“It's just salt. How bad can it be?" You know what it does to our vehicles and infrastructure. But did you know that it also threatens the fish and other critters that live in our creeks, and even affects our drinking water? This winter, our road crews have been busy keeping roads ...

It's not uncommon in my rural area that when a bridge on a low-volume road wears out or is damaged, it is closed rather than repaired or replaced. That happened on my road about 15 years before we moved here, when arsonists destroyed the covered bridge crossing Ten Mile Creek. Since then, ...

It's not uncommon in my rural area that when a bridge on a low-volume road wears out or is damaged, it is closed rather than repaired or replaced. That happened on my road about 15 years before we moved here, when arsonists destroyed the covered bridge crossing Ten Mile Creek. Since then, ...