When keeping yourself safe feels unkind
by Leanne Loy editor@thenewsleader I was sitting at my home office, taking a work call when I saw a woman...
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Santa arrives with big bag of projects
Santa Claus arrived early, bringing a big bag bursting at the seams with $1.2 trillion-worth of jobs-boosting infrastructure projects. On...
When thank you doesn’t cover it
Yesterday was Veterans’ Day. It’s a day to remember what the men and women in service have done for our...
‘Wild & Free’ saves injured, orphaned critters
This is the time of year I dread for two reasons: the onset of sub-zero cold and the plight of...
Petito-Laundrie obsession a low point in journalism
Self-scrutiny is important in every profession, including the news media. All of us who work in media should re-examine what...
The big lie? One rod. One fly.
At 45, my husband decided he wanted to learn about fly fishing. We had just off-loaded almost everything we owned,...
National debt shouldn’t be a political football
It seems like every few months, we have to listen to another crisis in Washington, D.C., about the debt limit...
You’re never too old to believe in fairytales
Fairytales get a bad rap, especially from adults. In truth, it’s probably adults who should be paying attention to them....
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