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This image provided by Comic Relief US shows the virtual realm of the nonprofit&rsquo;s new &lsquo;Game to Change the World.&rsquo; The wizard-led quests, which take place on the social gaming platform Roblox, are part of Comic Relief US&rsquo; second annual Kids Relief campaign to build charitable habits among children while raising funds to fight poverty.

Comic Relief US launches new Roblox game to help children build community virtually and in real life

This image provided by Comic Relief US shows the virtual realm of the nonprofit&rsquo;s new &lsquo;Game to Change the World.&rsquo; The wizard-led quests, which take place on the social gaming platform Roblox, are part of Comic Relief US&rsquo; second annual Kids Relief campaign to build charitable habits among children while raising funds to fight poverty.

September 1, 2024, 6:00am Business

The notion that online gaming could help players develop charitable habits seemed bold when the anti-poverty nonprofit Comic Relief US tested its own multiverse on the popular world-building app Roblox last year. Read story

Energy Adviser: Get ready for storm season and outages

August 31, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

Consider last weekend’s chilly surprise storm as your reminder to get ready for the storm season ahead and to make sure you know what to do when the lights go out. Read story

Field of mustard seed cover crop is used as weed suppression and pest control.

Farmers harvest cover crop benefits

Field of mustard seed cover crop is used as weed suppression and pest control.

August 31, 2024, 6:04am Life

Burr Mosby of Mosby Brothers Farms in the Auburn area grew 34,000 pounds of various types of peas, wheat, and other crops on a single acre of his land last year. Read story

Reorganizing a bedroom can make a big difference in how you use the space.

Turn bedroom into sanctuary

Reorganizing a bedroom can make a big difference in how you use the space.

August 31, 2024, 6:02am Life

You spend a lot of time in your bedroom, and since it’s where you start and end your day, you’ll feel most comfortable in a space that matches your interests. Read story

Creepy guests dropping in? Amorous male arachnids will be more visible in September in Washington

August 31, 2024, 6:00am Life

You’ve probably come across more spiders or have even walked straight into spider webs recently, and that’s because the spider season in Western Washington has begun. Well, kind of. Read story

Tips to get to school safely

August 31, 2024, 6:00am Health

A new school year is here, and thousands of children are back to riding the school or city bus, walking or riding their bicycles to and from school. Read story

Haley Pavone holds one of her Pashion Footwear shoes, which transform from flats to heels, in her San Luis Obispo, Calif., office on Aug. 7.

California entrepreneur’s shoes are both flats and heels

Haley Pavone holds one of her Pashion Footwear shoes, which transform from flats to heels, in her San Luis Obispo, Calif., office on Aug. 7.

August 31, 2024, 5:57am Business

A sophomore at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo took off her shoes at a spring sorority formal to bust a move on the dance floor. Then another girl stepped all the way through the sophomore’s toe with a high heel. The sophomore was Haley Pavone, now the chief executive of… Read story

Small gifts bring joy, comfort to hospital patients

August 31, 2024, 5:57am Health

Noor Shaik rushed to the bedside of a patient with severe diabetes complications, who had remained upbeat while undergoing surgery to address a foot infection. Read story

Jack Gary, Colonial Williamsburg&rsquo;s executive director of archaeology, speaks July 31 at the excavation site of an 18th century ornamental garden in Williamsburg, Va.

Unearthing history of America’s enslaved gardeners

Jack Gary, Colonial Williamsburg&rsquo;s executive director of archaeology, speaks July 31 at the excavation site of an 18th century ornamental garden in Williamsburg, Va.

August 31, 2024, 5:52am Life

Archaeologists in Virginia are uncovering one of colonial America’s most lavish displays of opulence: An ornamental garden where a wealthy politician and enslaved gardeners grew exotic plants from around the world. Read story

In 1944, workers at the nuclear reservation each chipped in to buy a Flying Fortress bomber and donated it to the U.S. Army Air Corps for missions over Europe.

1944 Hanford workers chipped in to buy plane for Army

In 1944, workers at the nuclear reservation each chipped in to buy a Flying Fortress bomber and donated it to the U.S. Army Air Corps for missions over Europe.

August 31, 2024, 5:51am Life

Producing the plutonium fuel for atomic bombs was not the only contribution Hanford made to fighting World War II. Read story