March 13-19 marks “Sunshine Week,” an annual event highlighting the importance of open government — from city hall to Congress.
When St. Patrick’s Day rolls around (March 17), the Irish have lots to celebrate. Ireland is still clean and green….
It’s not often that we see an athlete at the top of his (her) game walk away from a multi-million…
Since 1987, when a pen stroke by President Ronald Reagan proclaimed March as National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, great strides…
I sure hope the predictions are right that COVID-19 and all its relatives will move on from being an epidemic…
I see this horse every other Wednesday when I’m on my way to my writer’s critique group. He is not…
The mountain of money keeps getting bigger. In mid-February, state officials released the latest economic forecast and it showed revenue…
My mentor Billy Frank Jr. always said salmon are the measuring stick of our survival.
Washington state’s Board of Natural Resources is considering banning timber harvesting on state lands. That is extremely unwise. Instead, the…
My husband and I had the good fortune to spend a week in a remote small French village early in…
As you know, February is the month when we celebrate Valentine’s Day, acknowledging the loving relationships in our lives. Before…
We are in fact, closer to 2050 than 1990. And getting further from 1990 and closer to 2050 by the…
When Toyota speaks, car buyers listen. Hopefully, our elected officials will as well.