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Energy Adviser: Homebuyers should note residence’s energy costs

June 8, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Life

Buying a home is a complicated process. No matter how confident a buyer is in their budgeting process, unforeseen costs almost always slip in at some point. One of the costs which is often overlooked by homebuyers but may be an important factor when deciding whether to purchase or pass… Read story

Hanford reactor tours extended by a month

June 8, 2024, 6:05am Life

Another month of tours of historic B Reactor on the Hanford nuclear site will be offered before tours close at least through 2025. Read story

Gifford Pinchot was the first director of the U.S. Forest Service. He died in 1946. (U.S.

How the Gifford Pinchot National Forest got its name — and lost its soul

June 8, 2024, 6:05am Entertainment

Imagine your favorite Cascades hike. Now imagine, instead of that special pocket or two of old growth you always visit along the way, every mile of that hike is lined with massive, untouched old-growth trees. Read story

Wild horses on the dunes at Assateague Island National Seashore is off the coast of Maryland and Virginia.

10 underrated national parks to visit this summer

June 8, 2024, 6:05am Life

National parks are incredible places for discovery, yet oftentimes we think about visiting only the most popular: Yosemite, Yellowstone, Glacier, and a few others. Yet the National Park Service maintains and protects hundreds of parks, national lakeshores and seashores, recreation areas, walking trails and more, all for you to take… Read story

Amanda Visser holds her embryo-adopted six-month-old sons Collin and Jackson at her home May 13, in Sterling, Colo. When faced with infertility, Christians who believe life begins at or around conception wrestle with the ethics of IVF and how to build a family in a way that conforms with their beliefs.

Christian couples wrestle with ethics of IVF choices

June 8, 2024, 6:05am Churches & Religion

When faced with infertility, Amanda and Jeff Walker had a baby through in vitro fertilization but were left with extra embryos — and questions. Tori and Sam Earle “adopted” an embryo frozen 20 years earlier by another couple. Matthew Eppinette and his wife chose to forgo IVF out of ethical… Read story

Sherri Crichton’s labor of love

Sherri Crichton poses for a portrait on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, in Los Angeles to promote “Eruption,” a book by her late husband Michael Crichton, co-authored by James Patterson.

June 8, 2024, 6:04am Entertainment

When “Jurassic Park” author Michael Crichton died from cancer in 2008, he left behind numerous unfinished projects, including a manuscript he began 20 years ago about the imminent eruption of Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano. Read story

$400 pineapple, luxury fruit attract buyers

The Ruby Glow pineapple from Melissa’s Produce.

June 8, 2024, 6:04am Food

Inflation and high food and housing costs are squeezing millions of families in the United States. At the same time, a designer pineapple priced at nearly $400 sold out within weeks of its launch. The disparity reflects a deepening chasm between luxury food consumers and average American families just scraping… Read story