Opinion
Save our endangered kelp forests from warming seas
Until recently, the main threats to kelp and coral reefs were overfishing and pollution. Now it’s our warming…
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Gov. ‘The Little Guy’ lacks guts to debate Rep. Jim Walsh
I understand why Gov. Bob Ferguson would lash out at Washington Republican Party Chairman Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen.
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State rent increase cap beneficial, but concerns remain
One year into Washington’s cap on rent increases, it is too soon to draw conclusions. But it is…
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Life on the river: Salmon survival full of difficulties
IN LAST WEEK’S episode, we were examining the curious coincidence of an odd little bird, the Swainson’s thrush,…
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Is a UFC fight at the White House who we really are?
Polls indicate that President Donald Trump is doing a lot that most Americans don’t support: The war with…
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A judicious judge: ‘the sacred sanctuary of the conscience’
DEAR READER: A sailboat racer and aviator, Robert F. Utter sailed the sea and soared above the clouds.
Editorials
Trump’s attacks on election system damaging
For the better part of a decade now, large swaths of Americans have sought to fix something that…
Editorials
Washington’s public power’s anniversary is worth celebrating
Last month, I joined dozens of representatives from Washington’s public utility district community at the annual meeting of…
Columnists
Gov. Spellman saves Puget Sound: ‘a national treasure’
DEAR READER: Our series of profiles in political courage continues today with John Dennis Spellman, a former Jesuit…
Columnists
Birds, berries and fish: Answering the call of the Swainson’s thrush
THIS MUST BE my favorite time of year. We’ve emerged from hibernation and all danger of frost has…
Editorials
Trying to understand the TRL board’s hiring decision
When I read that the Timberland Regional Library Board of Trustees hired administrator Andrea Heisel as interim director,…
Columnists
Why the data center explosion is a bad thing for Washington state
When I was an out of work journalist in the late-1990s, I took up web design/development as a…
Opinion
Community wants answers in Longview tragedy
Last week’s disaster at a Longview paper mill is a reminder of the workplace dangers that many Americans…