Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Project 2025: A recap of the first wild weeks
Reader Shawn Johnson asks if voters really wanted this.
Opinion
Oh, the things we say, but shouldn’t | Whale’s Tales
So many of my father’s advices, as he actually said them, I did not take.
Opinion
Incredible support for Washington bill for local journalism | The Free Press Initiative
The bill would provide yearly grants of around $13,000 to $15,000 per journalist to news organizations.
Opinion
Clothes make the man (and woman) | Shiers
The Donald Loomis Memorial Clothing Bank has been helping dress Plateau residents for three decades.
Opinion
Foreign aid freeze affects children all around the world | In Focus
My daughter works for an organization that helps kids in South Africa. Without USAID, these kids are at…
Opinion
The question of succession dogs small-town WA newspapers | The Free Press Initiative
Despite widespread mistrust of national media, people value their local papers. Is that enough to help them survive?
Opinion
LA’s wildfires must spark change in our neck of the woods | Brunell
The hurricane-force winds fueling fast-moving Southern California wildfires have exasperated firefighters in western states for over a century.…
Opinion
As if gas prices were bad enough | Shiers
WA Democrats are proposing to impose a milage tax.
Opinion
Are we setting the stage for a modern Executive Order 9066? | In Focus
“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.”
Opinion
A new Washington effort to help save local journalism | The Free Press Initiative
Senate Bill 5400 may not be a perfect solution, but it’s better than nothing.
Opinion
Disasters are inevitable. Communities are the solution | In Focus
No man is an island, especially in the face of mother nature.
Opinion
Confessions of a klutz: Was I cursed from the cradle? | Whale’s Tales
For most of my life, that’s how I felt about myself.