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ZHOVTI VODY, Ukraine — This city of 43,000 in central Ukraine owes its modern existence to the Soviets, who discovered uranium ore here in 1951. The mines they developed were so critical to their nuclear weapons program that nonresidents needed…

The great-uncle of Russia’s most infamous warlord was a beloved resident of this Ukrainian city. Should his name be scrubbed from its museum?

KIEV, Ucrania — Las fuerzas ucranianas bombardearon posiciones rusas el viernes en la región ocupada y anexada ilegalmente de Jersón, en el sur de Ucrania, apuntando a las rutas de reabastecimiento a través del río Dniéper y colocándose más cerca de…

Fuerzas ucranianas atacan cruce de río; Jersón se fortifica

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces continued to pile the pressure on Russian positions in occupied Kherson on Friday, targeting resupply routes across the Dnieper River as they inched closer to a full-scale assault to retake the strategic southern port…

Ukrainian forces pile the pressure on Russian-held Kherson in the south

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces bombarded Russian positions in the occupied and illegally annexed southern Kherson region, targeting resupply routes across a major river while inching closer Friday to a full assault on one of the first urban…

Ukrainian forces bombard river crossing; Kherson a fortress

KIEV, Ucrania (AP) — Las fuerzas ucranianas bombardearon posiciones rusas el viernes en la región ocupada y anexada ilegalmente de Jersón, en el sur de Ucrania, apuntando a las rutas de reabastecimiento a través del río Dniéper y colocándose más…

KYIV, Ukraine — When a missile struck a power station less than a mile from his apartment on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Oleksander Maystrenko didn’t panic, run to a bomb shelter or consider evacuating, even though he lives close to what suddenly…

Ukraine’s utilities threatened by Russia in war’s new phase

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian and Ukrainian troops appeared Thursday to be girding for a major battle over the strategic southern industrial port city of Kherson, in a region which Russian President Vladimir Putin has illegally annexed and subjected…

Russian, Ukrainian troops gird for major battle in Kherson

KIEV, Ucrania (AP) — Soldados rusos y ucranianos parecían estar preparándose para una gran batalla por la ciudad portuaria de Jersón, una estratégica localidad industrial en el sur de Ucrania y una región que el presidente ruso Vladimir Putin se ha…

Soldados rusos y ucranianos se alistan para lucha en Jersón

KIEV, Ucrania (AP) — Cuando un misil alcanzó una estación eléctrica a menos de una milla de su apartamento a las afueras de Kiev, Oleksander Maystrenko no entró en pánico, no corrió a un refugio antibombas ni pensó en evacuar, aunque vive cerca de lo…

Rusia golpea los suministros ucranianos antes del invierno

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — When a missile struck a power station less than a mile from his apartment on the outskirts of Kyiv, Oleksander Maystrenko didn’t panic, run to a bomb shelter or consider evacuating, even though he lives close to what suddenly has…

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin doubled down Wednesday on his faltering invasion of Ukraine with a declaration of martial law in four illegally annexed regions and preparations within Russia for draconian new restrictions and…

Putin declares martial law in annexed regions of Ukraine

KIEV, Ucrania (AP) — El presidente ruso Vladimir Putin redobló el miércoles su apuesta en su problemática invasión de Ucrania con una declaratoria de ley marcial en las cuatro regiones que Rusia se anexó ilegalmente y preparativos dentro de su país…

Putin impone ley marcial en 4 regiones de Ucrania

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin doubled down Wednesday on his faltering invasion of Ukraine with a declaration of martial law in four illegally annexed regions and preparations within Russia for draconian new restrictions and…

Putin adds martial law in Ukraine regions, limits in Russia

KYIV, Ukraine — Waves of explosives-laden drones struck Ukraine’s capital Monday, setting buildings ablaze, tearing a hole in one of them and sending people scurrying for cover in what the president said was Russia’s attempt to terrorize civilians.…

