Drivers cringe as they watch the numbers roll higher on the gas pump meter. They feel even worse as they see news stories projecting gas at $4 or even $5 as the weather warms.

Special to The Washington Post President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will devote little time Monday to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in part because of Iran and election-year politics.

Recently, a group of Garfield students inspired me to revisit a couple of classic children's stories. The first is the children's book "Stone Soup." Over the years this story has been rewritten several times by several authors.

The White Earth Band of Chippewa is the latest group to propose going into business with the state of Minnesota on a Twin Cities casino.

Minnesota businesses have traditionally distinguished themselves with their ability to compete in the global marketplace. A highly trained workforce drives our success.

At 720 square miles, the Brainerd School District is Minnesota’s fifth largest school district in geographic area. Six public elementary schools lie within its borders: Baxter, Garfield, Harrison, Lowell, Nisswa, and Riverside. Though varying in size, the staff in each of these schools work hard t...

President Ahmadinejad announced Wednesday that Iran is mastering the entire nuclear fuel cycle. That mastery includes mining, processing, enriching, and fabricating fuel from uranium for a nuclear power plant such as the one at Bushehr in Iran.

With the possibility that the next Republican candidate for president may be a Mormon, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) has become a somewhat popular topic in the media.

A recent unsigned correspondence (Vox Pop) published by the Dispatch asked, "Why would any business want to move to Brainerd?" followed by a political rant. Let me identify many reasons why Brainerd would be a winner for your business: 1.

It is often said that team work divides the task and multiplies the success.