My family was a mixed blend of Germany, Scotland and Ireland. There was a bountiful meal of corned beef and cabbage served on March 17 when I was a child. In later years my father, Joe Kelly, pulled ...

Every Saturday morning, Joshua Idowu, 37, picks up his soccer cleats and a whistle and leaves his home in Makoko, a ...

Continuing our series of articles from The Astorian’s 1973 special edition celebrating our own centennial, this is legendary editor Fred Andrus’ interpretation of city history up to ...

In western Oregon, public forests that once fueled rural prosperity — and later came under strict habitat protections that ...

There are about 450 houses around Lake Tarawera, in Rotorua, but only two have trout spawning streams running right through ...

Film sets possess the power to drop an audience into literally any reality. Whether designed to transport viewers thousands ...

Sinners is defined by moody, intense Southern Gothic visuals that linger long after the credits roll. The film, which broke records to become the most nominated film ever at the Oscars, director Ryan ...

The Best Picture nominee Train Dreams features a rarity in Western fiction: a protagonist with little agency and even less interior life. Where most stories, especially American stories about men, the ...

Save this for your next late morning drive, then pick one spot, show up hungry, and let the day stretch out the right way.

Those of us with an interest in poetry most likely are aware of Manistee’s poet laureate — Donald Emerson Crouch, now deceased, but formerly of Brethren. During his lifetime three books of his poetry ...

BAGDAD, Fla. -- In this week’s Amazing America 250, we visit a waterfront that helped build Florida.From Spanish ships to sawmills, Bagdad Mill Site Park was on ...