Our nation is on an unsustainable borrowing trajectory and it could get much worse unless voters start asking politicians a simple question: “How are taxpayers going to pay for what you’ve promised?” 

Regarding the editorial by Regional Editor Eric Schwartz about Naloxone, I offer a perspective that he may have missed. 

It was a rare quiet day in the newsroom when only the sound of the police scanner crackled through the air. 

With school back in full swing this week, learning becomes our focus and our passion. 

To some, opioid addicts who die from overdoses are simply getting what they deserve.

Treaty tribes are encouraged by fish passage improvement projects in the Puget Sound region and other projects that will open access to many miles of good salmon spawning and rearing habitat. They are clear examples of the kinds of action we need to take to recover salmon populations.

A month ago, the Joint State House/Senate Transportation Committee met in Olympia and heard an update on the governor’s plans to use a so-called “Section 601 letter” to rewrite our recently-passed two-year Transportation Budget.

A few years ago on Labor Day, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee presented a compelling commentary on the need for employers and employees to set aside their differences and partner. 

Terrible things are happening in this country every day. Homeless people addicted to heroin and other opiates are dying on city streets. Crazed children are murdering other children in public schools. Unhinged individuals are committing mass murder in hotels, places of worship and other publ…