Opinion
Why kids need summer | Fina Short | Short Takes on the News
As kids across the world get out of school, debate has risen over whether America can still afford…
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Science can help feed starving people | Don Brunell
It’s hard to believe there are starving people in the world when Americans shop in well-stocked supermarkets and…
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Bellevue Library to host naturalization ceremony | Darcy Brixey | Required Reading
For many of us, our families moved to the United States decades or even centuries ago to follow…
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True love is just a click away – Not | Ann Oxrieder
Watch where you click on a computer screen. That's my advice ever since I tapped the wrong button…
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Legislature leaves Boeing up in air
If you are of a mind to deliver a one-finger salute at mention of lawmakers in a tortuous…
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Celebrate the Fourth with patriotism, safety | Editorial
We will celebrate our country’s independence next Thursday. The Fourth of July is one of our country’s most…
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DelBene gets a taste of a different lifestyle | Jerry Cornfield | The Petri Dish
One of the newest members of the Millionaire Club in Congress is getting an idea this week of…
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Money woes | Editorial
If the IRS didn’t have enough problems over improperly targeted conservative groups and throwing lavish employee conferences, now…
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Time for lawmakers to pass budget, go home | Editorial
State lawmakers have 231 million good reasons to agree on a new two-year state budget.
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Diggers, dump trucks and dozers | Darcy Brixey | Required Reading
In order to replace our ailing sewer line and crumbling driveway, we had to dig up the entire…
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Man of Steel soars into theaters | Aran Kirschenmann | Movie Review
Man of Steel is a fairly normal action movie with little new or added appeal. It is just…
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They’ve signed up for summer reading – now what do you do? | Darcy Brixey
Summer vacation is approaching and it’s a great time to encourage your kids to read. Kids who read…
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Kids and alcohol: what you can do | Patty Skelton-McGougan | Parenting Lifeline
Every two years in local schools, students complete the state Healthy Youth Survey. Youth report on aspects of…
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Time to get a move on | Ann Oxrieder
I need to find my inner Energizer bunny soon. I just read “Move a Little, Lose a Lot,”…
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Immigration reform will be good for all
The proposed immigration reform bill on its way to the Senate floor would fix our current, broken immigration…
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When nightmares come true | Pat Cashman
There are classic dreams, some bad, some not so bad. We all have them.
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Language of ballet unites dancers from different countries
St. Augustine said, “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”…
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The race for a cure never ends | Linda Ball | Reporter’s Notebook
If you are a regular reader of mine, you may be getting sick of me talking about breast…
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Supreme Court decision on DNA will make society safer | Editorial
Fingerprints are an essential tool in law enforcement. On Monday this week, the US Supreme Court gave law…
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Oil and water really can mix | Don Brunell
There’s an old saying that oil and water don’t mix. That may be true, but apparently they coexist…