August 28, 2022, 6:01am Columns
Local news is in a death spiral. The country has lost more than a quarter of its newspapers since 2005, and closures continue at a rate of two a week. This mass extinction has already left about 70 million people living in “news deserts,” virtually bereft of local news. Read story
August 28, 2022, 6:01am Columns
The latest news about President Donald Trump’s secret stash of documents comes from the National Archives, which reportedly recovered some 700 pages of the most secret stuff from boxes they retrieved from Mar-a-Lago last January. Read story
August 28, 2022, 6:01am Columns
‘We know TikTok is bad for us, but it’s better than the real world.” Read story
August 26, 2022, 6:01am Columns
It’s been said that admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery. Read story
August 25, 2022, 6:01am Columns
One can well understand the allure of the American Southwest. Shirtsleeves in February. Natural beauty under a big starry sky. Read story
August 24, 2022, 6:01am Columns
In the post-mortems from the surprising August primary elections, one word keeps coming up to explain why Republicans had such a lackluster showing. Read story
August 23, 2022, 6:01am Columns
Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., will wear that “representative” identification just a tad longer, seeing as how she was stomped to smithereens in a recent bid for reelection. Read story
August 22, 2022, 6:01am Columns
Last year, a group calling itself the Thurston Voter Research Project knocked on a lot of doors and questioned people about their voter registration. They described this effort as “ground-truthing the voter rolls.” They reportedly wore badges that said “Thurston County,” though they were not employed by or associated with… Read story
August 22, 2022, 6:01am Columns
A new installment in the “news desert” research project explains how rural areas are being left behind by digital news outlets as well as traditional media. Read story
August 21, 2022, 6:02am Columns
I know, I know … in the grand scheme of things, sports aren’t all that important. Read story
