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Celebrate Black achievements year-round

Editor's note: Washington Health System Teen Outreach held its 14th Black History Month Essay Contest. Winners of the contest, sponsored by Washington Health System, read their essays at Art Night on Feb. 22 at the Common Ground Teen Center in Washington. The top three are published each ...

Enjoying lots of music over a lifetime

By Gary Stout “Woh-uh-oh, listen to the music…All the time.”-- The Doobie Brothers This year’s Grammy Awards brought back some great memories. Watching an 80-year-old Joni Mitchell perform her beloved 1969 hit “Both Sides Now” took me back to my college dorm room, where ...

Black History Month is an insult

Editor's note: Washington Health System Teen Outreach held its 14th Black History Month Essay Contest. Winners of the contest, sponsored by Washington Health System, read their essays at Art Night on Feb. 22 at the Common Ground Teen Center in Washington. The top three are published each ...

The Black woman’s curse

Editor's note: Washington Health System Teen Outreach held its 14th Black History Month Essay Contest. Winners of the contest, sponsored by Washington Health System, read their essays at Art Night on Feb. 22 at the Common Ground Teen Center in Washington. The top three are published each ...

By Nick Sherman Addiction is a terrible disease. I’ve seen it firsthand working in the mental health field for nearly 20 years. It’s pernicious, sneaky and can fly under the radar. It can build over time or happen instantly. It can be linked to a genetic history or come out of the blue. ...

By Salena Zito PROSPERITY -- If you make a fish fry dinner, people will come for miles around. They will even cross several state lines to get to your church basement if the fish sandwich is fresh and spilling out of both sides of the bun, the macaroni and cheese is homemade with just ...