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The Mother Road Turns 100. These Luxury Hotels Are Part of the Story
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The Mother Road Turns 100. These Luxury Hotels Are Part of the Story

  • Karee Blunt
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Route 66 turns 100 this year, and travelers are marking the milestone the way Americans have always celebrated the open road: by driving it. The 2,400-mile stretch connecting Chicago to Santa Monica carries a mythology few highways can match. Roadside diners, neon signs and wide-open plains define the route's reputation. 

Royal Franklin Ewing
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Royal Franklin Ewing

Royal Franklin Ewing passed away on Jan. 20, 2017, in Hood River, Ore. He was born in Boise, Idaho, on April 11, 1937, to Ray and Hazel Ewing.

Joann Osborne
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Joann Osborne

Joann Osborne, age 74, of Parkdale, Ore., passed while under hospice care at the Hood River Care Center in Hood River, Ore. During the last ni…

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Wildfire toll tops $580M

  • Associated Press
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal statistics show that efforts to douse the largest of the nation’s wildfires last year cost more than $580 million, and it took more than three months in some cases to put out the flames.