The Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA) has announced that Herald-Standard Outdoors contributor Ben Moyer, of Farmington, won First Place and Second Place honors in the “Magazine Column” category in the 2027 OWAA Excellence in Craft (EIC) Writing Awards program. Moyer won ...

Anyone who believes the current phenomena of MAGA, Project 2025, and Donald Trump’s extreme belligerence are in any way rooted in familiar American political conservatism need only consider the current occupation of the American city of Minneapolis by federal ICE personnel to burst that naive ...

Signs of spring have proven elusive but take heart. The Fayette County Conservation District’s annual tree sale is on the horizon, a spring predictor here for longer than district officials can recall. “I’ve been working here for 26 years,” said Doug Petro, Fayette Conservation ...