You created your trust because you wanted to make things easier for your family. You wanted to protect what you worked hard to build and make sure it reached the people you love in the right way. But there is one piece of your estate plan that is easy to overlook: the...
Here in our mountain communities, houses have a funny way of evolving. A two-bedroom cabin becomes a three-bedroom home, a storage area becomes living space, and suddenly there's an extra bathroom that wasn't there when the house was built. Sometimes permits were...
This past week, I closed an escrow where I represented the seller. It was a difficult transaction. At seemingly every turn there was another unusual request, another delay or another issue that made an already complicated process harder than it needed to be....
You bought life insurance to protect your family. Maybe you purchased the policy when your first child was born, chose an amount that seemed substantial, named your spouse as beneficiary and put the premiums on autopay. Then life kept moving. Your income has changed....
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian There are no historical plaques at Heaps Peak Arboretum, but there should be. This place has history. Located on the crest of the Rim of the World Highway (Highway 18) between Skyforest and the Heaps Peak Transfer station, it’s...
Well, we finally got through the summer heat spell without the horrible wildfires that often ravage the mountaintop communities this time of the year. Now it’s time to relax and enjoy what there is showing on the so-called “idiot box.” There are several TV shows that...
