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I have a response to Mr. Ray Anderson’s letter of Jan. 15 regarding the shortage of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) professionals.
I earned a bachelor’s …
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1/22/25
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Tony Christen recently wrote a very pointed letter about the failures of Jay Inslee as governor. The only problem was he did not get them all listed.
During the Jan. 3 cold snap, our …
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1/22/25
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The campaign is over.
“Well,” King Donald says, “it will be hard to bring down grocery prices. We need Greenland. Maybe we should buy Greenland. If they won’t sell we …
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1/22/25
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As Los Angeles burned for days on end, scientists made an announcement that 2024 was the hottest year on record.
With temperatures rising around the globe, scientists are warning that the world …
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1/22/25
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The Jan. 20 inauguration brought back memories of my trip to Washington, D.C., in January 1973 for President Nixon’s reelection inauguration.
I was in my first year of the Coast Guard …
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1/22/25
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This letter is in response to the article printed in The Chronicle on Jan. 7 titled “Washington state lawmakers propose six gun control bills ahead of 2025 legislative session.”
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1/22/25
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Patrick Hutchison did what many people only dream of doing: He bought a ramshackle cabin in the woods and quit his day job as a copywriter in Seattle to renovate it.
“I was just sort of …
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Commentary by Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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1/20/25
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Even though locally- and regionally-grown food is celebrated in Washington state, the reality is that fewer and fewer types of crops are being grown in the state, particularly west of the Cascades.
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By Dillon Honcoop / Save Family Farming
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1/18/25
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The Legislature opened the 2025 lawmaking session this week, and again, some proposed laws push divisive social policies into classrooms.
A number of bills, including some that will have …
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Commentary by Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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1/17/25
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Senate Republicans believe in lowering rental costs by increasing the supply of rentals.
For all their talk about the need for affordable housing in our state, our Legislature’s majority …
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Commentary by Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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1/17/25
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It’s 2025? Wow! How did that sneak up on us?
We have made it through the holidays. Maybe you have even returned those gifts or quietly put them up for sale on eBay. It’s not because …
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1/17/25
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When Sen. John Braun claims Washington has a spending problem rather than a revenue problem, he's asking Lewis County residents to ignore the reality we see here every day.
His recent editorial …
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1/15/25
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There are about 4.5 billion tons of radioactive uranium dissolved in our planet’s oceans. Included is enough fissionable uranium 235 to build over 6.5 billion nuclear weapons.
For good …
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1/15/25
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I’m tired of seeing unqualified personnel selected to lead emergency management programs across the country and I am tired of ineffective responses due to poor planning.
Nepotism is not a …
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1/15/25
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Bruce Peterson’s letter in response to my observations on immigration requires a reply.
He says I “seem to favor” uncontrolled, illegal immigration, such as our nation has …
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1/15/25
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Letter writer Jon Cushman mentioned Einstein, Rickover and Tesla; they were immigrants, not temporary workers.
It’s about filling jobs.
Merely saying we’re a country of …
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1/15/25
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As the nation mourned the death of former Democratic President Jimmy Carter last week, closer to home, nearly 300 people gathered inside Corbet Theatre on the Centralia College campus on Friday to …
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Commentary by Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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1/13/25
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Washington lawmakers begin the 2025 legislative session facing something many of them have not experienced during their time in office — a sizable budget gap.
The last time the state was …
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1/13/25
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A lot of people think that this time of year farmers are just kicking back and relaxing by the fire feeling all cozy and warm.
Some farmers are in their “down time” of the year, but …
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Commentary by Maureen Harkcom / For The Chronicle
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1/13/25
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Washington state’s so-called leadership on climate policy has been a disaster: it has backfired.
Although the investments have been made and the words from Olympia have been said, CO2 …
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Commentary by Chad Taylor / chad@chronline.com
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1/13/25
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