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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 200...
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 d...
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...
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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 emi...
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 tha...
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 n...
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 w...
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...
Letters to the Editor
To the editor, Shame on You. For those in our community who have spread lies and misinformation about our library director should be ashamed of themselves. If there was even a thread of evidence to your lies, you had every right to report them to...
Letters to the Editor
To the editor, As I have mentioned before, don't let "their" opinion be yours. Take time to visit the library, talk to Todd, the director, and see how much the library has to offer. In a recent conversation with a friend, they mentioned the library h...
Olympia Update
This session saw some bipartisan successes as lawmakers and citizens were in Olympia together for the first time in nearly three years. That in-person interaction is always key for working relationships and good workable solutions to our state's...
Letters to the Editor
To the editor, Last year I read an article about some people going to rebuild the Starbuck arena and they obtained a grant in the amount of $98,000 to get this project going. I saw where they were hoping to have a rodeo last September, 2022. I have...
Olympia Update
By Rep. Joe Schmick When our state's budget surplus reached approximately $15 billion last year, many of us felt it was time to give some of that back to taxpayers in the form of meaningful property...
Olympia Update
As you read this, House Bill 1498, approved unanimously by both the House and Senate, is on its way to the governor. This is the bill I authored that would ensure our local fire departments are...
