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Ever since I received my recycling container, which, as I recall, I never asked for, I’ve wondered about this whole recycling business.
Is it really of value?
Years later, I …
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Commentary bu John McCroskey / For The Chronicle
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5/28/25
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After reading letter writer Mitch Townsend's war cry on the May 21 Chronicle editorial page — "We are the final guardians of liberty and freedom" — I could not agree with him more.
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5/28/25
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I saw a clearcut in my Olympia neighborhood. It was ugly. It damaged a salmon stream. It destroyed habitat. And nobody but a few investors looking to make a buck benefitted.
The kids in …
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5/28/25
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Decades ago, when my son was a toddler, his grandfather from Whatcom County visited our home for three weeks at a time. As they sat at the kitchen table for breakfast, my son shouted for me.
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Commentary by Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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5/26/25
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As summer nears and schools wind down for break, families across Washington state are preparing for what has traditionally been the most affordable kind of vacation: time spent in the great outdoors.
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Commentary by state Rep. Peter Abbarno, R-Centralia
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5/26/25
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I would like to spare anyone else the trouble I’ve gone through with a passport scam.
In an effort to expedite the Real ID driver’s license (DMV isn’t taking appointments until …
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5/26/25
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Every year around this time, I find myself pausing. Not just because the calendar says it's a three-day weekend, or because the grill needs to be cleaned because of mold, a Pacific Northwest thing, …
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Commentary by Richard J. Stride / For The Chronicle
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5/26/25
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There was a lot of intrigue in Washington state as citizens and businesses waited to see what Gov. Bob Ferguson would do with the record tax increases lawmakers sent to his desk this year. Despite …
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By Jason Mercier / Mountain States Policy Center
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5/24/25
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I’ll be honest. When I first heard about the proposal by Hope Housing Collaborative to let families sleep in cars parked overnight in church parking lots, I had doubts.
And I wasn’t …
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Commentary by Chad Taylor / For The Chronicle
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5/23/25
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When someone makes a statement that simply is not true, I tend to call it that, rather than say it’s a lie.
If the state budget shortfall is nowhere near $16 billion, yet someone claims it …
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Commentary by Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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5/23/25
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I am the manager for the Lewis County Drug Court and Family Recovery Court (LCDC and FRC) Programs. Our programs are well supported by this community, the Foundation for Therapeutic Courts of Lewis …
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5/23/25
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It’s been many years since I watched the movie “Saving Private Ryan,” but the last scene still sticks with me.
The title character leans down to hear the raspy final words of …
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Commentary by Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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5/23/25
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Two weeks ago, St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Chehalis held a courtesy meeting to inform their neighbors about its plan to offer safe overnight parking for women and children experiencing …
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5/22/25
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Too often, elected officials overlook the cumulative costs of regulations, taxes, and fees on taxpayers.
However, those added costs come back to bite them hard when people pack up and move, …
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By Don Brunell
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5/21/25
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The current and ongoing destruction of Washington state families, businesses our constitutional rights and the moral fabric of our state and country led by the Democratic Party is destroying our way …
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5/21/25
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I hold to the old fashioned notion that someone who serves at a cabinet level position in the executive branch of the federal government of the United States should be pretty smart.
No, they …
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5/21/25
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Did you miss seeing Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” at Centralia College’s Corbet Theater last weekend?
Well, there’s good news.
You can still catch this …
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5/21/25
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I read with sadness late last week about the passing of Jan Sylvester-Jamerson, a 70-year-old Lewis County native and a longtime volunteer for the Lewis County Historical Museum who died of cancer on …
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5/19/25
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This week, in continuing with my theme of delusions, I ran across a story published by Axios Seattle from April 23 on new gun control legislation, House Bill 1163.
In the article, state …
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Commentary by John McCroskey / For The Chronicle
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5/19/25
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The people of Washington are about to watch their new governor make what would seem to be the most important and revealing choice of his short time in office.
No later than Tuesday, Gov. Bob …
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Commentary by Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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5/16/25
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