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Part 1 of a series The environmental movement started more than a century ago. Theodore Roosevelt was known as the conservation president, and there’s a famous 1903 photo of him with the Sierra Club’s founder.

As part of National Voter Registration day, the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections set up registration site at libraries and community centers across the county. Near the corner of West 25th and Clark in Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood, passersby are greeted in Spanish and asked if they’re registered to vote.

By Veronica Volk Julie Cataldo is strapped into a harness as she sits in her wheelchair just a few feet from the edge of the Erie Canal. A hydraulic lift hoists her from the chair and swings her out over the water. The lift lowers her into a kayak, and its operator adjusts her seat. This is Cataldo’s second time in a single kayak, and in a few minutes, she’s cruising alone down the Canal near Rochester, N.Y.

Ohio public officials offered prayers, condolences and calls for a renewed focus on weapons after a gunman killed more than 50 people and injured hundreds in Las Vegas. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown called such shootings “one of the saddest aspects of our culture now.”

Northeast Ohio writers get the opportunity to share their work and ideas with other local writers at the upcoming Cleveland INKubator festival. It's a chance for aspiring writers to network with others already published, and is a sounding board for storytelling. This weeklong, free workshop is the brainchild of a local writer, inspired by a history of writers working together in the region. In 2014, Lee Chilcote was working as a journalist, but wanted to do something more community based.

As Puerto Ricans emerge from the devastation of Hurricane Maria, family members back in Connecticut are desperately trying to get in touch and press for federal infrastructure funding for the island.

ideastream has launched a new series, Divided by Design. As we talk about divisions in our region, it’s good to take a look at the data on where people live, what the conditions of those communities are, and more. The non-profit Center for Community Solutions this week released fact sheets on Cuyahoga County council districts, which researcher Kate Warren says look at all kinds of things:

It's a question most parents will wrestle with at some point — when is the right time to give my child a smartphone? Let's tick through a few other questions first.

More than 800 artifacts, some of which have never before been seen by the public, are now on display at a new exhibit called “Cleveland Starts Here.” It’s at the Western Reserve Historical Society, which is rebranding itself as the Cleveland History Center.

What was once home to golfers is now a spot for birders and dog walkers to enjoy the outdoors, right across from Beachwood Place in Lyndhurst. Six years ago the non-profit Conservation Fund purchased Acacia Country Club and deeded the land to Cleveland Metroparks with a mission to return the 155 acres to its natural state. So how is the process coming? Perhaps no one can better answer that question that Stuart and Jeanne Pearl.