While searching for photo albums and scrapbooks prior to a recent family reunion, former Pleasant Ridge residents Jim and Kay Frey came across an unexpected gem.It was a plain, parcel-sized envelope filled with yellowed news clippings.Not just any clippings, mind you.These were from more than a half-century ago, dating to the fall of 1968.

Todd Duitsman remembers the exact minute he went from being an active sports-oriented realtor and businessman to a paraplegic bound to a wheelchair.He was, both literally and figuratively, riding a wave of high expectations, full of life and believing all things were possible.But the wave crashed hard. Five years ago, Duitsman and his family were...

It wouldn’t have been a Tulip Parade without some wind and rain.Fortunately, there was much more in the forecast here on Saturday – at least in terms of colorful entries that lightened even the gloomiest outlook.As has been the case each April since the late 1980s, La Conner didn’t let drizzly, gusty conditions blow an opportunity to put...