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Proposition brings out the heat

Heated words and accusations have been flying concerning Proposition No. 1, which asks Bonney Lake voters to decide…

Opinion

Sumner businesses can rely on each other

The start of a new year is like a clean slate. And now that last year is behind…

Opinion

Readers’ input is welcomed here

Fans of newspapers – and there are still plenty of dedicated readers out there, despite warnings to the…

Opinion

Consensus can hurt promises

With the legislature now meeting in Olympia and Barack Obama preparing his inaugural address, now might be a…

Opinion

Weather dampens inauguration history

There’s enough inherent drama in next week’s presidential inauguration that you might think it wouldn’t be necessary for…

Letters to the Editor

Bonney Lake-Sumner Letters to the Editor | Jan. 12

There has recently been one or more false reports circulated throughout the community and in The Courier-Herald that…

Opinion

Alive and kicking with local flavor

Fans of newspapers – and there are still plenty of dedicated readers out there, despite warnings to the…

Opinion

Change came quicker than some expected

Far back in the woebegone days of my childhood, small-town Enumclaw had a great deal of covert bigotry…

Opinion

Concensus can undermine faith and trust

With the Legislature now meeting in Olympia and Barack Obama preparing his inaugural address, now might be a…

Life

“Rich Like Them” provides wealth of motivation

“Rich Like Them” by Ryan D’Agostino, c.2008, Little, Brown, $25.99, 256 pages.

Life

Spray trees, roses now to prevent summer insects

The second week of January is a good time to spray fruit trees and roses for summer insects…

Tossing plastic grocery bags and replacing them with reusable cloth ones

Life

Plenty of ways to save money and the planet can be found in a home’s kitchen

We all need to eat – so why not start in the kitchen?

Life

The weather it is a-changin’ and it may be part of global warming

As my spine begged for mercy after another day recently spent shoveling snow, I asked myself a simple…