Suicide drones strike fear in Ukraine’s capital, kill 4

Ukrainian focus on homeland defense is unwavering despite the recent rise in Russian attacks. The more the Kremlin threatens to make the upcoming winter intolerable, the more Ukrainians seem to unite in their intent to drive out the Russians. When…

Ukrainians respond with resilience to Russian barrage, vow victory

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — When massive, coordinated Russian bombardments shook cities and towns across Ukraine a week ago to trigger a new phase in the Kremlin’s war, one strike left a huge crater in a popular Kyiv children’s playground and ripped open a…

Ukrainians’ resilience persists despite new Russian barrage

KYIV, Ukraine — Waves of explosive-laden suicide drones struck Ukraine’s capital as families were preparing to start their week early Monday, the blasts echoing across Kyiv, setting buildings ablaze and sending people scurrying to shelters. Even in a…

Explosions rock Kyiv, struck by waves of drones

KIEV, Ucrania (AP) — Una serie de drones kamikaze cargados de explosivos impactaron el lunes en diversos puntos de la capital ucraniana, incendiando edificios, abriendo un agujero en uno de ellos y obligando a la población a resguardarse o a intentar…

Ataques con drones siembran temor en Kiev; hay 4 muertos

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Waves of explosives-laden suicide drones struck Ukraine’s capital Monday, setting buildings ablaze, tearing a hole in one of them and sending people scurrying for cover or trying to shoot them down in what the president said was…

Suicide drones strike fear in Ukraine’s capital, killing 4

KIEV, Ucrania (AP) — Funcionarios prorrusos culparon el domingo a Ucrania por un ataque con cohetes que impactó la alcaldía de Donetsk, una ciudad controlada por separatistas, mientras que autoridades ucranianas dijeron que una urbe ubicada frente a…

Ucrania: Cohetes impactan la alcaldía de Donetsk

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A Tooth in My Popsicle

By David Haldane Jan. 22, 2024 I’ve never tasted it. Those who have say it’s like chicken. And to make it less bland, they say, you just add spice. We’re talking about dog meat, a popular dish throughout Asia, including the Philippines, until it was…

Eating Dog

I’ve never tasted it. Those who have say it’s like chicken. And to make it less bland, they say, you just add spice. We’re talking about dog meat, a popular dish throughout Asia, including the Philippines, until it was banned here in 1998. Now South…

Eating Dogs

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Eating dogs

By David Haldane Jan. 15, 2024 We should have been there by now. We should have grabbed a flight the day after Christmas and enjoyed a week of sightseeing in Zamboanga, that picturesque city of flowers near Mindanao’s southern shore. Instead, we…

The Winding Road to Zamboanga

We should have been there by now. We should have grabbed a flight the day after Christmas and enjoyed a week of sightseeing in Zamboanga, that picturesque city of flowers near Mindanao’s southern shore. Instead, we watched aghast as Islamic…

We should have been there by now. We should have grabbed a flight the day after Christmas and enjoyed a week of sightseeing in Zamboanga, that picturesque city of flowers near Mindanao's southern shore. Register to read this story and more for free.

The winding road to Zamboanga

By David Haldane Jan. 8, 2024 If only the sputtering would stop. It attacks suddenly, like an enemy soldier watching from a nearby bush. Everything is still for hours. Then, just as you’re beginning to relax thinking your travails are over, out it…

Sputtering Solar

If only the sputtering would stop. It attacks suddenly, like an enemy soldier watching from a nearby bush. Everything is still for hours. Then, just as you’re beginning to relax thinking your travails are over, out it jumps, spraying the landscape…

If only the sputtering would stop. It attacks suddenly, like an enemy soldier watching from a nearby bush. Everything is still for hours. Then, just as you're beginning to relax thinking your travails are over, out it jumps, spraying the landscape…

By David Haldane Jan. 1, 2024 It felt like a punch in the gut. The Philippines, my favorite country and historically a friend to Israel, had just voted in favor of a United Nations resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. “It is highly…

