Last December came the completion of four full decades of trying to Change The Culture, or to at least Stop The Bleeding, and this column takes not even a ...
The day after Christmas in Spokane is bleary and wet as passengers young and old wait for their bus at the downtown plaza. At a shop less than 50 feet away, they can buy something that looks ...
Carl “Ole” Gifford loves a challenge. That’s what drew him to the hands-on nature of the Astoria Public Works Department and kept him working for the city for the last 38 years. A Knappa local, ...