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Letter to the Editor: Project 2025: A recap of the first wild weeks

Reader Shawn Johnson asks if voters really wanted this.

Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.

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.

Brier Dudley, "The Free Press Initiative"

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.

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

Clothes make the man (and woman) | Shiers

The Donald Loomis Memorial Clothing Bank has been helping dress Plateau residents for three decades.

Rich Elfers, "In Focus"

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…

Brier Dudley, "The Free Press Initiative"

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?

Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He is a former president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver. Contact thebrunells@msn.com.

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.…

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

As if gas prices were bad enough | Shiers

WA Democrats are proposing to impose a milage tax.

Rich Elfers, "In Focus"

Opinion

Are we setting the stage for a modern Executive Order 9066? | In Focus

“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.”

Brier Dudley, "The Free Press Initiative"

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.

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

Care to buy a permit? | Shiers

The city of Buckley’s budget relies on a permit boom.

Rich Elfers, "In Focus"

Opinion

Disasters are inevitable. Communities are the solution | In Focus

No man is an island, especially in the face of mother nature.

Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.

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.