More than 121,000 kids across Washington — 4,500 in Whatcom County — who benefit from a children’s literacy program, stand to be impacted after Washington lawmakers cut its funding.

For more than 50 years ... across the state, and not only in prisons. The money supports libraries at Eastern and Western State Hospitals, and the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library ...

Four Vermont writers were honored May 3 in Montpelier with Vermont Book ... match challenge from the Mellon Foundation. Vermont Humanities is among arts organizations in the state that have ...

Suzanne Stone is the latest nonprofit leader to chart a new course for Livestrong, the cancer charity founded by Lance ...

A Shasta County group has begun to collect signatures as members push for election law changes that would defy state voters laws that are in place.

We are now in the final countdown and here I am on the phone with these three formidable women, among the main organizers of ...

The demands on search-and-rescue teams are expected to increase, but experts say some teams lack protections, volunteers and funds.

Thursday Knitting Group Trinity Episcopal Church, 11 Day St., Fredonia, 9:15 to 11:30 a.m. Many of the creations are donated to local charities, or attendees can work on their own projects. For ...

After all, some of them noted, state law already requires ... But the parents who object to the books said they are in active use. One challenge with the case is that it reached the Supreme ...

CHICAGO -- Rony Islam usually visits Welles Park in the morning to read a book, lie out in a hammockand enjoy a quiet ... Nine businesses said sales decreased between 26% and 50% during the street ...

Two local battles of bands happen this week, including an early round of the Connecticut Blues Challenge at Black-Eyed Sally’s in ... Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood Garde Arts Center, 325 State St., ...