Working for the Bureau of Land Management as an initial attack firefighter during my summers in college, you would learn pretty fast how to properly move the hose to quickly fight the flame. During …
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By Madi Clark
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12/11/24
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One of the most significant shifts from our recent elections is America is headed back to an “all of the above” strategy that expands our energy options rather than further restricting …
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By Don Brunell / For The Chronicle
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12/11/24
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In response to 16-year-old Samantha Falkner's letter to the editor on Nov. 28:
Young lady, you should thank your mother every day for deciding to not abort you. If she had, you would have no …
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12/11/24
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I, like everyone who reads this letter, am against graft in our government.
I also support our legal right to a “presumption of innocence,” which means that an accused person is …
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12/11/24
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I was saddened to learn of the premature death of Daryl Lund, who as noted, loomed large in the life of Chehalis for most of his 63 years.
In my mind, he was a humble, kind and gentle giant who …
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12/9/24
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I would encourage the Lewis County commissioners to be very careful regarding modifications to current 911 funding.
The new 911 center will require from four to five years (yes, years) to bring …
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12/9/24
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Stalking is a terrifying violation of personal safety and privacy, affecting millions of people each year. The emotional toll it takes on victims is profound, causing anxiety, depression and even …
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12/9/24
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Not long ago, a 15-year-old star quarterback in Alabaster, Alabama, named Trent Seaborn was given an offer that seemed impossible to refuse.
This student is the reigning All-County First Team …
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12/9/24
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As I sit down at my table typing away while fighting the urge to not just give up on this assignment completely and go to bed knowing I would still only get six hours of sleep tonight, I let out a …
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12/9/24
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It wasn’t long ago that Washington state lawmakers were awash in a multi-billion-dollar budget surplus thanks to a surprisingly strong rebound from the pandemic lockdown and a flood of federal …
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By Kris Johnson, Association of Washington Business
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12/9/24
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When I think of Daryl Lund, I’ll always remember his grin.
That was how he greeted everyone and nearly everything that came at him in life, I think.
Something about that …
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Commentary by Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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12/9/24
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Of all the public policy issues legislators wrestle with, the issue of chronic homelessness is easily among the most frustrating.
It’s frustrating to think of all the billions of tax …
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Commentary by Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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12/6/24
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I am a little late with this letter to the editor, but nevertheless, it needs to be said.
I am writing in defense of Dr. Guito C. Winfield, who was accused of malpractice by the Washington …
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12/6/24
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I’m very disappointed that the City of Centralia has chosen not to put up the Christmas lights across Tower Avenue this year.
They need new lights and can’t be bothered to go get …
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12/6/24
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I find it ironic that coming a day after our local radio personalities gleefully assured us that the Biden Era of evil, budget-busting subsidies will soon subside and evaporate, we get an article …
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12/6/24
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One of the most profound scientific discoveries of the 20th century revealed that mass is simply an extremely concentrated form of energy. Scientists even determined that the energy in any given …
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12/6/24
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This editorial board was impressed by the words of Lewis County Public Utility District (PUD) Commissioner Michael Kelly, who has always said he was there to look out for the ratepayers.
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By The Chronicle Editorial Board
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12/4/24
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There are a lot of things that we may disagree on. That’s healthy. That’s freedom of opinion.
One common belief that I think most of us do agree on is that if you work hard at your …
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By Steven Tifft / For The Chronicle
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12/4/24
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Tribes in western Washington have asked the state to restructure the Fish and Wildlife Commission, which is standing in the way of true co-management.
The 1974 Boldt decision in U.S. v. …
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By Ed Johnstone / Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
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12/4/24
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Have you ever thought about the fact that we all have an inner child?
Dr. Eric Berne, father of transactional analysis (TA), believed that our childhood experiences — how we were parented, …
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By Richard Stride
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12/2/24
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