Voices in the Wilderness: Getting lost in familiar places
By Diane Newcomer
Reader Contributor
In September of 1960, my husband and I, with our two baby boys, moved to a ranch on Lightning Creek Road. My husband got us …
By Diane Newcomer
Reader Contributor
In September of 1960, my husband and I, with our two baby boys, moved to a ranch on Lightning Creek Road. My husband got us …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
For the second year, a group of volunteer citizens will perform an extensive cleanup on the Pioneer Cemetery — or “Chinese Cemetery” — in Hope. …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
When Diane Newcomer begins a new “Meet the Neighbors” presentation, she begins by introducing Benny.
Benny is a rubber brown bat meant to replicate …
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