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Sundance film ‘Omaha’ directed by Quincy native

January 22, 2025, 8:42am Entertainment

A marquee of Sundance Film Festival lights up for a director raised in Quincy, Cole Webley, whose first feature dramatic film opens in Utah, where he has lived for 20… Read story

Peas & thank you: Warm split pea soup chunky and perfect way to peas the day

January 22, 2025, 6:05am Clark County Life

You may be shocked to learn that I don’t read every single book for my book club meetings and it’s usually because I’m reading other things. I need at least… Read story

 

Pets & Wildlife

Visitors watch manatees swim at Manatee Lagoon, a free attraction operated by Florida Power & Light Company that lets the public view and learn about the sea cows who gather in winter in the warm-water outflows of the company’s power plant, in Riviera Beach, Fla., Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Manatees seek out power plants’ warm waters in winter

A polar vortex that has hit much of the U.S. with ice and snow has dealt a glancing blow to Florida, dropping coastal temperatures and…

Science & Technology

Archaeologists investigate burials at an Iron Age Celtic cemetery as part of the Durotriges tribe project dig in Dorset, southwest England. (Bournemouth University)

Analysis: Women were heart of Celtic networks

Female family ties were at the heart of social networks in Celtic society in Britain before the Roman invasion, a new analysis suggests.

Dining Out

Kindred Homestead Supply in Vancouver offers a variety of nonalcoholic beverages. (Photos by Rachel Pinsky)

Booze-free beverage boom: Vancouver’s Kindred offers unique nonalcoholic drinks

Alex Luna recently moved her shop, Kindred Homestead Supply, a few blocks north on Vancouver’s Main Street.

Love Street Playhouse sets auditions for “Moon Over Buffalo”

January 22, 2025, 8:45am Clark County Life

Love Street Playhouse, 126 Loves Ave., Woodland, will host auditions for Ken Ludwig’s comedy “Moon Over Buffalo” at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 3. Read story

Murdoch’s UK tabloids apologize to Prince Harry and admit intruding on the late Princess Diana

January 22, 2025, 8:30am Business

Prince Harry claimed a monumental victory Wednesday as Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. tabloids made an unprecedented apology for intruding in his life over decades and agreed to pay substantial damages to settle his privacy invasion lawsuit. Read story

Scallops With Garlic Tomato Sauce and Brown Rice With Arugula.

Liven up winter table with easy scallops and rice dish

Scallops With Garlic Tomato Sauce and Brown Rice With Arugula.

January 22, 2025, 6:04am Food

Here’s a quick and easy dinner that will brighten up your winter table. Golden seared scallops rest atop a vibrant, garlic-tomato sauce, their delicate sweetness complemented by the tangy flavors of the sauce. Read story

Chinese Lion’s Head Pork Meatballs.

5 global meatballs you won’t find on spaghetti

Chinese Lion’s Head Pork Meatballs.

January 22, 2025, 6:04am Food

The meatballs Americans know best are the ground beef, Italian variety that crowns a plate of spaghetti, or nestled with marinara and gooey cheese inside a crusty roll as a hoagie. Read story

Purse-shaped sacchetti are stuffed with tangy Gorgonzola and fresh pear, then tossed in a Gorgonzola cream sauce.

Absurdly decadent, wonderfully rustic: Sacchetti With Pear and Gorgonzola

Purse-shaped sacchetti are stuffed with tangy Gorgonzola and fresh pear, then tossed in a Gorgonzola cream sauce.

January 22, 2025, 6:04am Food

In my 9-to-5 life as a food writer and editor, I’m pretty adventurous. Read story

A bunch of green frisee.

Wintry salad adds cheer to cold-weather meals

A bunch of green frisee.

January 22, 2025, 6:04am Food

Curly endive, or frisee, is my go-to salad green through winter. The frizzy emerald leaves and creamy interior are lightly bitter and sturdy, and add oomph to rich, hearty cold-weather dishes. Read story

Francisco San Martin, ‘Days of Our Lives’ and ‘Jane the Virgin’ actor, dies at 39

January 21, 2025, 3:51pm Entertainment

Francisco San Martin, an actor who appeared on the soap operas “Days of Our Lives” and “The Bold and the Beautiful,” has died in Los Angeles. Read story

John Sykes, guitarist and hair-metal hitmaker with Whitesnake, dies at 65

January 21, 2025, 3:51pm Entertainment

Guitarist John Sykes, who played with the rock bands Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy, has died at 65. He helped compose one of the defining power ballads of the late-1980s hair-metal scene in “Is This Love,” which drove sales of Whitesnake’s self-titled 1987 LP to sales of more than 8 million… Read story