Holyan

Obituaries

Alice Holyan

Alice Oleda Holyan died March 25, 2025, at the age of 92.

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Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: If govt. controls abortion, it should also hold men accountable

Larry Benson argues that the government shouldn’t only hold women accountable for the creation of life.

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Do you feel like America is improving?

Reader Donna JK Smith says the Trump administration is more interested in following through with Project 2025 than…

Marianne Binetti, "The Compleat Home Gardener"

Life

False spring is in full bloom | The Compleat Home Gardener

Slow down on those tender, warm-loving plants.

Smith

Obituaries

Richard Smith

Richard Lacy Smith died Feb. 25, 2025, at the age of 72.

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Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Black Diamond needs to learn from fire department debacle

Reader Dan Dal Santo says the city council needs to reflect on how they bought a non-viable fire…

Moller

Obituaries

Dennis Moller

Dennis Moller died Dec. 27, 2024.

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Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Black Diamond should be ashamed of fire department waste

Reader Geoff Bowie says officials should resign over paying for a non-viable fire station.

Carolyn Robertson Harding

News

Buckley Chamber’s Robertson Harding announces mayoral campaign

Carolyn Robertson Harding plans to file her candidacy for the primary election the week of May 15.

Frank Shiers, Jr. is a longtime King County resident and has drawn political cartoons for over forty years. He creates at least four cartoons a week, which are published in a dozen newspapers.

Opinion

Spotty service | Shiers

King County isn’t cutting deputy jobs, but minimum staffing will limit responses in unincorporated county areas.

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Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: I’ve never been more appreciative of our city government

Reader Donna JK Smith has a new appreciation for Enumclaw’s transparency.

Brier Dudley, "The Free Press Initiative"

Opinion

A new newspaper blooms in La Conner | The Free Press Initiative

The nonprofit fills a void left by the La Conner Weekly when it recently folded.

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News

Briefly | March 16 & April 2

Two corrections and four trial updates.