He was hired out of Hiram College in Ohio because of the well-known Midwestern work ethic, which was presumably better than …

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King of strings and music things   Kent Viles sinks into a couch set to the side of long rows of …

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Imagine a pair of energetic young brothers, displaced if not disheartened casualties of the recession. Picture them standing in the parking …

Peter and Molly Maxwell live most of their waking hours under the fierce gaze of a growling, full-sized stuffed mountain lion …

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“I’m not a preacher’s daughter… but I kind of am,” smiles Stephanie Stephenson, the child of a music pastor in Fort …

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When your life spans eight decades, chances are you’ve witnessed quite a bit of extraordinary cultural, political and technological changes. Peter …

Taking sharp left turns at every chance seems to have worked for Karen and Brice Hoskin. It has taken them through …

It’s been ten years since Jay Helman assumed, in his unassuming way, the role of college president for Western State Colorado …