John Seiler was strolling across Virginia Tech’s campus with his students Thursday morning when something stopped them in their tracks: a sweet cherry tree with an unusual jagged scar running along ...

Severe cold temperatures hitting much of the country this week could branch out − literally. As people brace for the winter weather, some social media posts in recent days have warned of the chance ...

Up to $2 million will be spent on the former Greyhound terminal to make it clean and attractive for people coming into and leaving town. Rich Lazer of the Philadelphia Parking Authority and Mayor ...

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Joseph Warren Filbert, age 75, of Columbia, Missouri passed away peacefully in his sleep December 15, 2025. Warren was born January 19, 1950, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Warren and Angela (Cruise) ...

Last month, this column focused on the desirable characteristics of Christmas trees, one of which is good needle retention. After all, branches without needles would be rather unattractive. Or would ...

As we approach Thanksgiving Day, we think of the many things for which we are thankful. I know I am truly blessed. This being a gardening column, I would like to dwell on some of the blessings of my ...

“There’s gotta be a better way,” Regina Hall said on Amy Poehler’s podcast Good Hang with Amy Poehler/YouTube Regina Hall and Amy Poehler talked about how uncomfortable it is getting mammograms The ...

“I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing / All alone stood it, and the moss hung down from the branches.” —Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, 1860-61 More than 150 years after Whitman wrote those lines, the ...

Courtesy of Willamalane Park and Recreation District In January, the final phase of an orchard restoration project was completed at Dorris Ranch in Springfield, Oregon. Thousands of blight-infected ...

For Portland residents who have been enduring the cold temperatures throughout January, it appears the chill will persist into February, according to the latest furcast from the Oregon Zoo. On Sunday, ...

SEATTLE — Seattle gardening expert Ciscoe Morris says the new year is a good time to accomplish some chores in the garden. If you do these four things he says your plants will stay healthy and your ...