Fifteen individuals were charged with furnishing liquor to a minor in connection with the death of Sam Martinez in 2019.  Furnishing liquor to a minor is a gross misdemeanor in Washington state....

Due to recent circumstances, there has been more death than usual. It has left a lot of people to grieve loved ones, either because of the pandemic itself or other causes. I, too, have recently had a family...

From early ages, children are censored from death. Death is not death. Instead, death is taking a long nap or moving to a farm upstate. This censorship sheltered a lot of children, who are now university...

Fall is a difficult season for Jolayne Houtz and Hector Martinez. On Oct. 3, they celebrated their son Sam Martinez’s 20th birthday, and today marks the first anniversary of his death. “Our family...

One of my earliest memories regarding music was the lyric “You’ve got to roll with the punches to get to what’s real.” I had no idea what song it was from and did not care; it was a fun line to...

Alpha Tau Omega fraternity's six-year suspension is only a slap on the wrist compared to the loss Jolayne Houtz and her family will deal with for the rest of their lives, she said. “He was full of...