Living

See what’s new this season and what changes are in store as recreational users flock to the hiking tails and biking trails in Linn and Johnson counties, in the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City areas.

Standing on the edge of Kilauea Volcano crater on the Big Island in Hawaii, we had spectacular views of bubbling and steaming lava, a peek into the primordial forces of the earth.

For the first time in 20 years, one of the largest Catholic churches in Cedar Rapids will celebrate Easter with a crucifix.

Wandering through Shrine of the Grotto of the Redemption in West Bend, Iowa, is a religious experience. It’s often referred to as the “Eighth Wonder of the World.”

Anne Harris Carter has been hired as the first-ever health equity manager at Linn County Public Health. The daughter of Dr. Percy and Lileah Harris, Carter will focus on addressing systematic barriers to health equity, such as racism and poverty, that community members face.

The Solid Waste Agency has opened the Mount Trashmore trails and overlook for the 2022 season, though hours of operation are weather permitting. Weather-related closures always are posted on the Mount Trashmore website.

There’s more than what meets the eye at six sites in the Wickiup Hill Natural Area in Toddville — all with a different story unique to the people who lived there thousands of years before Iowa was discovered by European-American settlers.

The public will being seeing seedlings as post-derecho plans take root at the historic Cedar Rapids Brucemore estate.