WHY IT’S SO GREAT: This raven is no “grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore,” as Edgar Allan Poe wrote—in fact, it’s been a delightful presence for downtown Austin ...

Despite gaining national renown after “The Raven” was published in 1845, Edgar Allan Poe never enjoyed great financial success. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons When the New York Evening ...

While skies cleared locally Monday with plenty of glorious sunshine, it was snowing in the Rockies and lower portions of Montana. Winter hangs on while summer embraces the Northwest.