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By Luis Franco, senior loan specialist, Center for Rural Affairs The holiday season is right around the corner and it comes with great news. According to a Gallup survey, 74% of holiday shoppers said they expect to pay about the same amount or more...
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OPINION
OLYMPIA–If you are not an employer, you may not care about exempt and non-exempt employee salary ranges, but changes to an obscure state law is causing many employers to lay off staff and reduce ava...
Letters to the Editor
To the editor, In response to a November 23, 2023, Waitsburg Times school board meeting. Board members, It has come to my attention after reading a November 23 article in the Waitsburg Times that CCC member Aneesha Dieu stated that she wanted a bit...
Letters to the Editor
To the editor, First, I commend the library in obtaining several books I recently requested. The books were not available in the library collection at the time of my requests. I believe one was added to the collection and others were available with...
Guest Commentary
By Eric McKeirnan Guest Columnist I ran into an old friend a few weeks ago who was all juiced up with the excitement of traveling with his wife and friends and former pastor to the land of Jesus Christ. Nearly four years ago a core group of about a...
Letters to the Editor
To the editor, This letter is for the silent majority. The time has come for you to be silent no more. It is time to get off the couch and get involved before you totally lose your right to be heard. We have allowed the mouthy minority to move in...
Letters to the Editor
To the editor, I join with you and your publication (The Dayton Chronicle Commentary, July 13, 2023) that this community, Columbia County, NEEDS a public swimming pool. Community members have been working hard since the closure of our beloved pool...
Letters to the Editor
To the editor, I feel that I must respond to a recent letter to the editor that stated a personal opinion about the book "Our skin..." and stated that in that person's opinion "children do not even notice skin color". I know, respect, and very much...
Letters to the Editor
To the editor, My library file dates back to 2005. Letters to the editor, as is mine, are combinations of opinions and facts. ▪ For approximately 70 years, the City of Dayton operated the Dayton Memorial Library supported by city taxpayers. ▪ In...
Letters to the Editor
To the editor, After attending the last Library Board meeting, it seemed clear that the Library Board has no intention of acting on the concerns of parents who want sexually explicit books out of reach of small children. I was told that a board...
Guest Commentary
By Chris Corry The ongoing battle over Washington’s unconstitutional capital gains tax continues. The Freedom Foundation has filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari with the US Supreme Court. The petition asks the US Supreme Court to overturn the...
Letters to the Editor
To the editor, I find it interesting that you want to shut down the library because you don't like some of the books that are on the shelf. When I was a teenager, they had an adult only section in the library. I couldn't check out any books from...
Letters to the Editor
To the editor, I am concerned about the current situation with our library. It makes no sense to me that anyone would want to close such a valuable resource in our county. When the first petition to close the library showed up at the Senior Center,...
Letters to the Editor
To the editor, Some, leaders of countries, cults, and religions know that if you keep most of your people uneducated or undereducated they are easier to control to that leader's viewpoint. That is one of the reasons our early U.S. leaders promoted pu...
Guest Commentary
By Eric McKeirnan Guest Columnist It was asked of me if I had thoughts about the upcoming indictments of former President of the United States, Donald Trump. I do have thoughts on the subject, but it was unclear if I was to respond to the fake...
Washington's latest CO2 auction shows residents will continue to pay "outrageously more" than California
OLYMPIA–The state held its special auction for CO2 allowances last week. When the results were announced, they indicated that higher gas prices may be coming. As part of the state's new tax on CO2 e...
Letters to the Editor
To the editor, One does not admire the person who attends the Community Picnic and spits in the spaghetti sauce. It reminds us of the pesky kid we all knew who would play Monopoly until it was clear that winning was not a possibility for him, and...
Guest Commentary
By Lauren Scott, The Center Square WASHINGTON STATE–Approximately 9% of America’s corporations moved headquarters since the beginning of 2022, the highest rate since 2017, with most corporations moving to Florida, Texas, and Arizona. The states...
Letters to the Editor
To the editor, I am very concerned over the unrest with the Columbia County Rural Library District and the petition to dissolve the rural library district. Our library serves many people in our community of all ages. I do realize that there is an...
Guest Commentary
By Sandra Renner There’s a certain charm and nostalgia related to farmers markets in rural communities. The tradition of farmers, gardeners, artisans, and bakers bringing their wares to town to sell at the market has been around for hundreds, if...
Guest Commentary
OLYMPIA–Rep. Mary Dye, R-Pomeroy, and ranking Republican on the House Environment and Energy Committee, issued the following statement in response to a news conference held by Gov. Jay Inslee today...
OPINION
By Eric E. McKeirnan Guest Columnist I write this on behalf of the Knights of Columbus, the 1460 here in Pomeroy, and our Round Table brothers in Dayton and around Columbia County. We had a sausage, pancake, scrambled egg, muffin, applesauce, and fre...
Commentary
As I was breezing through Facebook recently, I read a message by one of my friends (unnamed for privacy reasons) questioning the pool district. I wanted to bring this to people who do not have internet, Facebook, or do not use Facebook, because it...
Letters to the Editor
To the editor, I read an article in this newspaper on July 6 regarding an update about the library. That article stated that the petitions regarding defunding the library were a response to the lack of action to remove "sexually explicit books from...
Letters to the Editor
To the editor, Dayton Library system and Columbia County citizens, I am a native of Dayton, Wash.; the Class of 1975; Columbia County property owner since 2000; raised on the family farm in Columbia County; and a retired first grade teacher of 34 yea...