Redefining Aggression

By David Haldane It felt like a punch in the gut. The Philippines, my favorite country and historically a friend to Israel, had just voted in favor of a United Nations resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. “It is highly appreciated,”…

It felt like a punch in the gut. The Philippines, my favorite country and historically a friend to Israel, had just voted in favor of a United Nations resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Register to read this story and more for…

Redefining aggression

By David Haldane Dec. 25, 2023 For me it’s always the same. Gangs of Christmas carolers gather on the patio to sing until we throw them money. Christmas ornaments pop off the tree for quick escapes ending in their own destruction. And on Christmas…

A Jewish Christmas in the Philippines

By David Haldane For me it’s always the same. Gangs of Christmas carolers gather on the patio to sing until we throw them money. Christmas ornaments pop off the tree for quick escapes ending in their own destruction. And on Christmas day, we attend a…

For me it's always the same. Gangs of Christmas carolers gather on the patio to sing until we throw them money. Christmas ornaments pop off the tree for quick escapes ending in their own destruction. And on Christmas day, we attend a midnight mass…

By David Haldane Dec. 18, 2023 We were a mile off the coast of a remote Philippine Island when I realized the boat was sinking. That’s the opening line of a memoir I published in 2015. The island in question was Bucas Grande, off the Northern…

Living on a Mountain with God

By David Haldane We were a mile off the coast of a remote Philippine Island when I realized the boat was sinking. That’s the opening line of a memoir I published in 2015. The island in question was Bucas Grande, off the Northern Mindanao coast.…

Socorro Bayanihan: Commune or Cult?

We were a mile off the coast of a remote Philippine island when I realized the boat was sinking. That's the opening line of a memoir I published in 2015. The island in question was Bucas Grande, off the Northern Mindanao coast. Eventually, a…

Socorro Bayanihan: Commune or cult?

By David Haldane Dec. 11, 2023 A transgender friend said something recently that I’d been thinking but was afraid to say out loud. “Miss Universe allowing transgenders?” she exclaimed. “We have our own pageants. I’ve never heard of a trans pageant…

All-inclusive Miss Universe?

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Lulumahu Falls Trail, an unofficial but immensely popular hiking spot (and bamboo harvesting spot), is just off Pali Highway north of downtown Honolulu. "LOST" fans know it as the bamboo forest where the show begins and ends. Although Jack is mere…

Bamboo Forest in 360°

The third Wednesday in January is set by state law as opening day for the Hawaii State Legislature. Both chambers, state House and Senate, convene and kick off the 60-day session.

Opening Day at the Hawaii State Capitol

Recorded with an iPhone 15 Pro Max in Spatial Video mode, then exported with Spatialify by Wu Tian (@Naituw) in half over-under (HOU) configuration.

Spatial Video Test

Ninety seconds on the rocky shoreline at Police Beach (between Papa'iloa Beach and Pua'ena Point) on the North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii. This location is just east of Police Beach. Filmed on an Insta360 camera.

LOST Beach Camp (Police Beach) in 360°

The leading investment network for seed-level private equity investors in Hawaii starts a new chapter in 2024. Share Chenoa Farnsworth was part of the very first days of Hawaii Angels, which was formed in 2002 under the auspices of the University of…

Preview: Hawaii Angels Turns 22

La aprobación histórica de los ETF de Bitcoin generó especulación sobre el impacto en el precio de la criptomoneda, llevándola brevemente a los $49.000. Ethereum experimentó un impulso alcista, alcanzando un máximo de 18 meses cerca de $2,700,…

Semana Cripto: Bitcoin Cae Tras Lanzamiento de Los ETFs, Ethereum se Dispara

I'm not sure what the Waikīkī Festival celebrates, who organizes it, and who benefits from it—beyond the vendors and the tourists who patronize them. But while some people say there are too many street festivals, parades, and other special events in…

Waikīkī Festival 2024

The historical and hotly anticipated approval of Bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds (ETF) this week basically blocked out the sun for the rest of the crypto solar system, and frankly fueled a flood of headlines at Decrypt. All the theories and…

