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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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It’s a very interesting and important off-year election with the expansion of the Board of County Commissioners and the port commission. There is a tax proposal to bolster law enforcement also …
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10/24/23
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Emily Clouse is a competent, caring, hard-working alternative to anti-government, unaffiliated candidate Terry S. Ballard.
Terry Ballard is a destroyer who wants to tear down the county …
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10/24/23
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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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Recently, at the Washington Policy Center’s Gala Awards Dinner, one of the nearly 1,000 attendees approached me and asked, “Liv, just what is school choice? Won’t it hurt public …
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By Liv Finne/Washington Policy Center
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10/24/23
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Vote Jasmine Vasavada for Port of Olympia District 1 to bring leadership that will stand up for our local community and small business. Port commissions have historically been the old boys club where …
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10/17/23
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The Nisqually Valley News ran an article in March of this year that covered a loss to Roy of $40,000, an overpayment in salary to the Roy treasurer, as well as other discrepancies.
While it was …
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10/17/23
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The citizens of Yelm have an opportunity to hold on to an amazing City Council member. Let’s not pass this one up. A compassionate and capable young woman, Ashley Lea Brooks is running to …
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10/17/23
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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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“The freedom to read is essential to our democracy. It is continuously under attack.” — Freedom to Read
If you have never read the American Library Association’s Freedom …
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By Andrea Heisel/Timberland Regional Library
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10/3/23
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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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By Liv Finne
Washington Policy Center
Earlier this year Senator John Braun (R-Centralia) introduced SB 5248 to provide funding for individual tutoring to help students recover from the …
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By Liv Finne/Washington Policy Center
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9/26/23
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This letter is regarding the search warrant that was just executed on Green Hill School by the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team (JNET). Green Hill School is the state of Washington’s long-term …
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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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In today’s economy, along with the high cost of college and changing social attitudes about a degree’s value in some fields, employers are increasingly questioning the need to require job …
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By Elizabeth Hovde/Washington Policy Center
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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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