Family

The last day of school is something to celebrate. My grandson, Henry, just finished third grade. For him and so many children, as well for as their parents a...

My 15-year-old daughter is slowly driving me insane! She argues with me about everything and always wants the last word. No matter how well I explain the "wh...

Roblox is not a video game.

My 9-year-old daughter, who made Lego habitats and fairy potions in the Before Times, now just ... keeps ... playing ... Roblox. If I don't hear her voice, i...

Monster can't read English so the "No Monsters Allowed" yard sign doesn't stop him. In the window he comes, gibbering his monster gibberish.

A few years back, at a weekend conference, I did a brief tour of the newsroom of New Mexico's largest newspaper. Other attendees walked through the rows of e...

Buying drugs from an online pharmacy does present risks. Most manufacturers guarantee medications dispensed by your veterinarian but not those shipped from a...

Anne Prichard visited her family's farm near Kessler Mountain, just south of Fayetteville, every summer when she was a little girl.

Dana Glover felt like she knew Eric Spann before she even met him. He had his eye on the future, though, and he didn't see her in it just yet.

St. James United Methodist Church was the setting at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 5, for the marriage of Molly Alaine Rosenthal and Richmond Meador Giles. The Rev. ...

Goodwin Manor was the setting at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 5, for the wedding of Grace Hill Malcolm and 2nd Lt. Justin David Charette. Judge Mark Leverett offici...

Long ago, I fell in love with nature. I was cradled from birth by the Blue Ridge Mountains, and grew up running barefoot, climbing trees and feeling free.

Is it too much to expect a 2-year-old to pick up his toys? Our little fella, when we tell him to pick up his toys, just stands there and looks at us. We've t...

Social media gets a bad rap. Most of it is well deserved. It caters to various strains of "fake news," unrealistic life standards and relentless commercialis...

Hosing down a puddle of spilled antifreeze increases the risk some animal will wander into it, lick it off their feet and become seriously ill.