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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…

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Coast Chronicles: Pandemic remembrances

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

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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…

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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…

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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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Animal Shelter Report: Rosie wants to be your best buddy

If you’re looking for a furry friend who will bring endless joy, love, and laughter into your life,…

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Elementary, my dear — Public Education: The last bastion of democracy


I first became aware that education and democracy were intertwined in my eighth-grade civics class at E Street…

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Guest Column: ‘Drama of darkness and the wind’s discontent’

Here at the Old Folks Home, as my high school friend realistically reminds us, the power went off…

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Coast Chronicles: Our Town

It was a dark and stormy night We had a doozy of a storm last week. First our…

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Animal Shelter Report: Come meet the ‘Pibble-Doodles’

Looking for a designer dog without the designer price tag? Meet Duane, Jamison and Major. These are one-of-a-kind,…

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