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On the first day of the Association of Washington Business’s (AWB) annual bus tour celebrating manufacturers, we visited a family-owned company in the Vancouver area called TigerStop … more
America needs a statesperson of the stature, capability and perspective of Daniel J. Evans as our next president. Dan Evans died on Sept. 20 at the age of 98 after serving as Washington … more
Nearly 240 booksellers from throughout the Pacific Northwest gathered a week ago at the Holiday Inn on the Columbia River in Portland to meet authors, browse books and learn about the latest in … more
All four of the citizen initiatives on the upcoming general election ballot would let people keep more of their own money. That alone is a good reason to support each. Initiative 2124 stands out … more
If you missed the good news, according to recently released FBI statistics violent crime in the United States dropped the past year. This has been a positive multi-year trend since 2019. … more
It’s easy to think it won’t happen to us — until it does. For me, it was when my mother had an unexpected massive stroke. We were both caught totally unprepared. I was … more
Chance encounters with people who are soul-stirring happen all the time. I walked into Safeway one morning and headed straight for the bakery to the bagel section. I put my favorite bagel, … more
After a health scare in January and surviving a stent procedure in March, I decided it’s time to start knocking off items from my bucket list. I’ve always wanted to cruise through … more
It’s been several years since my children playfully informed me on my birthday that I was halfway through life — and that’s if I’m lucky. Another birthday has come around … more
There are many reasons to repeal Washington’s tax on income from capital gains by approving Initiative 2109. One is that Washington voters, when asked about an income tax, have already … more
Whether you call it a ban or a significant deterrent to future natural gas consumption, voter approval of Initiative 2066 (I-2066) in Washington may be only the first giant pothole to fill. The next … more
Twin Cities Rotary partnered with the Rotary Club of Chandigarh Midtown to update the Singpura Ges (government elementary school). Our club has always been composed of individuals who are … more
Financial exploitation of vulnerable adults has been on the rise generally within law enforcement, and especially within our agency.  The Washington State Gambling Commission (WSGC) has … more
Longtime Chehalis resident Gail Shaw, who died in June 2014, used to speak of Chehalis as a vortex that draws good strong leaders to the community. Among those leaders was Shaw himself; Larry … more
Eighty years ago, a lawyer who had fled to the United States from Poland a few years earlier combined an ancient Greek word and a Latin word to make a new term: genocide. The word was coined … more
“We recognize that there are no trivial occurrences in life if we get the right focus on them.” — Mark Twain Bill Moeller, who traveled the land in the garb and words of … more
This year, Washington state voters will have the historic opportunity to vote on four initiatives at the top of their ballot. One of those initiatives, Initiative 2124, would give workers the ability … more
As Americans, we enjoy the privilege of living in a democratic republic where our voices matter. The privilege to cast our votes was not simply granted to us without struggle; it was a right … more
This past summer, I worked on a small project to preserve and archive the interviews of one of our special collections, the Veterans History Project. Most of the interviews were of veterans who … more
Nearly a dozen fiction and nonfiction authors chatted in the TransAlta Commons on Sept. 6 with people who enjoy reading and signed books during an Evening with Authors, sponsored by the Lewis County … more
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