This Week in Coins: Bitcoin Flashes and Fades as ETFs Launch—But Ethereum Soars

The state started the process of replacing its existing accounting system to handle everything from payroll to travel and expenses. But last year, an oversight committee fired the contractor Labyrinth Solutions. Now DAGS has to find a new vendor, and…

State Asks for $60 Million to Retry IT Upgrade - Jan. 12, 2024 - Hawaii News Now

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Tech View: Hawaii creators make media, connect via personal content

The regulatory agency says it has terminated "unauthorized access" to its Twitter account. A single fake Twitter post has sparked chaos in both the crypto space and broader financial markets, and both the Securities and Exchange Commission and…

SEC and Twitter Announce Investigations Into Fake Bitcoin ETF Tweet

A single fake Twitter post has sparked chaos in both the crypto space and broader financial markets, and both the Securities and Exchange Commission and Twitter itself are looking into what happened. "The SEC has determined that there was…

The Bitcoin spot ETF tea leaves have been read so aggressively they've been pulverized into dust. Nonetheless, there is a high level of confidence across the market that the much-anticipated new investment vehicle will be approved by the U.S.…

Bitcoin ETF: These Are All the Authorized Participants

Rolling blackouts affected several neighborhoods on Oahu as Hawaiian Electric struggled to manage peak demand due to a “shortage in reserve generation capacity.” Although Waikīkī was scheduled for an outage between 7:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., the power…

Waikiki Power Outage

Rumores y predicciones sobre una inminente aprobación de un ETF de Bitcoin en el mercado se propagaron desenfrenadamente esta semana, aumentando los nervios y los precios de las criptomonedas por igual. Ilustración de Mitchell Preffer para Decrypt La…

Semana en Cripto Twitter: Continúa la Fiebre Por Los ETFs de Bitcoin

ETF fever has taken over the body of crypto—and now appears to have a grip on markets and discourse so all-consuming that it likely won’t let up until the verdict is in. This week on Crypto Twitter, already heated speculation about the eagerly…

This Week on Crypto Twitter: ETF Fever Won’t Break

Alex Ozawa for Hawaii State House District 38 — Mililani Town / Mililani Mauka

Artificial intelligence was the biggest story of 2023, and has a good chance of dominating next year as well. We also talk about augmented and virtual reality, return-to-office mandates, and cryptocurrency. Always fun to chat with Annalisa Burgos and…

The Year in Tech — Dec. 30, 2023 — Hawaii News Now

Apple is introducing new security features to combat a rash of iPhone thefts and compromised iCloud accounts. KITV Island News producer Bre Jackson had her digital life turned upside down when a thief stole her phone after a fire. It's usually human…

Thieves Are Taking Over iCloud Accounts - Dec. 25, 2023 - KITV

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Assorted articles and other content I've written or created related to Hawaii, the tech and startup scene, and the broader innovation ecosystem.

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In early June 2021, Joseph “J.B.” Moresco and Lisa Elin, co-owners and general partners of Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace, the renowned high-desert watering hole and music venue in Pioneertown, Calif., changed the locks on the doors of their…

Inside the battle for control of a legendary music club — and the soul of a high desert town

Though they had no idea as they were experiencing it, legions of “Stranger Things” viewers have been recently indoctrinated into a secular belief system that has already transformed millions of lives. The text that led them there? Kate Bush’s 1985…

Can’t stop listening to ‘Running Up That Hill’? Here are 10 more great Kate Bush songs

By its very nature, a visit to the Hollywood Bowl is a memorable event. Even before stepping into the venue itself, attendees might enjoy a preshow picnic, while the trek up Peppertree Lane feels like you’re hiking the final few steps of the Yellow…

From the Beatles to Adele, 20 unforgettable Hollywood Bowl concerts

Andy Fletcher, a founding member of multi-platinum new wave band Depeche Mode, has died. He was 60. The keyboard player helped define the sound of 1980s and ’90s synth-pop and alternative rock through hits including “Just Can’t Get Enough,” “Personal…

