NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Monday that he plans to spend $10 billion of his own fortune to help fight climate change. Bezos, the world’s richest person, said in an Instagram…

WASHINGTON — The Democratic Party establishment — what’s left of it, anyway — is hoping someone can stop Bernie Sanders and his progressive horde from capturing the party’s presidential nomination. “I don’t know how you…

Arrests reported Iola police officers arrested Christopher D. Cooper, 31, Iola, Monday for suspicion of felony theft, reckless driving, driving while suspended or revoked and interfering with law enforcement. Allen County sheriff’s deputies arrested Joseph…

Barraged by hundreds of sex-abuse lawsuits, the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday in hopes of working out a potentially mammoth victim compensation plan that will allow the 110-year-old organization to carry…

President Donald Trump has apparently learned nothing from his impeachment. Instead of acting with restraint and within the rules, the president is continuing to behave like an unrestrained authoritarian leader. The latest example of a…

Allen Community College basketball and baseball were both in action over the weekend. ACC’s hoopers traveled to Cowley County, while the Allen sluggers were at Carl Albert State College in Oklahoma.  Here is how the…

When Abba M. learned that a sexual partner had exposed her to the human papillomavirus, commonly known as HPV, she did “a bunch of Googling.” The 21-year-old Alabama resident knew very little about it. Turning…

The Cofachique Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution met at the Humboldt Public Library Saturday. Deborah Jackson gave the program on the War of 1812 in the Champagne Valley in New York, where her ancestors…

PAOLA — Humboldt’s Cheyenne Harris is the first of her kind. The 143-pound wrestler was the first Lady Cub to reach state in girls wrestling.  Over the weekend, Harris competed in Paola at the KSHSAA…

Paul Wesley Comstock, age 36, of Humboldt, died Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. He was born to Jeff and Tami (Sicka) Comstock on April 14, 1983, at Iola.  Survivors include partner Rhea Shay; two sons, Cameran…