Inside today, you will find the fifth — and final — day of this year’s annual Progress edition. We hope you have enjoyed reading about some of the huge variety of local businesses, organizations and services that you may not think about much in your day-to-day life. These groups work ...

There is a troubling phenomenon — endemic to humanity, it seems, if you look back at history — of people warning of disaster long before it hits, only to be ignored and left to watch helplessly as whatever horror they foretold becomes reality. These people are frequently referred to as ...

Distance provides clarity, as facts are uncovered and the hot, quick temper of reaction fades to the cool mettle of resolve. For several days, we weren’t sure if we should write or publish this editorial. After all, Our View on the killing of a man in Minneapolis — 1,000 miles and 16 ...

Regardless of your politics, the scenes coming out of Minneapolis are horrifying. Hopefully, as Americans, we can all still agree on that much, at least. Perhaps you think it’s self-inflicted, and that citizens should keep their heads down and let the work happen. Perhaps you view government ...

The hands of time move ever-forward, and as those hands spin round and round, life...happens. Long-running elected officials and members of civic boards grow old (or older, in some cases). While you have been going about your business, these people have been sacrificing their evenings to make ...

It’s the end of one year, and the beginning of another, and we are feeling contemplative. In yesterday’s edition of The Express, we ran a story on B3 about how, as newspapers fade, people who used them for things other than reading are being forced to adapt (here’s a link, if that ...