On Facebook some years ago, an unknown person started a “Thanksgiving Countdown.” Fortunately it caught on and was a great…
Pandemic still rages, so get your shots
Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota was never a darling of conservatives; however, in his later years he shocked fellow…
I received two responses (not published) through the Gazette to my recent column, “Is democracy worth saving?” (Oct. 6) that…
Lowering our flags to half-staff seems to be an all too familiar sight these days. It is a solemn act…
Now that we know a chemical in our car tires is killing salmon, we have to act urgently to keep…
The Senate is now deciding the fate of local news.
Gov. Jay Inslee’s end run around the legislature banning natural gas in new homes and commercial buildings is a bad…
Last month, I wrote about the difficulty of having to ask for help when you just can’t do it anymore….
When it comes to unresolved legal and personnel issues, privacy and transparency can’t seem to co-exist in the rule-laden environment…
Does it seem to you how the older we become the more concerned we are with our brain health? I…
The end of September is the end of the fiscal year for many, including our federal government. It also happens…
Michael Shannon Smith
