Opinion
Noem rides off into the sunset
Local columns
At times, you could be forgiven for having thought that Kristi Noem wanted to be a uniformed Department of Homeland Security officer rather than the secretary of the department. Now, the cabinet member most inclined to glamour shots out in the field is going to have to go back to wearing ...
Trump insists he’s winning Iran war but is less clear on how it ends
Local columns
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing jittery global markets and dropping poll numbers since launching a war with Iran, President Donald Trump has cycled from calls for "unconditional surrender" to sounding amenable to an end state in which Iran trades one hard-line ayatollah for another. Shifting ...
Almanac for March 12, 2026
Local columns
Today is Thursday, March 12, the 71st day of 2026. There are 294 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1930, Mohandas Gandhi began his 24-day, 240-mile "Salt March" to the Indian village of Dandi (then called Navsari) as an act of nonviolent civil disobedience to protest the salt tax ...
It takes a village to reach these heights
Editorial
Sometimes an expression is used and/or overused to the point that its original meaning, no matter how pertinent, turns the expression into a cliche. Such is the case with the phrase that begins “It takes a village …” The original phase, which comes from Nigeria, translates to “It takes ...
