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Lynnette Hoffman, the editor of the newspaper formerly known as The Town Crier, is known for her embarrassing antics and lack of credibility.
I don’t take her seriously.
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I suspect that there are those people among us to whom keeping track of random thoughts is a worthwhile way to spend an hour or two every now and then.
For me, some things have a sort of …
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By Bill Moeller / For The Chronicle
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8/18/21
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I don’t know if you’ve ever tried to read a piece of legislation, but often they are a painfully incoherent collection of legalese and big words most of us can’t make heads or tails …
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I’m told Clark County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jeremy Brown had strong opinions about the new state laws that are forcing major changes in how law-enforcement officers do their jobs.
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Time is short, but action is necessary.
Gov. Jay Inslee and Democrats who control the state Legislature need to postpone implementing the sweeping “Long-Term Services and Supports Trust …
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I’m not a cat person. I never have been, probably in large part because I’m allergic to furry felines, or more accurately, their dander. We always owned dogs but never cats.
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Hello Thurston County! I hope you are finding ways to stay cool in this hot weather we are having this week.
On Aug. 12, I issued a masking directive for Thurston County and joined health officers …
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By Dr. Dimyana Abdelmalek
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8/15/21
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Editor’s Note: Senate Republican Leader John Braun, R-Centralia, and House Republican Leader J.T. Wilcox, R-Yelm, issued the following statement in response to insistence from Democrats that …
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I began the week feeling like a guy who conquered a mountain. The Fire District 5 property tax levy in my home area of rural Napavine south of Chehalis was passing by a single vote.
I’m a …
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By Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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8/13/21
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British author Diana Wynne Jones once said: "If you take myth and folklore, and these things that speak in symbols, they can be interpreted in so many ways that although the actual image is clear …
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The Columbian Editorial Board
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8/13/21
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Uppers and downers seemed to follow each other over last weekend.
They started with a “downer” when the column I had submitted for last Thursday had already been used.
Chalk it …
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By Bill Moeller / For The Chronicle
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8/11/21
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There is no doubt the issue dominating the news and our email inboxes is the governor’s recent vaccination mandate, issued on Aug. 9. We share the concern many constituents in the 20th …
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When we talk about how to recover salmon, the math should be simple. The protection of existing habitat plus restoration of degraded habitat should equal a net gain in ecosystem function, leading to …
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Back in May, Gov. Jay Inslee celebrated a big win on climate legislation as he signed into law two bills meant to reduce the state's carbon emissions. But before doing so, he vetoed key provisions in …
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By The Seattle Times Editorial Board
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8/10/21
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When I spoke with Lewis County Commissioner Lindsey Pollock a week ago, she said commissioners are extra cautious about commenting on a topic when it might be perceived as violating the Open Public …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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8/9/21
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In recent weeks, the Chehalis School Board has faced criticism on a pair of topics it has little control over: critical race theory and state-mandated language on inclusion for students, including …
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Lewis County has a housing shortage.
As elected officials, we are assisting an effort to find solutions to the whole housing pipeline — how we shelter people lacking housing, how to move …
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I hope many of you have had a chance to visit the Lewis County Historical Museum and its new exhibit on our area’s most noteworthy women, past and present.
For those of you who missed last …
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8/6/21
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No amount of money can bring back the half million Americans who have died as a result of the opioid epidemic. But the proposed settlements by the corporations that helped fuel the crisis make a …
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By The Seattle Times Editorial Board
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8/4/21
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The 2020 Tokyo Olympics were billed as the “Hydrogen Olympics!” Then along came COVID-19 and sporting events worldwide were put on hold. The summer games were delayed until 2021. …
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