December 11, 2023, 6:03am Editorials
Cheers: To saving lives by donating organs. A Dec. 2 story by Columbian reporter Chrissy Booker shared the experience of Sharol Lucey, who received Steven Haugen’s heart 26 years ago and is one of the longest-lived heart transplant patients to be treated in Oregon. Read story
December 9, 2023, 6:03am Editorials
The fight against opioids in general, and fentanyl in particular, will continue to be long and frustrating, but a couple of developments this week provide some hope that our state and nation might be on the road to if not victory, at least containment. Read story
December 8, 2023, 6:03am Editorials
Finding child care continues to be a major challenge for families in Washington, so the announcement of a new service to help parents is welcome news. Read story
December 7, 2023, 6:03am Editorials
In the words of Franklin D. Roosevelt, today is the date that will live in infamy. On Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese naval forces launched an air strike on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and other U.S. outposts in the Pacific, bringing the United States officially into World War II. Read story
December 6, 2023, 6:03am Editorials
The longtime affordable housing group Habitat for Humanity celebrated a local milestone last week, even as it mourned the recent death of one of its best-known champions. Read story
December 6, 2023, 6:01am Editorials
Justices elected and reelected to the Washington Supreme Court over the last 10 years have generally received much more money from liberal or progressive donors. Their most serious challengers generally got their big money from conservative donors. Read story
December 5, 2023, 6:03am Editorials
A new report from the state Department of Transportation outlines yet another area where the state will need to invest hundreds of millions of dollars over the next 15 years. Read story
December 4, 2023, 6:03am Editorials
Cheers: To a chance to play. Thanks to volunteers and donations, hundreds of elementary school students in Evergreen Public Schools are competing in after-school sports. Basketball, volleyball and soccer programs have been offered, and the programs continue to expand. Students from nine schools played volleyball this fall, which is offered… Read story
December 2, 2023, 6:03am Editorials
An agreement announced last week between the United States and China is an important step toward mitigating climate change. But it could unravel under the weight of continuing trade disputes between the world’s two largest economies. Read story
December 1, 2023, 6:03am Editorials
Finding the most effective and expedient path for saving endangered salmon requires open discussion and transparency. Such desires are undermined by the Biden administration’s closed-door negotiations regarding the future of four hydroelectric dams on the Lower Snake River. Read story
