Billy Frank Jr. walked on almost 10 years ago, but one of his most powerful lessons lives on: If we want to recover salmon, we must work together. All of us.
The Billy Frank Jr. Salmon Coalition …
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By Ed Johnstone/For The Nisqually Valley News
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3/26/24
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I’ve always been a fan of Amy Grant’s music, but I doubt I would have attended her concert last month if not for the movie “I Can Only Imagine.”
When I saw an ad about …
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By Julie McDonald/For The Nisqually Valley News
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3/26/24
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Editor,
We need another bridge. When this Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) plan is completed, all the traffic will be gridlocked between Roy and Walmart. I drive this …
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3/19/24
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In Washington this year, we hope to again escape the historic droughts plaguing other parts of the world. The Columbia River water system flowed at normal levels in recent years, which is good for …
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By Don Brunell
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3/19/24
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The legislative session is over, and it had the potential to be very positive for salmon recovery in Washington state. There was bipartisan support for habitat restoration, with several bills being …
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By Todd Myers/Washington Policy Center
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3/19/24
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Editor,
As a Yelm Community Schools parent I am urging our community to vote yes for kids in the upcoming levy. Our students are finally recovering from the years of pandemic sacrifices: …
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3/12/24
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Editor,
Schools do need the funding from the capital gains tax.
I disagree with Sen. John Braun’s Feb. 20 commentary titled “Democrats are wrong to use children as defense of …
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3/12/24
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Editor,
I am appalled at the recent ballots that were received for the primary election. Why do we need to declare on the outside cover whether we are voting Democratic and Republican? Is this …
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3/12/24
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Four years ago, I introduced a bill to ban an income tax at any level in our state.
It was ignored.
Three years ago, Sen. Perry Dozier, the Republican senator who serves Walla Walla County …
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By Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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3/12/24
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Band-Aid fixes won’t help Washington’s farmers
By Pam Lewison
Washington Policy Center
When a doctor diagnoses cancer, the expectation is a full course of treatment to …
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3/6/24
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By Kris Johnson
Recent announcements from U.S. Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Derek Kilmer that they will not seek re-election to Congress caught the political world by surprise. …
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By Kris Johnson
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3/6/24
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The people have a right to know.
That was the idea in 1972 when a citizens’ Coalition for Open Government in Washington state successfully worked for the passage of Initiative 276, a …
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By Mike Fancher/WashCOG president
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2/27/24
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In 2017, I wrote a column titled “America needs more welders and fewer philosophers.” It was a slogan Florida Sen. Marco Rubio used in his 2016 presidential campaign to call attention to …
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By Don Brunell
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2/27/24
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The Democrats who currently control the Legislature should uphold our state constitution by giving proper attention to Initiative 2109, which would repeal Washington’s capital gains tax. It is …
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By Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia/For the Nisqually Valley News
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2/20/24
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When Third District U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez said on a podcast that “nobody stays awake at night worrying about the Southern border,” the words appalled attorney Leslie Lewallen, …
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Julie McDonald/For The Nisqually Valley News
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2/20/24
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Editor,
For the Nisqually Valley News (NVN) to name Line Roy its 2023 Person of the Year is misplaced at best. Ms. Roy is a public servant and, as such, is paid by Yelm taxpayers as a city …
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2/14/24
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Although the Washington state Republican Party has officially endorsed Joe Kent in the race for Third Congressional District, lifelong Republican Leslie Lewallen said she’s a better choice if …
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Commentary by Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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2/12/24
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Family, friends and tribal and state leaders recently witnessed the unveiling of a model of the Billy Frank Jr. statue in a ceremony at the state Capitol.
The 4-foot-tall model — depicting …
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By Ed Johnstone
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2/6/24
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I love to read; I especially enjoy reading history. A while back, I wrote about who is the real Lone Ranger. You can find it somewhere on the Chronicle’s website if you are interested. In that …
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By Richard Stride
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2/6/24
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Editor,
On Feb. 13, voters will decide whether Yelm Community Schools should keep its levy, which is a tax of up to $2.50 per $1,000 and makes up 13% of all district funding. I urge voters to …
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1/30/24
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