Amtrak's new NextGen Acela trains will serve the route between Boston and Washington, D.C., but high-speed rail is not in the plans for upstate.

In "Holly Street," a memoir about growing up in Helena during the 1940s and 1950s, Steve Petkoff vividly describes life in a historic Delta town.

Tucked between towering pines and nestled along the convergence of two crystal-clear rivers sits Downieville, a California mountain hamlet that feels like stepping into a postcard from another era – ...