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Time is short, but action is necessary.
Gov. Jay Inslee and Democrats who control the state Legislature need to postpone implementing the sweeping “Long-Term Services and Supports Trust …
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Hello Thurston County! I hope you are finding ways to stay cool in this hot weather we are having this week.
On Aug. 12, I issued a masking directive for Thurston County and joined health officers …
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By Dr. Dimyana Abdelmalek
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8/15/21
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Editor’s Note: Senate Republican Leader John Braun, R-Centralia, and House Republican Leader J.T. Wilcox, R-Yelm, issued the following statement in response to insistence from Democrats that …
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There is no doubt the issue dominating the news and our email inboxes is the governor’s recent vaccination mandate, issued on Aug. 9. We share the concern many constituents in the 20th …
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Growing up, my dad worked in the logging industry and it wasn’t uncommon in the winter due to snow, or in the summer due to fire, for him to be laid off.
When that happened, he’d file …
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By John McCroskey
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8/10/21
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When we talk about how to recover salmon, the math should be simple. The protection of existing habitat plus restoration of degraded habitat should equal a net gain in ecosystem function, leading to …
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By Brian Wharton
It seems like just yesterday that we handed out diplomas to the graduating class of 2021, and now we are on the verge of launching our 2021-22 school year. So much has …
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8/10/21
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It seems like just yesterday that we handed out diplomas to the graduating class of 2021, and now we are on the verge of launching our 2021-22 school year. So much has happened in our district …
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By Brian Wharton
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8/6/21
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When we talk about how to recover salmon, the math should be simple. The protection of existing habitat plus restoration of degraded habitat should equal a net gain in ecosystem function, leading to …
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By Lorraine Loomis
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8/5/21
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Growing up, my dad worked in the logging industry and it wasn’t uncommon in the winter due to snow, or in the summer due to fire, for him to be laid off.
When that happened, he’d …
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By By John McCroskey
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8/5/21
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I have always been fascinated by space, the universe and what really exists “out there.”
I watched Carl Sagan’s “Cosmos” more than a dozen times. I read books. I …
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By Richard Stride
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8/3/21
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The 2020 Tokyo Olympics were billed as the “Hydrogen Olympics!” Then along came COVID-19 and sporting events worldwide were put on hold. The summer games were delayed until 2021. …
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Massive forest fires in western parts of our country are not only choking us with layers of thick smoke, but are leaving behind millions of acres of scorched hillsides, ridges and valleys.
Simply, …
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By Don C. Brunell
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7/27/21
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This last legislative session has proven once again that when it comes to solving problems, using an axe when a scalpel would be the correct tool is just business as usual in Olympia.
When I went …
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By John McCroskey
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7/27/21
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Hello Thurston County!
I hope you all are enjoying the sunny weather. I want to answer some of the questions I have received recently. These include questions about being fully vaccinated …
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By Dimyana Abdelmalek / Thurston County health officer
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7/26/21
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Some advice for politicians of both parties, liberal and conservative commentators and social media posters: Before you make a comparison between something happening today and Nazi Germany, think …
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By Jim Camden
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7/20/21
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What a difference a year makes.
As Washington emerges from the pandemic, one of the biggest challenges facing many employers is finding enough qualified workers.
It’s a dramatic shift …
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By Kris Johnson
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7/20/21
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Last month, South Kitsap School Board member John Berg introduced a resolution to prohibit classroom teaching of theories that promote racial hatred. For that he was called a nut.
District …
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By Jim McCune
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7/13/21
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The Lummi Nation and Nooksack Tribe are looking forward to the start of the process to untangle water rights and protect threatened salmon in the Nooksack River basin by finding out just how much …
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By Lorraine Loomis
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7/13/21
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Politicians often say things they wish they hadn’t. Sometimes we’re trying to be funny and the humor falls flat. Sometimes anger or frustration gets the better of us. And sometimes, a …
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