My Texas mountain laurel has been dying back trunk by trunk. I’m wondering if it’s due to the deep freeze of a few years ago ...

Marta Gouger (our Times News editor) gave me a shot at writing this column, I had no idea it would be continuing this long.

The land that now comprises A.W. Marion State Park was once farmland, and hints of this agricultural heritage can still be spotted by observant visitors – old fence lines, the occasional foundation ...

As another year draws to a close, we look back at 12 months of headlines.