History today announced that eleven organizations across the country will receive Save Our History preservation grants in an effort to help communities preserve their local history.

Wood River High School principal John Blackman commented Wednesday that he has spent 24 years in this community and is constantly amazed at the ability of valley residents to sacrifice and give back to their own.

I was the only person on my tour group at the Mark Twain House on a recent rainy Tuesday afternoon. My guide, who described herself and fellow employees as "Twainiacs," said a school trip scheduled for the day had cancelled.

Puget Sound Energy today recognized long-time Olympic Peninsula community advocates Karen and Ralph Munro with the 2008 Puget Sound Energy Pioneer Award at a special ceremony held in their honor in Olympia. The first couple ever to receive the PSE Pioneer

A service of celebrating the 100th anniversary of Wilmington's Peninsula-McCabe United Methodist Church at 2200 Baynard Blvd. will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday.