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Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Refuse to sign IL26-638

Reader Madeline Bishop says high school athletes shouldn’t have to provide schools with a genital verification form.

Gard

Obituaries

Jim Gard

Jim Rodney Gard died Sept. 26, 2025, at the age of 91.

Enumclaw School District Director Julianne DeShayes and challenger Tara Cochran

News

Meet your school board candidates: Julianne DeShayes and Tara Cochran

Incumbent DeShayes and challenger Cochran are vying for the Enumclaw School District Director No. 2 seat.

Brier Dudley, “The Free Press Initiative”

Opinion

Save the press but don’t say ‘democracy’ | The Free Press Initiative

How do we maintain a democratic republic when we can’t say the D-word?

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Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Dems tanked WA’s budget surplus

Reader George Terhaar hopes voters will take this into account when voting this year.

PHOTO BY KEVIN HANSON The Enumclaw cheer squad at the Hornet homecoming game, seconds before the team bursted through the sign.

Sports

Sports Roundup | Oct. 14 – 18

Last week’s sports scores and meet results.

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

A kingly costume | Shiers

If the hat fits…

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An article of the Enumclaw School District’s first Homecoming in the school paper.

Life

Enumclaw’s very first Homecoming

Starring comedian Bob Hope.

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

A monster of a tax | Shiers

80,000 small businesses are going to feel the boot. Or claw.

Marianne Binetti, “The Compleat Home Gardener”

Life

Don’t waste those leaves — keep them for mulch | The Compleat Home Gardener

Also, some suggestions on usual daffodils to plant now for sprint enjoyment.

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Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Editorial cartoon failed to represent our community

Reader Jan Oertel criticizes the depiction of modern protestors.

Image courtesy Foothills Rails to Trails Coalition

Life

Pierce County, Foothills Rails to Trails Coalition host trail clean-up

Join other nature lovers on Oct. 25 to clean up the Foothills Trail.

A bust of George Washington lies tipped over on the third floor of the Washington state Capitol building in Olympia, after a vandal broke in and caused damage on Sunday night. (Photo courtesy of Department of Enterprise Services)

Northwest

Man accused of vandalizing WA Capitol undergoes mental health evaluation

A Washington man suspected of breaking into and vandalizing the state Capitol is undergoing a mental health evaluation,…