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Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, warrants praise for standing on the side of truth in the wake of a Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
While some members of her party have tried …
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The Columbian Editorial Board
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5/24/21
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On Monday, Gov. Jay Inslee signed two major carbon-reduction bills in a giddy bill-signing ceremony at Shoreline Community College. One creates a carefully constructed cap-and-trade system and the …
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Kate Riley / The Seattle Times
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5/22/21
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To know where we are going, we must know how we got here. Many were surprised by the Washington Supreme Court’s ruling in Blake; however, Washington state was the last state with a strict …
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5/21/21
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A giant fell this week in Lewis County when Michael Roewe died.
The man had an imposing voice and bearing, but if you could stop shaking long enough in Judge Roewe’s presence, you …
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By Coralee Taylor / CEO CT Publishing
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5/21/21
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When the phone rings and it’s Michael Dolan, nurseryman extraordinaire and owner of Burnt Ridge Nursery, I know it’s going to be an enjoyable conversation.
Michael called me recently …
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By Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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5/21/21
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A few weeks ago I wrote a column titled “TransAlta Reneging on Promise of Using Mine Land for Economic Development.”
I detailed decades of TransAlta promises to give land from its …
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By Michael Wagar / For The Chronicle
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5/21/21
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With long-sought climate change bills finally on Gov. Jay Inslee's desk, he whipped out his veto pen Monday and deleted provisions essential to legislative approval. The action trashed a sensible …
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The Seattle Times Editorial Board
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5/20/21
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As someone who has spent a “few” years in broadcasting, I’ve become slightly irritated by consumer abuse in advertising.
What is the percentage of people who write TV ads that …
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By Bill Moeller / For The Chronicle
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5/19/21
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When Congress established the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) in 1935, it was intended to provide temporary and partial income replacement for workers who lost their jobs through no fault of …
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By Don C. Brunell
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5/18/21
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Last week’s vote to oust Rep. Liz Cheney from a top leadership position in the Republican Party left me wondering what happened to the party I once endorsed, the party of high moral values, the …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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5/17/21
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May 2021 is a bit early to talk seriously of the 2022 elections, let alone those in 2024, so take the following with a grain of salt.
Gov. Jay Inslee is signaling he will try to do something no …
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Jim Camden / The Spokesman-Review
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5/16/21
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Unbridled by the transparency and accountability that in-person lawmaking provides, Democrats in Olympia enacted their most radical agenda ever in the recent legislative session.
Among the bevy …
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“Sowing in the morning, sowing seeds of kindness...”
— Knowles Shaw, 1874, “Bringing in the Sheaves”
On Thursday, Gov. Jay Inslee announced that most …
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5/14/21
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Years ago when I was executive editor of The Chronicle, we also published the monthly Senior Dynamics, which covered all the senior centers in Lewis County.
From time to time, mostly when I was …
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Since this pandemic started and the government shut down many businesses, they at first seemed surprised that unemployment went up.
That only further eroded my confidence in the brain trust …
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Would you like to help me write a column? Or maybe two or more?
I’ve never made it a secret that I’ve stayed in Lewis County because it’s close enough to cities where we …
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By Bill Moeller / For The Chronicle
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5/12/21
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For more than a year, we have adjusted to life with COVID-19, waiting with great anticipation for the arrival of vaccines.
And now, with vaccines here and all Washingtonians 16 years or older …
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By Dr. David Stanfield
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5/12/21
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Although she didn’t want an obituary or a funeral, Helen Holloway would have enjoyed herself Friday evening when her friends gathered at the rural Chehalis home of Kevin and Debbie Schinnell to …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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5/10/21
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The coronavirus pandemic has shown us how easy it is to take things for granted. Family barbecues, baseball games and kids going to school are just a few examples.
As some of our old way of life …
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I was pleasantly surprised to pick up Thursday’s edition of The Chronicle and read that columnist John McCroskey has decided to take up writing opinion pieces once again.
Then I read his …
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