Majority Democrats in Olympia last week released their plans to add more than $1 billion to the state’s 2019-21 operating…
Washington and Oregon lawmakers want to end their legislative sessions; however, accounting for the costs of carbon emissions is a…
Don Brunell’s recent column titled “Dams are the Northwest’s Flood Busters” (Sequim Gazette, Feb. 19, page A-10) relies on fear-mongering,…
Ongoing political debates. Looming ecological threats. It’s hard to escape the uneasiness of some news.
Now that you might be quarantined for the entire length of your journey, cruising doesn’t sound as much fun as…
Employers are looking at additional benefits to help workers who are stressed out over paying rent, transportation and food, and…
Following the second or was it the third time my relative’s car was slammed into by an uninsured driver, I…
When emotions run high, is civility or a civil discussion still possible? Why do we find ourselves reacting emotionally to…
In last month’s column (January 2020), I wrote about housing concerns. At the end I said this month I would…
In marathon floor sessions lasting late into the evening, including a rare Sunday session in the House, lawmakers approved more…
This is supposed to be a column focused on water conservation by the local agricultural sector, but with all the…
State lawmakers introduced nearly 4,000 bills over the past two legislative sessions, but as of last this session’s cut-off deadline…
A year ago, much of America’s heartland was inundated by Missouri River flood waters. At least 1 million acres of…