Columns

Column: Keeping this fish on local menus requires U.S. leadership

Summer is here and family barbecues will be in full bloom, with albacore tuna being a tradition for…

Letters

Letter: Court’s ayatollahs show true colors

“Sex before marriage? Not in my book!” said Noah Webster. Probably apocryphal, but pretty much the expectation, if…

Letters

Letter: No excuse for lax civilian gun laws

Another Fourth of July, another mass shooting. Given the circumstances, there will be more such shootings, many times…

Columns

Coast Chronicles: Thoughts on Independence Day

We, the people, must redeem The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers. The mountains and the endless…

Letters

Letter: Don’t let ‘experts’ deny common sense

America now has a member on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who claimed not to…

Columns

Animal Shelter Report: Special Jindo pup Jusan is Pet of the Week

This unique young dog came to us last year from a rescue organization in California. Jindos are a…

Editorials

From the editor’s desk

In our news-planning meeting last week, my reporters and I reminisced about childhood Fourth of July experiences. I’m…

Columns

Elementary, my dear… Word! Wordle! Wordler!

In the 1920s it was the Charleston. In the 50s it was the drive-in movies. In the 90s…

Editorials

Editorial: In the face of punishing inflation, state must ease up on taxes

Washington state government is rolling in the dough, anticipating collecting $1.5 billion more in taxes over the next…

Letters

Letter of Thanks: Masterton family appreciates all who helped

Thank you to all who helped ease our loss in the death of our beloved Larry. MASTERTON FAMILY

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