January 17, 2022, 6:01am Columns
For much of the past decade, perennial wildfires have scorched the Washington landscape to an unprecedented degree. Both sides of the Cascades have known this horror, as homes and businesses have been destroyed while hundreds of thousands of acres burned most summers. Read story
January 17, 2022, 6:01am Columns
As Joe Biden nears the first anniversary of his presidency, he faces the same main challenge that confronted him at the outset: end the COVID pandemic and restore normalcy to American life. Read story
January 17, 2022, 6:01am Columns
While the journalism crisis is far from over, 2022 should see all sorts of innovation and progress with different models to sustain local news coverage. Read story
January 17, 2022, 6:01am Columns
Eddie Fisher, a terrific singer popular back in the 1950s, came to mind the other day because he crooned, “You gotta have heart, miles and miles and miles of heart,” and I had just read about the first successful heart transplant from a pig to a man. Read story
January 16, 2022, 6:02am Columns
It’s a problem. Undoubtedly, it’s a problem. It is a chipping away of public safety and a sense of security and the things that make our community livable. Read story
January 16, 2022, 6:01am Columns
Now is the time for the city of Vancouver to bring a center for the arts to its evolving urban core. Projects on the waterfront and throughout downtown are giving a dynamic feel to the area radiating out from Esther Short Park. What’s missing? A facility dedicated to the arts… Read story
January 16, 2022, 6:01am Columns
Millions of at-home COVID-19 tests are expected to be distributed over the coming days and make their way to anxious Washingtonians, just as the number of positive cases in the state soars to record highs. Yes, vaccinations, mask use and testing are key to helping prevent the coronavirus from spreading,… Read story
January 15, 2022, 6:01am Columns
Nearly everything Sen. Elizabeth Warren tweeted about Elon Musk was wrong. Scratch the word “nearly.” Everything was wrong. Read story
January 14, 2022, 6:01am Columns
These days, we have Denzel Washington. Read story
January 12, 2022, 6:01am Columns
No session of the Legislature is totally predictable, but most start the year with a set of rules that give lawmakers and the public a pretty good idea how things will unfold in the coming weeks and months. Read story
