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This article was originally published by High Country News.Around the middle of April, spring in the still chilly and wet Pacific Northwest seemed a long way off. Just two weeks later, though, Spokane hit a daily record of 84 degrees Fahrenheit; a month of historic heat ensued. During a heat wave that started around May 12, Portland’s metro area beat records for consecutive May days over 80 degrees (nine) and 90 degrees (four). Coastal communities set records in the 90s too. Later in the month, Washington and eastern Oregon toppled even more records. Smoke drifted down from Canadian wildfires. Vegetable...

Lucky ShotShanna HatfieldPublication date: June 20th 2023Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Western What’s a girl to do when her aim is true? As a registered nurse at the Boise VA Hospital, Grace Marshall is devoted to her patients, but some wounds require more than medical care. A patient too stubborn and angry to accept the help he needs storms out of her exam room, ruffling her feathers. Yet, when the man returns to apologize, something about him tugs at her heart. Levi Gibson left for war young and idealistic but returned from Vietnam with physical scars and a haunted soul. He...

Michael Shannon in The Flash Michael Shannon’s latest comments have caused a disturbance in the Force. While the classically trained actor starred in the 2013 Superman reboot Man Of Steel, and reprised his role of General Zod in The Flash, Michael told Empire magazine he turned down the Star Wars franchise in 2016 because he doesn’t find “giant movies” to be “stimulating”. “I don’t ever want to get stuck in a franchise,” he told the outlet in a piece for the July issue. “I don’t find them interesting and I don’t want to perpetuate them. “If I’m making something, I want there...

By Felice León ·Updated June 22, 2023 “So many times I feel that we have been disconnected from the land just through oppression. And I see now a returning, a resurgence, a remembrance that’s taking place,” says Clarenda Stanley.  Stanley is the head farmer, founder and CEO of Green Heffa Farms in Liberty, North Carolina. She is also a Black woman. The agriculturist founded the farm in 2018, after a tumultuous end to a career in fundraising. Today she grows flowers, teas and herbs (focusing on homeopathic methods of healing), on her 14.84 acres of land. “I am known in the...

Los Alamitos Race Course kicks off its 2023 L.A. County Fair meet on Friday with an eight-race program. The first post for the nine-day season is 1 p.m. The meet is highlighted by three stakes races worth a total of $425,000 – the $200,000 Grade II Great Lady M., the $125,000 Los Alamitos Derby and $100,000 Bertrando Stakes. Racing will be conducted Friday-Sunday the first week, Saturday-Tuesday the second week and Saturday-Sunday the final weekend. The first stakes race of the meet is Saturday’s Bertrando Stakes, restricted to 3-year-olds and up who were bred or sired in California. The mile...