A gentle rain keeps me company in the wee hours as I pen these words. We desperately needed it. Throughout May and June, storms danced…
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“But my father’s dying.” I didn’t want to say the word “dying” because I still had hope for a miracle and was superstitious about such…
The Albion River is dry. That should be enough of an alarm for some people. Obviously, there is water at its mouth, but the river…
The Fifth Annual Not-So-Simple Living Fair at the Boonville Fairgrounds saw an avid throng of attendees. The event is hugely popular and crucial to a…
Steven Berry is a Marine. He barely survived heavy fighting in both Iraq and Afghanistan, suffering such horrific injuries in Afghanistan that he was medically…
ELLEN TINKLER has died. A long-time resident of Ray's Road, Philo, Mrs. Tinkler had been disabled by Lou Gehrig's Disease. Mrs. Tinkler was a retired…
What a mess! Outside the bucolic bubble that is Boonville and not far beyond, the world seems to be almost spinning out of control. We have increasingly tragic events, some of which are being considered as war crimes, in regions such as the Ukraine, the Gaza Strip, Libya, and others; the spreading Ebola epidemic in West Africa, the crashing/shooting down of civilian airplanes; the continuing despicable acts by Boko Haram in Nigeria; thousands of children being held at the Mexican/US border after fleeing their drug-cartel dominated countries; and now here in California we are starting to see some large and out-of-control wildfires amidst terrible drought conditions.
Overcast skies on Monday, July 7th brought relief of the triple digit temperatures that had plagued inland residents over the weekend. The KZYX Board of…
My doctor is Mark Apfel, wherever he may be practicing. If he is denied residency at the Boonville Clinic, I will no longer attend or support that institution and would encourage others to do the same.