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By Julie McDonald
For The Nisqually Valley News
Thirteen-year-old Bill Murdock’s district sales manager called on a Sunday in early December. The Oregon Journal printed a special …
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By Julie McDonald /For The Nisqually Valley News
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12/5/23
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While the last veterans who survived the “surprise” Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor are dwindling rapidly, we cannot let their sacrifices and the memories of that horrific day that …
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By Don Brunell
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11/21/23
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Do you want to be successful in life?
Are you risk averse?
Let me share one of the grea test truths in life: If you are not willing to take risks, you will never grow, change or get out of …
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By Richard Stride/For the Nisqually Valley News
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11/14/23
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I recently learned that the old saying, “it’s too good to be true” doesn’t account for something important: scams don’t go through the intelligent, thinking part of your …
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By Brian Mittge /For The Nisqually Valley News
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11/7/23
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President Biden’s $65 billion infrastructure bill contains $8 billion for regional hubs to develop ways to produce and distribute hydrogen fuel. One is planned for the Pacific Northwest and …
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By Don Brunell
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10/31/23
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The Interstate 405 and state Highway 167 toll lane experiment is losing money.
Now, the state Transportation Commission is considering increasing tolls by up to 80% to $18 each way on I-405. The …
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By Mark Harmsworth/Washington Policy Center
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10/31/23
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After decades of work and millions of dollars of restoration work, one of our region’s threatened salmon runs is showing encouraging signs of recovery — summer chum that return to the …
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By Ed Johnstone
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10/24/23
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On July 26, 1945, after news spread across the island of Tinian in the Marianas, Navy Seabee Clarence Piper joined others to see the USS Indianapolis, a nearly 600-foot-long Portland-class heavy …
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By Julie McDonald/For the Nisqually Valley News
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10/17/23
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When Japanese bombers attacked U.S. Navy ships at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, Clarence Piper was a high school sophomore visiting his uncle in the hills of Oregon and read about the attack in the …
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By Julie McDonald/For the Nisqually Valley News
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10/10/23
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While media focus was on Joe Biden’s decree putting a tiny plot of land within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) off limits to oil and gas exploration, reporters ignored the bigger …
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By Don C. Brunell
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10/10/23
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I am an optimist. I know this about myself. I always try to look at a situation from a “glass half full” perspective. I try to find the middle ground in most issues I write about.
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By Richard Stride /For The Nisqually Valley News
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10/3/23
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As the world becomes increasingly dynamic and interconnected, the importance of making informed decisions about education, training and employment has never been more evident. Yelm Community Schools …
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By Chris Woods
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9/26/23
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There is an axiom: Don’t let “the perfect” get in the way of the good! That is important to remember when it comes to improving our air quality.
While climate activists want to …
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By Don C. Brunell
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9/26/23
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Our shared natural resources are our shared responsibility.
Following federal Judge Edward Rafeedie’s 1994 ruling in U.S. v. Washington, state and tribal co-managers have a legal …
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By Ed Johnstone/NWIFC Chairman
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9/19/23
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With students returning to college campuses, it is time to consider other ways for them to pay for tuition, books and living expenses. Too often, they resort to borrowing.
Now, student loan …
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By Don Brunell
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9/12/23
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Inflation is cooling but gas prices are spiking. Mortgage rates rose above 7% in August for the first time in 22 years, and they might not be done going up. Fears of an imminent recession have …
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By Kris Johnson
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9/5/23
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My name is Mikhail. I’m a believer, an American citizen, life-long conservative, husband and father, and I was born in Ukraine. For the last eight years I’ve regularly traveled to the …
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Mikhail Pavenko
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9/5/23
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I am very excited to be joining Yelm Community Schools as your new superintendent. After spending over 25 years serving students in Olympia and Tumwater, I feel honored to be part of the amazing …
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By Chris Woods/Superintendent’s Report
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8/29/23
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Growing up in the 1960s, our parents blamed everything on “The Beatles.”
According to them, they were “the punks” from Liverpool who caused all the teenagers to go …
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By Don C. Brunell
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8/29/23
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More than 80 years ago, when the Japanese attacked U.S. battleships at Pearl Harbor, men throughout the nation rushed to enlist in the military to fight the nation’s enemies. But to win that …
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By Julie McDonald/For The Nisqually Valley News
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8/15/23
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