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What a difference a year makes.
As Washington emerges from the pandemic, one of the biggest challenges facing many employers is finding enough qualified workers.
It’s a dramatic shift …
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By Kris Johnson
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7/16/21
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As I drove home from work in Olympia on Wednesday, I was a little surprised to see fire crews responding to a wildfire in the brush alongside the freeway in the urban area across the interstate from …
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I imagine many among us are tired of hearing old-timers reminisce about living through the Great Depression of the 1930s.
There aren’t many of us left, and we were still children when good …
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By Bill Moeller / For The Chronicle
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7/14/21
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As we crowded into hotel elevators the past two weekends, my husband and I both expressed relief and gratitude for the coronavirus vaccinations that have allowed life to return to some semblance of …
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Over the last 16 months, each one of us has suffered through the endless chaos and uncertainty of COVID-19 and the seemingly endless monarchical restrictions that have affected every facet of our …
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As climate change concerns grow, researchers are turning to small tree farmers for help. Actually, they have been helping for nearly a century, but their efforts have largely gone unrecognized. …
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By Don Brunell
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7/12/21
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Politicians often say things they wish they hadn’t. Sometimes we’re trying to be funny and the humor falls flat. Sometimes anger or frustration gets the better of us. And sometimes, a …
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Maternal health care in the United States is frankly a disgrace, and Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler deserves credit for keeping a legislative spotlight shining on the issue.
According to the Maternal …
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The Columbian Editorial Board
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7/12/21
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Any positive effect of the lockdowns and mask requirements, while not zero, was primarily due to personal efforts, not government mandates. Throughout the pandemic, people made personal choices to …
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The debate over the teaching of critical race theory in our schools is raging.
Some believe critical race theory is being taught and is an attempt to teach children in our public schools to hate …
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The elected board of the Chehalis School District has responded to the concerns of parents and passed a resolution banning the teaching of controversial Critical Race Theory in public school …
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As a kid growing up, it was a much simpler time.
There were only a couple channels on TV, there was no internet and I had two parents who loved me enough to smack my butt when I had it …
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Commentary by John McCroskey / For The Chronicle
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7/7/21
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In 1860, Mary Borst moved into a not-yet-completed white mansion her husband built for her on the banks of the Chehalis River in present-day Centralia.
Although the Borsts educated their …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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7/5/21
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It's a great day in Washington.
As I write this, our Seattle Mariners have a winning record and T-Mobile Stadium is now fully back open for fans as widespread vaccinations are helping us slowly …
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By Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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7/2/21
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Washington’s long delay to reopening has seemed very arbitrary. There isn’t anything scientific about June 30 in the fight against COVID, but hitting that date on the calendar is the …
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By Jason Mercier
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7/2/21
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COVID-weary Washingtonians of all backgrounds can lay aside their differences this week as our state emerges from a 15-month, multi-phase lockdown. We'll gladly mark the June 30 milestone with the …
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The News Tribune Editorial Board
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7/1/21
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A few years ago, I wrote about the Bataan Death March in World War II as a prime example of man’s inhumanity to man.
Later, I wrote about atrocities on both sides in the Spanish-American …
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By Bill Moeller / For The Chronicle
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6/30/21
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How about some good news coming out of our record-breaking extreme heat wave?
Luckily, we live and work in the Pacific Northwest and are reaping the benefits from our well-connected power grid, …
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By Don Brunell
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6/30/21
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As snow flurries clouded the sky one winter night in early 1932, residents of Onalaska heard an unusual sound amid the quiet snowfall and, looking up, saw an airplane circling above in the frigid …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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6/28/21
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Gov. Jay Inslee's extension of a statewide eviction moratorium expands an overly broad policy and ignores legislation passed this year to balance the needs of renters and landlords.
Inslee last …
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The Columbian Editorial Board
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6/28/21
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