HOUSE SPEAKER Pro Tem Jim Kofalt, R-Wilton, sent a shockwave through the House Republican Caucus with his sudden announcement he will run to become the next House leader after the 2026 midterm ...

PORT ORCHARD — In a rural area of South Kitsap, a nuclear engineer and veteran, Jim Perkins, built a unique house in the 1980s. He roofed it with multiple perfect triangles and made the exterior of ...

WASHINGTON — The US House of Representatives passed the annual defense bill Wednesday, outlining a $900 billion budget that would give troops a 4% pay bump, help counter China and Russia, support new ...

An idea coupled with the artistic talent of Darla Hoff and daughter Savannah Hoff transforms a few simple items into a vibrant, showstopping work of art. Their canvas is four round straw bales. The ...

Teams battled it out at the 14th annual Straw Bale Rolling Championship in Dornumersiel, northern Germany, on October 12 – pushing 550-pound bales through slalom courses and even up a steep track. The ...

Straw bale gardens work well for veggies, herbs, and flowers but not perennials or larger plants. Bales need to be conditions for at least 12 days with water and fertilizer before planting. Plant ...

While most of the rooms in the house are located in the dome, there are two wings with additional bedrooms, a den, a utility room, a mudroom, and a garage. Photo: Gabriel Zimmer/ Catskill Image While ...

In this intriguing video, we explore the fate of bales of straw and cane when left unattended over time. Discover the natural processes that occur, from decomposition to habitat creation for various ...

Two castoffs of a typical Minnesota farm, straw and the stalks of hemp plants, are becoming valuable as building materials. The state is on track to become the first to authorize straw and hemp in ...

Sharon Van Hassel still remembers the laughter, the meals and the dirt flying through the air roughly 25 years ago as she, her late husband and neighbors built a home, straw bale by straw bale. That’s ...

Commercial satellite imagery, autonomy, and Golden Dome would all get a big boost under the version of the National Defense Authorization Act passed by the House on Tuesday night. The policy bill also ...

Circular spaces are said to promote a sense of wholeness, while square environments stand for the reliable status quo. No surprise then that forward-thinking holistic optometrist Dr. Sam Berne built a ...