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  • Church helps mining community evolve in dark, warming Arctic

    January 26, 2023 - 5:38 AM

    LONGYEARBYEN, Norway (AP) — The warm glow of Svalbard Kirke’s lights gleams on the mountain slope from where the church stands over this remote Norwegian Arctic village, cloaked in the polar night’s constant darkness.

  • Church helps mining community evolve in dark, warming Arctic

    January 26, 2023 - 5:33 AM

    LONGYEARBYEN, Norway (AP) — The warm glow of Svalbard Kirke’s lights gleams on the snow-covered mountain slope from where the church stands like a beacon over this remote Norwegian Arctic village, cloaked in the polar night’s constant darkness.

  • EXPLAINER: When is Manhattanhenge? Where can you see it?

    July 12, 2022 - 12:45 PM

    NEW YORK (AP) — Didn't make it to Stonehenge for the solstice? There might still be time to catch Manhattanhenge, when the setting sun aligns with the Manhattan street grid and bathes the urban canyons in a rosy glow.

  • 'I can’t see the light': War fuels surging prices in Europe

    May 20, 2022 - 3:31 AM

    MILAN (AP) — Edoardo Ronzoni inspects a construction site near Milan that he shut down in March as costs for materials skyrocketed. He can’t complete a half-built roundabout at an intersection known for fender-benders because asphalt, cast-iron pipes and concrete are too expensive — prices exacerbated by Russia's war in Ukraine.

  • 9/11 artifacts share 'pieces of truth' in victims' stories

    September 08, 2021 - 2:04 AM

    NEW YORK (AP) — For nearly six years, Andrea Haberman’s ashen and damaged wallet lay mostly untouched in a drawer at her parents' Wisconsin home, along with a partly melted cell phone, her driver's license, credit cards, checkbook and house keys. Flecks of rust had formed on the rims of her eyeglasses, their lenses shattered and gone.

  • How I bought a tiny home; one woman's story

    March 18, 2020 - 1:00 PM

    HGTV shows have popularized tiny homes — typically those smaller than 400 square feet — in a big way. Many people are drawn to this alternative path to homeownership as a way to save before committing to a more expensive piece of property.

  • RIGHT AT HOME: Fashion-forward tile for walls and floors

    May 15, 2018 - 5:52 AM

    One of the oldest materials in home design is now trending like a hot newcomer.

  • Backyard flights of fancy: Hobbits, dragons, pirates, oh my!

    May 16, 2017 - 7:53 AM

    Many a kid (and grown-up) has dreamed of having a magical playhouse. If you've got more cash than carpentry skills, there are creative entepreneurs who specialize in bringing those storybook flights of fancy alive with Hobbit holes, treehouses, castles and more.

  • Exhibit explores range, imagination of Heatherwick Studio's design

    June 30, 2015 - 6:04 PM

    NEW YORK, N.Y. - The imaginative and wide-ranging work of Britain's Heatherwick Studio may still be little-known in America, but a travelling exhibition aims to change that.

  • Contest winning dog park fantasies include tennis ball tree, bridges and popular splash pads

    July 31, 2013 - 7:02 AM

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Interior designer Nate Berkus has been adding fantasy to homes for 16 years, inspiring people with just the right creative touch. But he's been a dog-lover even longer, and he's turning his design expertise to a half-million-dollar fantasy dog park.
  • iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
    Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.  Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
    A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

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