Andy Fletcher, Depeche Mode co-founder and keyboardist, dies at 60

Live from Brookside at the Rose Bowl, this weekend’s Cruel World music festival features some of the biggest names from the 1980s new wave and goth scenes, including honorary Angeleno Morrissey, English goth O.G.s Bauhaus and New York’s CBGB…

At the Cruel World festival, artists and fans relive and revive the ’80s

Had Coachella been held in the early 1980s, its lineup likely would have included many of the artists performing at this weekend’s Cruel World music festival in Pasadena. Legions of young Gen X new wavers, goths and miscellaneous square pegs would…

At this weekend’s Cruel World festival, goths and new wavers will sweat to the oldies

Cynthia Albritton, who as Cynthia Plaster Caster successfully channeled a teenage desire to lose her virginity to a rock star into a lifelong project creating casts of their erect penises, died on Thursday in her native Chicago after an undisclosed…

Cynthia Plaster Caster, artist known for rock-star penis sculptures, dies at 74

Though Estevan Oriol has never been a member, for most of Cypress Hill’s 30-plus years as a group the photographer and filmmaker traveled with them. If co-founder B-Real did an onstage hit from their bong Excalibur, Oriol absorbed the cloud of…

Cypress Hill celebrates 4/20 with a career-spanning documentary. And weed. Lots of weed

Record man Art Rupe, who started a small Boyle Heights-based independent label called Specialty Records in 1946 and went on to help launch the careers of artists including Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Percy Mayfield and dozens of other jazz, blues,…

Art Rupe, pioneering rock ‘n’ roll mogul who helped launch Little Richard, dies at 104

Minneapolis is abuzz after local news station WCCO uncovered footage of an 11-year-old Prince answering a question posed by a TV reporter about a possible teachers’ strike at schools, including Lincoln Junior High, where Prince went. The filmed…

Previously unknown footage of a preteen Prince surfaces in Minneapolis

Pianist, singer, songwriter and “Late Show With Stephen Colbert” bandleader Jon Batiste won album of the year at the 2022 Grammys on Sunday night for “We Are,” his politically focused jazz album, upsetting nine other long players by artists including…

Jon Batiste wins album of the year at 2022 Grammys

Silk Sonic, the magnetic team of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, has won record of the year at the 2022 Grammys for its retro-funk ballad “Leave the Door Open.” Earlier in the evening, the duo and its collaborators won the song of the year trophy.…

Silk Sonic’s ‘Leave the Door Open’ takes record of the year at 2022 Grammys

As most Grammy Awards viewers were sadly aware, Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins was supposed to be pounding his kit with the band at this year’s ceremony. Tragically, though, less than two weeks ago, Hawkins, 50, was found dead in a Bogota,…

Taylor Hawkins, Stephen Sondheim honored at 2022 Grammy Awards

Silk Sonic, the dynamic duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, has won song of the year at the 2022 Grammys for its retro-funk ballad “Leave the Door Open.” Mars and .Paak, along with co-writers Brandon Anderson, Dernst Emile II and Christopher Brody…

Silk Sonic’s ‘Leave the Door Open’ wins song of the year at 2022 Grammys

Don’t check your calendar: Yes, it’s April 3, and finally time for the 64th Grammy Awards. Originally scheduled to take place at the end of January in L.A., the show was upended by the winter surge in the Omicron variant, and eventually moved…

Live updates from the 2022 Grammys: Jon Batiste has already nabbed three awards

In the wake of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins’ death last week in a Bogota, Colombia, hotel room, the band has canceled all upcoming tour dates. “It is with great sadness that Foo Fighters confirm the cancellation of all upcoming tour dates in…

Foo Fighters cancel all upcoming tour dates in wake of Taylor Hawkins’ death

Two years ago at the California African American Museum in downtown Los Angeles, three titans of East Coast rap converged for a roundtable: influential “Paid in Full” rapper Rakim; Public Enemy’s cofounder Chuck D; and indie rap royalty Talib Kweli.…

