At 92, Mom had outlived all her siblings and all her classmates, but her passing has left a big hole to fill in all the love she poured into all the friends and family that were lucky enough to know her.






We have been in this pattern now for three years, not just 2025 — hot, dry periods with lots of strong drying winds and a lack of snow to make up for deficiency from the rest of the season.


Brad Dearing checks all the life-lesson boxes from his experiences in military service, decades as a teacher and owning a farm.