We live our lives outside, in what has become our creek valley sauna. At day's end, when we return inside, the heat and humidity are there to greet us. Outside or in, we live off the grid with the creek valley weather.

President Donald Trump delivered a weather-delayed speech Saturday highlighting American exceptionalism while warning of the growing threat of rising democratic socialism and communism movements as America celebrated 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Rep. Richard Hudson's Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, H.R. 38, is remarkably straightforward. If you are legally permitted to carry a concealed firearm in your home state, you should be able to exercise that same right while traveling throughout the United States, subject to the laws governing where firearms may or may not be carried.

The Biden administration called the government's only estimate of annual fraud losses "not plausible." The U.S. Government Accountability Office estimated in April 2024 that the federal government loses between $233 billion and $521 billion annually to fraud. It was the first and only government-wide estimate of its kind, representing 3% to 7% of average federal obligations.

It was a “Beautiful Day” Saturday, July 4 at the 2026 City of Hillsboro Festival of the Bells, as a third straight day of high temperatures cooled off to the mid-80s for the Fourth of July concert by Chris Cagle in uptown Hillsboro.

Temperatures in the nation’s capital are expected to exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit on Saturday, with a 50% chance of thunderstorms.

Imagine a world without America. Do that. All these people that don’t like us, you know, they need us. They know it. Imagine the Middle East without America. Imagine Iran with a nuclear bomb. Imagine all the antisemitism unchecked.

As Independence Day celebrations kick off, millions of Americans in much of the central and eastern United States are under extreme heat warnings.

Highland County commissioners Terry Britton, David Daniels and Brad Roades heard details on a proposed new small-scale solar project west of Greenfield during their Wednesday, July 1 meeting.