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Sen. John Braun’s complaint about one-party rule in Olympia needs an answer.
What the senator really means to complain about is one party rule when it isn’t his party. He is a Republican.
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3/4/26
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Our country has become an oligarchy.
A small group of extremely wealthy individuals effectively control our country. Our electoral system allows vast amounts of money to be used to influence the …
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3/4/26
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KELA Let’s Talk About It caller: “President Trump does not hate anyone.”
Well, “our President says many things.”
I’ll wager that our stable genius “was only joking” and …
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3/4/26
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Washington’s proposed income tax (AKA “millionaires’ income tax,” Senate Bill 6346) is being promoted as a measure aimed at the ultra-wealthy. But for many small and mid-sized construction …
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By Jeff Tiegs / Associated General Contractors of Washington
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3/3/26
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Before Vermont native Lewis Davis settled west of Chehalis, the land known as Claquato — or high prairie — served as a burial ground for the Chehalis Tribe.
And for 170 years, the Claquato …
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3/2/26
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It may seem strange to be paying attention to something going on in Oregon, but it is important that we do.
It seems our Washington state Legislature likes to play “follow the leader” …
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Commentary by Maureen Harkcom / For The Chronicle
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3/2/26
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There are some loves that come early in life.
And there are some that arrive after life has done its reshaping.
Connie and I met later in life — two marriages later for me. By then, I had …
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Commentary by Richard Stride
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3/2/26
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The power of narratives is compelling. Humans trust story tellers and respond to stories more than facts. But, narratives can manipulate the public into supporting misguided policies with dire …
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By Matt McIlwain
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3/2/26
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’Twas a touch rainy last Saturday morning, a good day to stay hunkered down. But I had business in town, so up I arose to leave the comforts of home and hearth. Into Centralia I went.
I’m …
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Commentary by Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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2/27/26
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Based on what we’ve seen from the Senate’s majority Democrats, the final version of the new operating budget that emerges from Olympia this year will top out at over $80 billion.
If so, …
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By Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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2/27/26
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There has been a lot of commentary on the pages of The Chronicle about taxes lately. However, none of the commentators have addressed the new tax we have been levied in Lewis County. One that came …
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2/27/26
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In the first months after cancer treatment ends, people often ask the same question: How does it feel to be done?
It’s an understandable question. We like clean endings. We like the idea that …
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By Wayne Fournier
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2/27/26
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By the time most of us learn the name George Washington in Lewis County, we’ve already heard the story: Centralia was founded by a formerly enslaved Black pioneer who traveled west to escape racial …
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By Zac Eckstein
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2/27/26
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On behalf of the Centralia School District, I would like to express my profound gratitude to our Centralia community for the recent passage of our school levy.
While the margin was close, the …
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2/27/26
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Accountability, accountability, accountability.
This word slips repeatedly out of the mouths of Lewis County Commissioners Scott Brummer and Sean Swope with no less velvety smoothness than a …
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2/27/26
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Washington has been down this road before.
In 2016, voters were presented with Initiative 1501, marketed as a commonsense measure to protect seniors from identity theft.
The …
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By Matthew Hayward / Freedom Foundation
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2/23/26
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This column is about preserving history and conserving wildlife and the woman whose life bridges both the local past and its future — Janice Davis Duncan Erickson.
She is a direct descendant …
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Commentary by Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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2/23/26
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If one thing is certain, it's that when it comes to the government, rarely is spending the problem.
No, they just do not have enough taxes.
In my view, this is almost a universal …
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Commentary by John McCroskey / For The Chronicle
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2/23/26
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Washington’s proposed 9.9% “millionaire tax” is being marketed as a tax on the wealthy, but the truth is far more consequential and insidious for every resident, including retirees whose income …
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2/23/26
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President’s Day was last week.
On this day, Americans think about the great presidents of the past. However, our current president and his predecessor have been extremely unpopular.
In …
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2/23/26
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