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May 18, 2023

Hawley’s ‘manhood’ book wrong on everything, everywhere, all at once

Ideas about men and manhood have been evolving for more than 50 years, but Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley has not gotten the message. Like so many others working to protect white male supremacy (e.g. Tucker Carlson and Kevin McCarthy), he’s driving a gas-guzzling Cadillac on a road increasingly filled with electric vehicles.

May 11, 2023

Agriculture is backbone of Washington state

Some would argue that spring is the most wonderful time of the year in Washington. Throughout our state fruit trees blossom, vibrant tulip fields bloom, and colorful lentils carpeted the fields on the Palouse. It is when photographers and sightseers have a field day.

May 4, 2023

Income tax worries based more on myth than reality

Camas City Council members agreed this week to consider a proposal that the city becomes an “income-tax-free municipality” and asked city staff to collect information and place the item on a future Council workshop agenda.

May 4, 2023

Killing fish to save frogs

Shortly after World War II, California fish managers had a brainstorm: They loaded juvenile trout into airplanes and saturation-bombed naturally fishless lakes in the High Sierra Mountains of California. Some of the fish hit rocks and ice, but most hit water.

April 27, 2023

Land exchanges serve the wealthy

In 2017, the public lost 1,470 acres of wilderness-quality land at the base of Mount Sopris near Aspen, Colorado.

April 20, 2023

Some people just like to get things done

Although I’ve lived in a small Western town for 30 years now, I have never known much about one of its fundamental institutions, the service club. Many small-town residents still center their lives on Lions, Elks, Rotary or similar organizations.

April 14, 2023

Letters to the Editor: April 13, 2023

To be the type of community that prioritizes its kids, vote ‘yes’ on WSD levies Imagine cutting 18% out of your household budget. What would you have to…

April 14, 2023

Unfettered access to guns has made all Americans less safe

117,345 — the average number of Americans shot by guns each year. 40,620 — the average number of Americans killed by gun violence each year. 7,957 — the average number of U.S. children 17 and younger shot by guns each year.1,839 — the average number of U.S. children 17 and younger killed by guns each year. 547 — the average number of U.S. women killed by gun violence perpetrated by their husband or male dating partner. 132 — the number of mass shootings that have taken place in the U.S. so far this year. 209 — the number of people killed in U.S. mass shootings in 2023.