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The debate continues about mandatory vaccinations and requiring proof to travel or enter a restaurant or take part in other normal activities we used to enjoy.
I’ve noticed the …
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No doubt about it, we’re living through a confusing, uncertain and rancorous time — in large part because of the coronavirus pandemic and attempts to curtail its spread.
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By Julie McDonald
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9/21/21
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Gov. Jay Inslee’s end run around the Legislature banning natural gas in new homes and commercial buildings is a bad idea. Even though the state Legislature adjourned …
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By Don Brunell
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9/21/21
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A recent edition of the Sunday Seattle Times raised that question.
It centered around the undeniable evidence that glaciers — at least in our part of the world — are shrinking. We can …
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In a Sept. 4 commentary in The Chronicle, Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center wrote “the systems and policies of public education have failed, despite the best efforts of teachers and …
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The last two weeks, I’ve shared stories about Shirley (French) Nelson, who celebrated her 100th birthday in July. What follows is the rest of her story.
After her divorce, Shirley traveled …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Nisqually Valley News
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9/14/21
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Like many Americans old enough to remember the fall of Saigon, the video of people being evacuated from Kabul brings back memories of another time and another war.
Those memories — along …
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Jim Camden / The Spokesman-Review
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9/12/21
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In the midst of all the negativity we hear and read in the media today, I’d like to talk about doors and windows. Why doors and windows? Well, doors and windows are pretty cool. They are a part …
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By Richard Stride / For The Chronicle
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9/10/21
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The Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC) lost an irreplaceable leader last month when our chairperson, Lorraine Loomis, walked on.
Lorraine’s contributions to protecting treaty …
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By Shawn Yanity
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9/8/21
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Last week, I wrote about the childhood of Shirley (French) Nelson of Chehalis. What follows is more of her story.
After living in the Mutual Logging Camp east of Tenino, the French family moved …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Nisqually Valley News
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9/7/21
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Students are going back to school in person this week.
They naturally have high hopes for the new school year.
Their parents, though, are worried.
The last 18 months of the COVID-19 …
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By Liv Finne / Washington Policy Center
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9/3/21
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It is not surprising that COVID-19, which ravaged the world, was disastrous for our country’s economy. Millions died from COVID complications; offices, stores and factories closed; and people …
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My mother passed away in 2019. She was 78. She was sometimes stubborn, sometimes chastising in her spirit, but she was a mother. I never felt that she regretted the role growing up. She was …
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By Richard Stride / For The Chronicle
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9/1/21
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Dear Thurston County superintendents and heads of schools,
I am writing to inform you about the COVID-19 guidance from the Washington State Department of Health for the 2021-2022 school year. …
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By Dimyana Abdelmalek
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9/1/21
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By Julie McDonald
For The Nisqually Valley News
As an infant living in a logging camp house, a wooden structure with wind whistling through cracks in the floor despite the Army blanket …
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By Julie McDonald / For the Nisqually Valley News
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8/31/21
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When thinking of England’s fabled Sherwood Forest, the medieval images of Robin Hood and his band of archers and swordsmen hiding in the woods giving the sheriff of Nottingham a hard time comes …
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By Don Brunell
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8/30/21
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We are seeing the highest transmission rates we have seen in Thurston County since the pandemic began. Our hospitals are experiencing significant strain as more cases of COVID-19 in the community …
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By Dimyana Abdelmalek
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8/26/21
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As our government at various levels demands employees get vaccinated or lose their jobs, I have wondered what that could mean. I have talked to some who would be affected by this requirement and will …
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As board members of the Thurston-Mason County Medical Society, we are gravely concerned with local vaccination rates. Thurston and Mason counties have an overall vaccination rate of only 50 percent. …
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Each year Americans throw away more than 3 billion batteries constituting 180,000 tons of hazardous material and the situation is likely to get much worse as the world shifts to electric …
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By Don C. Brunell
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8/19/21
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