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Guest column: LA’s devastating wildfires must spark change
The hurricane-force winds fueling fast-moving Southern California wildfires have exasperated firefighters in western states for over a century. ...
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Time Out For Faith: Believe by singing through 2025
When we feel like we need a “pick up” physically, we have many choices. For some its a ...
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Commentary: WA lawmakers have options to close colossal budget gap
The definition of insanity, the aphorism goes, is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting ...
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Editor’s Notebook: Life on river holds enduring lessons
As a teenager I admired “The Foxfire Book” and a string of sequels, a cross between oral history ...
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Animal Shelter Report: Hidden gems among our kitties
Our shelter is home to some truly special cats who are often overlooked simply because they’re a little ...
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Coast Chronicles: The future’s secret sauce
What’s ahead? We made it through January 6, 2025, though for many of us our memories are full ...
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Editor’s Notebook: Our roads are paved with skulls
As another presidency and Congress end without curing the contemptible injustice of leaving the Chinook Indian Nation unrecognized, ...
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Animal Shelter Report: Meet Nemah: The Queen of Cuddles!
At just eight months old, Nemah is a beautiful shepherd mix with a heart as big as her ...
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Coast Chronicles: Jimmy Carter, a man for all seasons
“There’s so many shortages we don’t know what to do we’re outa gas and coffee beans and outa ...
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Guest Column: Big investments going to nuclear power
In 2025, big investment money is going to nuclear power to offset the loss of reliable electricity from ...