Many Yuma citizens deserving of recognition (The Yuma Sun)

The Sun received 24 nominations for the 2008 Citizen of the Year Award. Past nominees and Sun editors read through the list of nominations and voted for the winner.

Looking Back...2008 Year in Review, Part 3 (The Daily Dunklin Democrat)

Editor's note: This story is part two of a three-part feature series. The Daily Dunklin Democrat is publishing a Year in Review series of summaries from news stories published throughout 2008....

Year in Review: July and August (Austinist)

As we close out 2008, we're taking a moment to briefly revisit some of the articles that we published on Austinist this year. Whether poignant, sad, hilarious, or downright ludicrous, many of these stories probably affected your lives to some extent. Certainly, at the very least, they provided their own commentary on Austin's ongoing transformation. YouTubeAustin: "Butt Slide" ...

A down economy is forcing women to adjust -- but not abandon -- their beauty regimens (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

Beauty and the bust

The words that defined our year (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Our Washington pages were graced with noteworthy quotes by public officials, students, parents and taxpayers each Sunday during 2008.

TOP STORIES OF 2008 IN Q-C: Floods, struggling economy, historic elections (Quad-City Times)

NATURAL DISASTERS It was a year of devastating weather. Unprecedented flooding swept eastern Iowa, forcing widespread evacuations. Killer tornados struck outside Waterloo and in western Iowa. Closer to home, fierce winds ripped the Quad-Cities in late summer. In the aftermath, state and local governments still are struggling to deal with the effects. It will take years.

I had fun in the sun, but my diet I did shun (Kingston Whig-Standard)

Fitness, more specifically weight loss, can be a bit of a mystery at times. At least that's been the case for me. Over the last [...]

Weather makes employers make payroll decisions (South Sound Business Examiner)

It's what some are calling the storm of the decade and it seems out of place in the Puget Sound. Unfortunately, the storm is here and businesses are having to make unfamiliar payroll decisions.For example, should employees who can't leave their houses due to the snow be docked a day's pay? Must the employer treat salaried and hourly employees differently? Are employees allowed to make up work ...

State diciplines health care professionals (South Sound Business Examiner)

The state Department of Health has revoked or suspended the licenses, certifications or registrations of health care providers in Washington. The department has also immediately suspended the credentials of people who have been prohibited from practicing in other states. In Lewis County, the state summarily suspended the license of pharmacist Alvin Fitzgerald. His license to practice pharmacy ...

Gregoire: proposed budget will close deficit without raising taxes (South Sound Business Examiner)

Gov. Chris Gregoire today proposed her 2009–11 state budget, closing a projected $5.7 billion shortfall through a combination of program reductions, suspension of salary increases for state employees, teachers and care workers, pension changes, increased federal contributions and the use of the state's rainy day fund. "Now is not the time to be raising taxes on our residents and businesses," ...