Life

Grays Harbor County Fair is a go for four days in August

The Grays Harbor County Fair is a go, with four days scheduled at the fairgrounds in Elma the…

Northwest News

Study: Wildfire smoke impacts what birds we see

More frequent and intense wildfire — and all the associated smoke — changes what birds are seen and…

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Buses prepare to travel near the Olympic and Paralympic Village in Tokyo on June 20, 2021, during a transport operations simulation for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Sports

Getting athletes to pandemic Olympics is logistics nightmare

Ensuring 11,000 athletes from more than 200 countries descend on one chosen city over the course of 16…

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A “Now Hiring” sign is displayed at a fast food chain on June 23, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif. Nearly 650,000 retail workers gave notice in April, the biggest one-month worker exodus in the retail industry in more than 20 years, amid a strengthening job market.

Business

U.S. jobs jump by most in 10 months as economy gains steam

The pace of U.S. hiring accelerated in June, with payrolls increasing by the most in 10 months, suggesting…

Letters to the Editor

Letter: We’ll be watching Walsh

Interviews with Holocaust survivors and eyewitnesses are the most chilling chapters of my 55-year career as a reporter…

John Cole | PoliticalCartoons.com

Opinion

Members of Gen Z say the government is letting them down

A national study that checked in with Generation Z one year into the COVID-19 pandemic suggests the U.S.…

Dave Granlund | PoliticalCartoons.com

Opinion

Court affirms that beliefs not license for bigotry

The Columbian

Life

Dear Abby: Girlfriend notes change in man’s talks with ex

Dear Abby: I am dating a slightly older divorced man. He and his ex-wife have been divorced 15…

Life

Scattershot ‘Tomorrow War’ has Chris Pratt battling monsters of the future

Some say that women marry versions of their fathers, and I guess you could argue “The Tomorrow War”…

Obituaries

Florence “Flo” (Turk) George

Florence “Flo” (Turk) George passed away after a long battle with COPD on May 19, 2021.

Obituaries

Death Notices

Donald M. Wilson, Leonard Idso

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Workers at Amazon’s Fulfillment Center in San Bernardino, Calif.

Business

Amazon’s new CEO will need to be more than Jeff Bezos 2.0

Twenty-seven years to the day after founding Amazon in a Bellevue garage, Jeff Bezos has relinquished control of…

Life

Dear Abby: My husband and I have been married for almost a decade, and our beautiful daughter is 3.

Dear Abby: My husband and I have been married for almost a decade, and our beautiful daughter is…