With Black Friday just around the corner, area retailers and shopping centers are getting ready for the holiday shopping season. When will malls open on Black Friday? Where can you visit Santa Claus?

Retail commerce and Santa Claus have been a part of Spokane holidays since the turn of the 20th century. The character of Santa entered American culture through the many drawings of illustrator Thomas ...

Sirens wailed and lights flashed throughout the streets of Mentor-on-the-Lake on Dec. 7 but there was no emergency, just an early Christmas gift to the residents, especially the young ones, of the ...