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Logistics tend to bump up the price of visiting the Caribbean. But the dual-nation island of Dutch St. Maarten and French St. Martin offers an advantage: It’s a transportation hub for the Leeward Islands, served by most major American carriers and some European ones.

I had the distinct pleasure of touring a huge paint factory in Southern California several years ago. I was allowed to peer down into this massive vat as the solid components of the paint were added. Thousands of gallons of paint were about to be blended to perfection. I was stunned at the sophistication of the operation. Computers, sensors and engineers in white lab coats controlled every aspect of the mixing process.

Designing a small space can be challenging, but with the right approach, even the most compact room can be made to feel open, airy and larger than its size. The key is to avoid common design pitfalls such as overwhelming a room with too much color, pattern or oversized furniture and instead focus on timeless design techniques that help maximize flow, light and proportion. By embracing neutral ...

After a monthlong impasse, Kootenai Health and Regence BlueShield have come to an agreement to keep North Idaho patients in-network.

The best part of being a nurse for Jen Cantrell is returning her patients control over their own bodies.

Union Gospel Mission is the best place Brandon Gwyn could be spending Christmas.

Far from rotting our brains, video games may improve our cognition. But how we play them matters when it comes to the benefits they provide.

 The last time Karley Alejo spent Christmas with her dad was when she was 3 years old.

HOUSTON – Lainey Landry’s parents hung the stocking embroidered with her name on the mantel beside her older brothers’ even though the 9-year-old is gone. She’s still in the family Christmas card photo, but they added a message: “There’s a brighter star in the Texas sky.” And they placed two new ornaments on the tree, etched with lines from letters Lainey wrote home from Camp Mystic.

Growing up as one of 13 siblings in Chicago’s South Side, Kitara Johnson-Jones remembers walking over coagulated pools of blood on her way to school in the morning.

Dr. Universe: What determines the size and shape of someone’s belly button? – Isana, 16, Washington state

A former Spokane Regional Health District employee did not do the work for which she was paid, a lawsuit filed this past week alleges.

COEUR D’ALENE – In Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Catholic middle and high school youth group attendance is at an all-time high averaging about 85 teens weekly. This represents more than a 50% increase over past years.

In October, The Spokesman-Review wrote about how “The Strange Beautiful” author Carla Crujido is seeking stories from the Crescent and is calling on readers to submit their tales of the shopping mecca.

Dick and Nancy Smith met in Longview, Washington, in 1955 when he was in fourth grade and she was in third.

We missed Christmas.