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Elementary, my dear… It’s spring again! But wait…
 can there be spring without hope?

Admittedly, I made a mistake. It was just a few weeks ago and I broke my own rule…

Editorials

Editorial: Support our marvelous state parks

It’s reasonable to say that no two counties in the Pacific Northwest are more reliant on state parks…

Columns

Coast Chronicles: On springing forward

I’m convinced that no one likes springing forward except dogs who get to eat an hour earlier. Here…

Letters

Letters to the Editor: March 19, 2025

Chaos sets stage for takeover of USA I keep hearing that no one understands the objective of the…

Columns

Budget reset: Stop the cycle of overspending — show voters the results

Shortly after being elected, Gov. Bob Ferguson convened a diverse transition team to advise him on priorities like…

Editorials

Editorial: Salmon recovery demands steadfast efforts

There is news to cheer and fret about as 2025 salmon seasons approach. Deserving at least mild applause,…

Columns

Coast Chronicles: Pandemic remembrances

In the beginning Humans got a slap upside the head in the first quarter of 2020 from a…

Columns

Editor’s Notebook: Ancient worlds surround us

Like the flickering special effects in the 1960 version of H.G. Wells’ “The Time Machine,” past ages unspool…

Columns

Editor’s Notebook: Talk to the animals; sometimes they talk back

A man who walks with the animals, talks with the animals, grunts and squeaks and squawks with the…

Columns

Coast Chronicles: News that’s fit to print: both good and sad

Spring has sprung The daffodils are beginning to bloom all along Bay Avenue. Last week we had several…

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