Editorial
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: On affordability, both sides are failing us...
Last year, we started running a weekly news piece on the cost of fuel in our area. We examined average costs for f…
Public pension systems looming problem
Reforming Oregon's pension program for public employees is the most contentious and important issue facing state and local government. Without fundamental changes to the system known as PERS, cuts in funding to sch…
Shame on Senate Democrats
The collegial environment enjoyed in the state Senate appeared to have evaporated last week in Olympia. It's because Democrats, led by minority Floor Leader David Frockt, D-Seattle, tried to advance a bill after a …
Hunting helps the economy
Many things aren't appreciated until they are gone. When people interested in conserving wildlife and their habitat noticed that the number of hunters was declining, it was reason for concern. They understood one i…
Sunshine Week one tool to help public
It seems as if lately more and more questions keep surfacing in regards to how much information (and access to information) citizens of the United States are allowed when it comes to our government, all the way fro…
Keeping the public in public records
Have you ever wanted to learn a criminal suspect's arrest information, hear the tape of a 911 call or see a copy of the city's budget?
Jobs are solution to state's stagnant economy
Keeping access to public records
Americans have many freedoms that are the envy of other countries, including freedom of speech, religion, the press, equal justice and the right to bear arms.
Studded tire permit a bad idea
A proposed $75 permit to use studded tires is supposed to ensure Washington's drivers pay for highway damage caused by the tires.
A dilemma in D.C.
What is it like to live in a consequence free environment?
Don't crowd out new solutions
The Moses Lake School Board is grappling with some tough decisions to alleviate overcrowding at Moses Lake High School and Chief Moses and Frontier middle schools.
California vs. Texas
Oregon refines report cards
The Oregon Department of Education is in the middle of a project to redesign its school report cards - the documents that help tell parents and other interested parties how their schools are performing relative to …
Sandy Hook tragedy: No easy answers
On December 14, a small town in Connecticut was the scene of an unthinkable tragedy. A heavily armed, believed to be mentally ill young man forced his way into an elementary school and killed as many teachers and c…
Private donors are 'targets' of federal government
Farewell to Commissioner Allred
Grant PUD Commissioner Randy Allred's 11 years of service as a board member should be acknowledged.