UCLA announces ambitious ‘Hip Hop Initiative’ with Chuck D as artist in residence

Taylor Hawkins, the hard-pounding drummer for multi-platinum rock band Foo Fighters, died Friday. He was 50. Hawkins was in Bogota, Colombia, to perform with the Foo Fighters, two nights before the band’s headlining set at Lollapalooza Brazil on…

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins dies at 50

In early March, as he was opening his record store Stellar Remnant for the day, proprietor, label owner and DJ Ed Karapetyan picked up a bundle of mail that he’d neglected over the weekend. Included was a notice from his landlord. The letter informed…

Across L.A., Russian expats fear loss of livelihoods, and friendships, in wake of war in Ukraine

Twin sisters Casey and Timolin Cole were born into a life of unusual luxury in Hancock Park to a father nicknamed “King” whose success was so great that the historic Capitol Records building not far away in Hollywood was nicknamed “The House That Nat…

Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group buys rights to Nat ‘King’ Cole assets

Des Moines area restaurant fans love to know what's new, what's hot and what favorite chef just launched a second effort that should be tried. With that, the Des Moines Register updates its hot list, a look at some of the newest restaurants that…

The hottest new restaurants in the Des Moines area, January 2024 edition

Oak Park Few restaurants make as big of a splash as Oak Park did when it opened in October. Owner Kathy Fehrman and her husband Bill have a winner on their hands with an elite team that includes executive chef Ian Robertson, executive pastry chef…

Fans of Smash Park in Pella played their final pickleball match on Monday. The location south of Highway 163 at exit 40 in the Prairie Ridge development opened in 2022 as a local, independently owned franchise and does not share common ownership with…

A Smash Park location in central Iowa closed on Monday after two years of pickleball

WOI-TV introduced its Des Moines audience to a new meteorologist earlier this month. Hannah Dennis joined the station after graduating from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte last fall. She worked at WJZY-TV in Charlotte, North Carolina,…

Meet the new meteorologist at WOI. Hannah Dennis joins the local ABC team.

It only got colder on Saturday. Temperatures across Iowa remained hit lows below zero from minus 4 in Decorah and Dubuque to minus 16 in Webster City and Storm Lake. How cold did it get in Iowa on Saturday? -4 Decorah.-4 Dubuque.-7 Muscatine.-7…

How cold did it get in Iowa on Saturday? Lows across the state were below zero.

The Winterset Police Department is asking the public to help locate a man who has been missing since Thursday. Joshua Aaron Graham Caskey, 25, was last seen around 9 a.m. on Thursday. Winterset police conducted a welfare check and could not locate…

Winterset police ask the public for help finding a missing man

Get ready for a night of pop music transformed for kids’ ears when Kidz Bop Live 2024 takes the stage at the Iowa State Fair in August. The group founded in 2001 features some of the day’s biggest hits such as "Anti-Hero," "Cuff It," “As It Was,” and…

The Iowa State Fair brings in a kid-friendly show. Find out about Kidz Bop.

All things bacon take center stage when the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival returns for its 16th anniversary in May. This year, the ode to bacon takes place on May 4 at the Agriculture Building at the Iowa State Fairgrounds and embraces the theme “Bacon…

May the bacon be with you when the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival returns in May

Lawrence Jones wants to meet Iowans where they are, where they meet, where they eat. The co-host of “Fox & Friends” on FOX News arrived in Iowa on Saturday to embark on a three-day trip across the state that brought him to Sioux City on Sunday,…

'Fox & Friends' co-host Lawrence Jones brings the show to Iowa diners ahead of the caucus

Every Sunday since September, Kristen Welker has awoken early to greet the nation on “Meet the Press,” the NBC News show that looks at the politics of the day. And on this Sunday, she carried on the grand tradition of airing from Iowa ahead of the…

