Wire Service

LETTER: Model hatchery program

Fall chinook salmon returns above the Snake River’s Lower Granite Dam dwindled to under 1,000 fish for 20 years between 1975 and 1995. Idaho’s Nez… Continue reading

Inslee: Forget impeaching Trump. Vote him out

Inslee: Forget impeaching Trump. Vote him out

By Bill Barrow The Associated Press Democratic presidential candidate Jay Inslee wants his party to scrap any thoughts of impeaching President Donald Trump and instead… Continue reading

Inslee: Forget impeaching Trump. Vote him out

LETTER: Makah whaling proposal inappropriate

The whaling proposal announced on the front page of the PDN is very sad. (“Hearing set on NOAA plan for Makah whale hunts,” PDN, April… Continue reading

LETTER: Praise for Port Angeles for recognizing tribes

Kudos to the citizens of Port Angeles and City Council for displaying the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe flag in council chambers. Also a hearty thank… Continue reading

Heavy rains create flooding in Eastern Washington, Idaho

Heavy rains create flooding in Eastern Washington, Idaho

Officials in the adjacent college towns of Pullman and Moscow, Idaho, are cleaning up after heavy rains produced flooding. The… Continue reading

Heavy rains create flooding in Eastern Washington, Idaho
YOUTH BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL: Season underway in East Jefferson

YOUTH BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL: Season underway in East Jefferson

East Jefferson Little League held its opening day jamboree last Saturday. T-Ball player Paisley Bergen, 5, threw out the first pitch to… Continue reading

YOUTH BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL: Season underway in East Jefferson

LETTER: Tribe seeks needless slaughter of whales

In a recent front page news article in the PDN it was reported that the Makah Tribe members are working to get permission to kill… Continue reading

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Anti-tax initiative promoter Tim Eyman is facing a possible lifetime ban from directing political action committee finances. What do you think?… Continue reading

  • Apr 9, 2019
Oregon lawmakers move to prepare for interstate pot commerce

Oregon lawmakers move to prepare for interstate pot commerce

It might seem like a pipe dream now, but Oregon lawmakers are anticipating the federal government… Continue reading

Oregon lawmakers move to prepare for interstate pot commerce
Trump officials blamed for slowing down nuke site cleanup

Trump officials blamed for slowing down nuke site cleanup

Budget cuts proposed at same time estimated cost has tripled

Trump officials blamed for slowing down nuke site cleanup
Washington wolf census finds more packs, breeding pairs

Washington wolf census finds more packs, breeding pairs

Pack found living west of the Cascade Range for first time

Washington wolf census finds more packs, breeding pairs

Washington Democrats to use results of presidential primary

The Washington state Democratic Party announced Sunday it will use the state’s 2020 presidential primary to… Continue reading

Eyman could face possible lifetime ban in state lawsuit

A Thurston County Superior Court judge has ruled that anti-tax initiative promoter Tim Eyman could potentially be punished with a… Continue reading

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The state is considering a bill to require the removal of guns from domestic violence calls if there is probable cause a crime was committed.… Continue reading

  • Apr 7, 2019

Washington state raises smoking age to 21

Washington has become the ninth state to raise its legal smoking age, following a national trend that… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: To save our lives, we must spend them with abandon

HENRY DAVID THOREAU wrote in his journal March 17, 1857: “No mortal is alert enough to be present at the first dawn of spring.” How… Continue reading

US proposes plan for Makah Tribe to resume whale hunts

US proposes plan for Makah Tribe to resume whale hunts

Federal officials are now supporting a Native American tribe’s decades-long request to resume whale hunts off the coast of Washington… Continue reading

US proposes plan for Makah Tribe to resume whale hunts
Groups sue to restrict salmon fishing, help Northwest orcas

Groups sue to restrict salmon fishing, help Northwest orcas

Federal officials said they may restrict salmon fishing off the West Coast to help the Pacific Northwest’s… Continue reading

Groups sue to restrict salmon fishing, help Northwest orcas

Need Mueller report, congressional investigation before making decision

President Donald Trump claims to be totally exonerated on Russian collusion and obstruction of justice, but it was made clear Special Counsel Robert Mueller did… Continue reading