Cowlitz County added 400 jobs in October, which helped bump the unemployment rate down one-tenth of a point to 12.2 percent, the state’s Employment Security Department reported Tuesday. The government sector added 200 jobs for the month ...

MIAMI -- The flamingos remained at Hialeah, nesting in the infield as they had for generations, long after the final horse van pulled out of the stable gate. Every once in a while on quiet midwinter mornings, John Brunetti would look out over that ...

Ambient Art Projects 7432 Silver Palm Ave. 233-3777, www.ambientartprojects.com . Through Jan. 30: Looking Up: A View of Contemporary Photography. Art de Vignettes Fine Art Gallery Fashion Show Mall, 3200 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 734-3202. Barbara Lee ...

Women’s Philanthropy Network Fall Symposium , 9:30 a.m., Oklahoma Memorial Union, 900 Asp Ave. Toddler Story Time , 9:30 a.m., Norman Public Library, 225 N Webster Ave., 701-2620. Rhythm Babies , 9:30 a.m., Norman Public Library, 225 N Webster Ave ...

A new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirms that hunger in Washington is on the rise as the effects of the recession take their toll on Washington families. The survey’s data were gathered in December 2008, just as the economic ...