucked inside one of downtown Vancouver's historical buildings on Mill Plain Blvd., beckons shoppers inside for fabulous finds. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Photo Gallery Keeping the doors open at independently owned retail stores this year has required a combination of innovation, flexibility and sheer grit. With only six days left until Christmas, here’s some last-minute inspiration from Clark County merchants that will make you feel extra good a...