A couple more weeks of Bodies

I’ve heard more buzz about the Bodies Revealed exhibit at Turtle Bay Exploration Park than any other exhibit the museum has hosted. Part of that buzz, I’m sure, comes from the pre-show concerns/controversy about seeing real human bodies dissected and…

Hell of a summer

I was driving west on Highway 44 just before noon when I noticed the huge plume of smoke pouring from what looked like North Market or Hilltop. My thought was, “Here we go again. When does this end?”

It’s been a…

Two-first-names tour

I saw it out on that World Wide Web thingy so it must be true! Billy Bob Thornton opening for David Allan Coe at the Cascade Theatre in Redding in September!

I wish I hadn’t worked in newsrooms for nearly two…

Seconds, please, by Jim Dyar

Troy Hawkins hangs a pair of photos by Redding’s Harvey Spector at the Oregon Street Tea Company. Spector’s show will be on display all month at the business.

I sat there in the Oregon Street Tea Company sipping on a delicious iced…

Familiar faces, online aces

If you’re reading this, it means you clicked my new button and arrived at the place where you’ll find the next secret disclosures. Welcome!

You already read secret No. 1 on the front page: Kelly Brewer, the former editor of the…

Back in the arts and entertainment saddle

We’re more hip than I think we often give ourselves credit. Artistic expression flows from many of us through music, painting, culinary arts, sculpture, dance, acting, photography, writing, poetry, film and more.

At the very least, we’re fans of these expressions.…

One of the best and brightest leaves the paper

Yesterday the Record Searchlight newsroom heard the news that Jim Dyar, the Record Searchlight’s D.A.T.E. editor for eight years, is quitting.

What a loss for the Record Searchlight. What a loss for readers. What a loss for the community.

What a good thing for Jim.

I…