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I recently watched a new documentary on PBS by Ken Burns. It’s titled “The U.S. and the Holocaust.”
I have always loved Ken Burns documentaries because of the thoroughness in …
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By Richard Stride
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11/9/22
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When U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler narrowly lost to Joe Kent in the top-two primary election, I was disappointed but not surprised.
A lot of former president Donald Trump’s fans in the …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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11/7/22
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I received a call this week from Shannon Pancake, who is one of the good guys.
He is a husband, dad, volunteer soccer coach and Boy Scout Leader. He’s the kind of guy who donates his …
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By Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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11/5/22
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News headlines over the weekend broke my heart. After Tropical Storm Nalgae brought heavy rains that triggered landslides, at least 45 people in the Philippines died and many more remain missing. A …
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10/31/22
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Demand for electric vehicles (EVs) is soaring, accelerated by climate change concerns.
EVs reduce tailpipe emissions from cars, trucks and buses, which are responsible for 30 percent of our …
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By Don Brunell
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10/31/22
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Last week, I urged people to listen to a broad range of perspectives when it comes to how we should deal with wildfires and the smoke that has established itself as an unwelcome visitor to our late …
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By Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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10/28/22
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Long-term efforts to remove non-tribal commercial gillnets from the mainstem Columbia River have taken a big step forward with a multi-million-dollar commercial license-buyout program that was …
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By Sen. Lynda Wilson
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10/28/22
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Taking shape right outside my building is the new Multipurpose Athletic Fields. The fields will be the new home to Blazer baseball, softball and soccer. It will be the first home field for Centralia …
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10/28/22
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In a recent column, I mentioned the 1855 journey of Prussian Dr. Wilhelm Keil, who created a utopian community in Bethel, Missouri, and ventured west to establish a new one. He promised his …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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10/26/22
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Recently, a story appeared in The Chronicle about an officer in Centralia, Phil Reynolds, who was terminated for the second time for bad behavior.
In the first case, which included some …
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By John McCroskey / For The Chronicle
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10/26/22
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I wonder if “smoke season” will be our new normal.
For most of the past half dozen years or so, we’ve had days or weeks of choking smoke as summer ends. It usually hits in …
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By Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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10/21/22
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Swimming. Hiking. Singing around the campfire.
Those who have experienced a YMCA summer camp tell us these and other activities help create great memories and lifelong friendships.
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Gwen Ichinose Bagley / YMCA
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10/21/22
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The Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is rushing to approve a “carbon project” that would lease 10,000 acres of forested state trust lands in western Washington to private …
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By Matt Comisky / American Forest Resource Council
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10/21/22
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A window to apply for an exemption from a payroll tax that begins in July 2023 is still open, but it will only be open for about two more months. It closes Dec. 31. If you’re one of the people …
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By Elizabeth Hovde / Washington Policy Center
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10/20/22
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Ballots are mailing out this week. I think I can already hear the rustling of this newspaper being turned to something else because that old duffer, Moeller, is going to bore us again with another …
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By Bill Moeller / For The Chronicle
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10/20/22
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With Russian President Vladimir Putin cutting off natural gas supplies, northern Europeans are scrambling and reverting to firewood to heat their homes, boil water and cook. It is rapidly becoming a …
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By Don Brunell
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10/20/22
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For nearly a century, the Sentinel statue in Centralia’s Washington Park has shared one version of what happened on the streets of Centralia Nov. 11, 1919, when gunfire killed four American …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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10/17/22
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As county and city leaders work in concert, engaging cooperatively with community stakeholders, state and federal officials, other municipalities and leaders already addressing homelessness issues, …
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By Sean Swope
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10/17/22
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When the Legislature meets in January, it should do an about-face on another social program that isn’t carrying its financial weight as promised. Instead, there are plans and recommendations to …
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By Elizabeth Hovde / Washington Policy Center
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10/14/22
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As clashes between wolves and cattle continue this fall, the discovery of six poisoned wolves in Stevens County and the hearing of arguments that could end grazing in the Colville National Forest by …
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By Pam Lewison
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10/12/22
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