Kristen Welker from 'Meet the Press' broadcasts live from West End Architectural Salvage

If you ever wanted to eat your way through the Iowa Caucus, Zombie Burger now has that option. In true zombie apocalypse fashion, the East Village burger and shake restaurant from Orchestrate Hospitality came up with a menu of caucus-inspired fare…

Eat your way through the Iowa Caucus with politically themed dishes at Zombie Burger

On opening night at Basic Bird on Jan. 3, the line to order Korean fried chicken and street food stretched back to the door. Customers could peak into the kitchen to see the chefs pulling tickets and filling orders at the counter-service restaurant.…

Korean fried chicken, kimchi rice, honey butter fries and more arrive at the new Basic Bird in Beaverdale

Country singer Thomas Rhett has collected quite a few accolades in the past decade, including several CMA Awards and ACM Awards and five Grammy nominations. Rhett is the son of country singer-songwriter Rhett Akins, who has written for Jason Aldean,…

A country and rock crossover artist takes over the Iowa State Fair Grandstand this summer

What other shows have been announced at the Iowa State Fair? The Iowa State Fair already announced four other concerts for this summer. Lauren Daigle Contemporary Christian singer Lauren Daigle performs at the Iowa State Fair for the first time when…

“He’s going the distance. He’s going for speed.” If those lyrics take you back to Cake’s 1996 hit “The Distance,” you should mark May 11 on your calendar. The alternative rock band plays Lauridsen Amphitheater at Water Works Park, 2251 George Flagg…

Alt rockers Cake play Des Moines this spring. Find out when tickets go on sale.

Iowa Caucus fever already started in Des Moines. Bruce Gerleman, who owns nine Jethro's BBQ locations across the state and Splash Seafood Bar & Grill in downtown Des Moines, said he will appear on FOX News' "Cavuto Live" with host Neil Cavuto on…

FOX News plans to talk barbecue and politics with Jethro's owner on Saturday

The Mexican restaurant El Guapo’s Tequila + Tacos closes in West Des Moines in mid-March. The restaurant, which opened in 2019, plans to look for new space. El Guapo’s opened in the space that formerly held an outpost of sister restaurant Gusto Pizza…

Say adios to a West Des Moines tacos and tequila restaurant that closes in March

If you think the dining scene in Des Moines has a lot of variety now, just wait until a new pack of chain restaurants open in the city. These smaller chains bring Nashville hot chicken, Hawaiian lunch plates, coal-fired pizza, chicken wings and halal…

Halal dishes and Nashville hot chicken could all land in the Des Moines metro

If you want to stay on top of all the fun things to do in Des Moines, sign up for Off Hours, your free weekly newsletter from the Des Moines Register that showcases all things fun you can do in central Iowa. Recently, we've written about pizza farms,…

13 things to do in Des Moines this weekend include comedians, 'American Idol' stars

Another restaurant decided to call it quits in Ankeny over the holiday weekend. Georgio's Greek Grill closed in Ankeny. The restaurant at 2010 S.E. Delaware Ave. opened last April with a menu of dolmades with tzatziki, lamb chops, gyros and baklava.…

Greek restaurant closes in Ankeny, plus a barbecue restaurant shutters in Pleasant Hill

The recent — and brief — gas shortage when the Colonial Pipeline experienced a ransomware attack was just a blip compared with two separate gas shortages in the 1970s. Recent photos of people filling up every conceivable type of container (including…

Laurel history: A look back at the 1970s gas shortage blues

During the second half of the Great Depression, Laurel was led by Everard E. Hatch, a retired army general who waged an unrelenting campaign against lawlessness in all forms. His no-nonsense style of communicating struck a chord with voters, who…

A look back at E.E. Hatch, Laurel’s Depression-era mayor and no-nonsense retired Army general

While researching stories from Laurel’s past, I accumulate lots of brief, and sometimes odd, items that don’t lend themselves to the usual long form. These columns give me a chance to clean out that file.
Laurel’s first newspaper, the Free Quill,…