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On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941 — 81 years ago today — the forces of Imperial Japan struck the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Some 2,400 Americans were killed in the surprise …
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By The Columbian Editorial Board
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12/7/22
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I am encouraging the family of Aron Christensen to reach out to other news organizations since they are not receiving any answers here in Lewis County.
What is happening is negligence on …
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12/5/22
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Letter writer Bruce Peterson completely misses the point too — more than he thinks writer Kimball Shinkosky did.
The Second Amendment allows a “well-regulated militia” to keep …
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12/5/22
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With our daughter in her senior year at Washington State University this year, my husband and I drove twice in November to Pullman for football games, where she performed in the Cougar Marching …
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12/5/22
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In case readers' memories are as short as mine or possibly they were not around at the time, there have been many stolen elections, presidential and otherwise.
Real or imagined, history …
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12/2/22
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We are so lucky to live in Washington with Bob Ferguson as our attorney general. He finds all types of politically-based lawsuits to file, but appears to have little interest in making utilities …
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12/2/22
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Letter writer Kimball Shinkosky has missed the point in the letter to the editor published Thursday concerning ownership of "assault weapons" such as the AR-15.
The Second Amendment was put …
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12/2/22
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When the Fort Borst Park Christmas lights turn on this weekend for the first time in 2022, many folks will deserve thanks.
The first guy in line to do the thanking is also the first guy in …
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12/2/22
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Gun owners say that if society takes away their AR-15 style automatic weapons, next comes rifles, handguns, knives and finally every last slingshot and peashooter in America.
I have read some …
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11/30/22
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Why is there a shroud of secrecy around the investigation of Aron Christensen's death? We expect elected officials to be transparent in all their decisions and actions while in office. It is apparent …
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11/30/22
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Native nations are on the front lines of climate change. The impacts have reached our shores and are forcing us to leave traditional lands behind.
Sea level rise, flooding, erosion, intensity of …
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By Ed Johnstone / Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission.
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11/30/22
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The good news is, despite higher prices, inflation and safety concerns, more Christmas shoppers are browsing online but making in-store purchases.
The National Retail Federation (NRF) …
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By Don Brunell
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11/30/22
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About Mineral Lake: Do not repeat Lake Stevens history in Snohomish County.
Thirty years ago, it had trees along the shoreline. Now it is cheek by jowl McMansions and ever increasing …
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11/28/22
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Thanks to letter writer Joel Muencheau for the honor of mentioning me in the same paragraph as John Fetterman, the courageous Democratic senator-elect from Pennsylvania. Fetterman suffered a serious …
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11/28/22
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During the general election earlier this month, nearly 60 percent of Morton voters opted to leave the Timberland Regional Library District, reversing a decision a decade ago to pay taxes to support …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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11/28/22
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This is in response to the commentary on Oct. 29 by Dr. Bob Mohrbacher, president of Centralia College, on sports.
I am not anti-sports; I enjoy them and participated in them all happily in …
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11/25/22
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I want to applaud Chronicle columnist Julie McDonald for her excellent guest commentary focused on the Republican Party, Donald Trump and more.
Her no-holds-barred objective summary of …
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11/25/22
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As many of us were sitting in our warm houses preparing checklists for grocery shopping and cooking to celebrate Thanksgiving, there is a stark reminder for the family and friends of Aron Christensen …
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11/25/22
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Recently, I happened upon the point being made that green energy is just too complicated: It takes more time, money and energy to produce than what it yields. It's not like our fossil fuels that can …
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11/25/22
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Longtime readers of The Chronicle are probably very familiar with the work of Doug Blosser, even if his name rarely appeared in the newspaper.
Blosser, who died earlier this month at age …
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11/25/22
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