Columns

Featured Most recent

420 results total, viewing 97 - 108

Nhatt Attack!

This week's toon by Nhatt Nichols. more

Nhatt Nichols | 1/26/22

Here’s something simple but scrumptious: cheese sticks made from frozen pizza dough.

Elevate the ordinary with this powerful trio | Kitchen to Kitchen

Winter’s here, the endless days of gray, wind, cold, and rain. As a Northwest native, and after 28 years in Jefferson County, I’m used to it, but how to keep cooking without … more

Sidonie Maroon | 1/26/22

Ron Moller looks at the wiring for a lamp during a Repair Cafe.

Repair, don’t toss, those damaged goods | Local 20/20

Are you familiar with the concept of a circular economy? Simply put, this approach addresses the idea of extending a belonging’s lifecycle by implementing practices such as sharing, … more

Mandi Johnson | 1/26/22

Keep your hat on - it’s a hard choice, I know | Life in Ludlow

Things seem to be quiet and slow as we hunker down and succumb to the seemingly endless cycles of COVID spikes up and down. My efforts to find good and fun news to relate to you seem to be thwarted … more

Ned Luce | 1/21/22

Nhatt Attack!

This week's toon by Nhatt Nichols. more

Nhatt Nichols | 1/21/22

Some food and some football - what a combo | Life in Ludlow

A well-known consequence of the pandemic is that restaurants have become collateral damage. They have lost customers, changed business strategies, lost valued employees, lost money, struggled to get … more

Ned Luce | 1/19/22

A tough call for tough times | Publisher's Column

Families and businesses across the country have been hit by higher costs and inflation in recent months. It’s left many to make some hard decisions at home — and here at The Leader, as … more

Donna Etchey | 1/19/22 | 1 comment

Speakers at the Master Gardener Advanced Education Conference recommended tactics to help plant defenses, feed soil microbes, and support beneficial insects: Add organic matter, avoid broadcasting pesticides, and plant lots of flowers.

Behind the scenes with WSU Master Gardeners | Garden Notes

WSU Extension Master Gardeners recently gathered online for their state-wide Advanced Education Conference. Experts shared the latest research in horticulture, forestry, entomology, soil science, and … more

Barbara Faurot | 1/14/22

Dormant season pruning, done in mid to late winter to improve tree health and structure, promoted high quality fruit production in these apple trees at Blue Heron School Orchard.

Doug Van Allen presents the basics of fruit-tree pruning | Garden Notes

The new year brings a fresh opportunity to prune fruit trees to benefit their health and structure. I reached out to a fellow pruning enthusiast, Doug Van Allen, a Jefferson County Extension Master … more

Barbara Faurot and Doug Van Allen | 1/14/22

I’ll take ‘More LA jokes’ for $400, Ken | Mann Overboard

We’ve been enjoying watching Ken Jennings host “Jeopardy!” and presiding over one of the highe$t winning streaks ever, this by Oakland engineer Amy Schneider. She’s still a … more

Bill Mann | 1/12/22

Citrus fruits can bring a delightful zest to your cooking.

Bring those divas to your table | Kitchen to Kitchen

Citrus fruits are the divas of the taste world, trilling notes to awaken our taste buds. They brighten, allure, and make the other flavors dance. Miraculously, amid winter’s gray, we have 10 … more

Sidonie Maroon | 1/12/22