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For centuries, sourdough bread has been a staple for many. Dating back to 1500 BC, it's a heritage from our past that is just as modern today. During the quarantine a few years ago, the craft of making sourdough bread had everyone doing it. For one local family who has been making their own...
She has been compared to the famous father of nature, Euell Gibbons for her work in the wilds of the Ozarks. But for Sasha Daucus, it's more of a trust, a bone-deep connection to the land and the plants that live here. Deeply struck by the raw beauty of this region after a family visit to...
You never know where you will end up, but for Pietro and Maranda Weathermon and their family of seven, it was Brandsville, Missouri. When life in Salt Lake City, Utah got to be too expensive, they started to look elsewhere for a place where they could begin their dream of homesteading and...
For better or worse, it is my job to cover local governmental bodies and report back to the people what I find.
Last year at this time, we were publishing our first and only political cartoon about the mayor in Mountain View. Right now, I am writing an opinion praising the current government in...
I first met Annie England Noblin in 2015 after her first book was published. We hit it off and bonded over our love of dogs, but I was secretly in awe of meeting a published author, my first. For this West Plains resident, her story begins when she was eight years old when her grandparents gave...
Representatives from the nonprofit that owns the dangerous building on Main Street failed to show up at the last city council meeting. The city council did nothing about it.
The board members of Main Street Willow Springs, LLC and the Willow Springs city government will ultimately determine...
For some, it's more about making memories than buying gifts in the holiday season. If you are looking for a whole family experience, I found one. Sitting on a knoll in the tiny hamlet called Vanzant is the only reindeer farm in the state. Welcome to the Prescott Family Reindeer farm where...
The simple act of caring is all they long for. Every human deserves that, yet some who served our county in its highest form are homeless and alone. For Toni Wineinger of West Plains, the need to do something for the veterans was a lifelong dream but she couldn't do it by herself. As fate would...
What do you do when you feel God nudging you to pack everything up to leave the life you've only known for a new place never before seen or heard of? You go. That's just what Skip and Mary Badiny did almost 40 years ago. The Badinys left California after they felt a calling from God to move to a...
In Tuesday's election, two candidates are running for Howell County Collector — Republican Mark Collins and Independent Janet Crow. I have covered their campaigns in depth for months, and it's time to tell you what I think about all this. You won't find a candidate endorsement here. My honest...