I read about a discovery in Antarctica of a 100-year-old fruitcake, found in a hut on Cape Adare, and it was still good.
It was wrapped in paper in the remains of a tin and was in …
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By Richard Stride / For The Chronicle
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12/7/22
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Each week I am asked to comment on our recovery from multiple years of pandemic impacts on students. Overall, I continue to see growth and recovery across most populations of …
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By Brian Wharton
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12/6/22
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My grandma on my mother’s side, who lived from 1914 to 1990, and my grandma’s brother, Orlin, who lived from 1912 to 1987, grew up in Kansas during the 1920s.
Kansas during the child …
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By Richard Stride
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12/6/22
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In a recent opinion piece in the Seattle Times, former State Senator and current Washington State Director of Commerce, Lisa Brown, rightly describes the difficulties a small business startup faces …
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By Mark Harmsworth
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12/6/22
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Native nations are on the front lines of climate change. The impacts have reached our shores and are forcing us to leave traditional lands behind.
Sea level rise, flooding, erosion, intensity of …
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By Ed Johnstone
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11/29/22
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The good news is, despite higher prices, inflation and safety concerns, more Christmas shoppers are browsing online but making in-store purchases.
The National Retail Federation (NRF) …
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By Don C. Brunell
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11/29/22
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Do you ever listen to music by the Doobie Brothers?
One song says, “Don’t you feel it growing day by day. People getting ready for the news. Some are happy, some are sad; Oh, we have …
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By Richard Stride
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11/22/22
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Lowering our flags to half-staff is a solemn act that recognizes our fallen heroes, whether they be men and women in our armed forces or police officers killed in the line of duty. It is a vivid …
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By Don Brunell
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11/22/22
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When U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler narrowly lost to Joe Kent in the top-two primary election, I was disappointed but not surprised.
A lot of former president Donald Trump’s fans in the 3rd …
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By Julie McDonald
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11/15/22
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Students and staff have been so excited this fall with the ability to run all-school assemblies again. There is nothing quite like a packed gymnasium full of enthusiastic students and staff.
This …
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By Brian Wharton
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11/8/22
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Demand for electric vehicles (EVs) is soaring, accelerated by climate change concerns.
EVs reduce tailpipe emissions from cars, trucks and buses, which are responsible for 30% of our …
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By Don Brunell
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11/8/22
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Some of the most amazing companies in the world are hiding in plain sight, right here in Washington.
They’re located inside industrial buildings and office parks that we drive by every day, …
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By Kris Johnson
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11/8/22
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Indigenous tribes existed for thousands of years before we heard the word “infrastructure.”
In today’s world, infrastructure includes the roads, bridges, ferries and airports …
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By Ed Johnstone
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11/1/22
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Demand for electric vehicles (EVs) is soaring, accelerated by climate change concerns.
EVs reduce tailpipe emissions from cars, trucks and buses, which are responsible for 30 percent of our …
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By Don Brunell
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10/31/22
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To “Build Back America” key workers must return to job sites.
It is not good enough for President Joe Biden to lean back on low unemployment numbers claiming success when employers …
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By Don C. Brunell
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10/25/22
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Long-term efforts to remove non-tribal commercial gillnets from the mainstem Columbia River have taken a big step forward with a multi-million-dollar commercial license-buyout program that was …
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By Sen. Lynda Wilson
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10/25/22
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I wonder if “smoke season” will be our new normal.
For most of the past half dozen years or so, we’ve had days or weeks of choking smoke as summer ends. It usually hits in …
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By Brian Mittge
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10/25/22
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When the Legislature meets in January, it should do an about-face on another social program that isn’t carrying its financial weight as promised. Instead, there are plans and recommendations to …
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By Elizabeth Hovde / Washington Policy Center
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10/14/22
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The first month of the school year soared by at a sprinter’s pace and we continue to see signs of increased health in our district data.
We have deliberately avoided the term “back to …
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By Brian Wharton
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10/11/22
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For decades, Washington has reaped the benefits of forward-thinking leaders who constructed a series of hydroelectric dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers. The low-cost, carbon-free renewable …
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By Kris Johnson
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10/11/22
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