Columns

Elementary, my dear… Now that I’m old, I’d much rather be an elder than be elderly!

It’s probably not politically correct anymore, but when I was a kid back in the first half of…

Columns

Animal Shelter Report: Fore! The Furrballs Golf Tournament

Our supporters say that this is one of our most enjoyable fund raising events! This year’s tournament will…

Columns

Coast Chronicles: Life In the Slow Lane

Dog days Just last week I was talking about these amazingly buzzy summer days, full of activities and…

Editorials

From the editor’s desk

I tell reporters to look for every side of a story and be respectful to everyone. This is…

Letters

Letter: Writer stresses message about Chinook recognition

A fanciful notion and the words the Observer substituted for the very heart of the message of my…

Letters

Letter: Port chairman breaks attendee’s camera system

Well, another strange Port of Peninsula meeting today, June 26. Without any knowledge of how many of the…

Columns

Guest column: Shutting down salmon trollers won’t save endangered orcas

Over 20 years ago, I was hired to enlist support from Southeast Alaska communities for removal of the…

Letters

Letter: A Long Beach 4th of July

Fireworks, beer, and ice are bought. Lodging plans are made. Lugnut trucks and RVs head across the bridge…

Editorials

From the editor’s desk

Pursuing difficult stories and following up on them are positive traits of any meaningful news operation, and Chinook…

Letters

Letter: New sales tax won’t help local housing issues

Adding more sales tax to our already high tax is not the answer to the cost of housing…

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