The abolition of the death penalty was voted the state’s top news story of 2018 by Associated Press staff and member editors. Other… Continue reading
Did you get what you wanted for Christmas?… Continue reading
The state’s new DreamAhead savings program for education expenses has nearly a billion dollars in it, most of it a result of transfers… Continue reading
A program that pays anglers to catch a predator that eats young salmon and steelhead resulted in more than 180,000 northern pikeminnows being… Continue reading
A new agreement aims to boost salmon populations and preserve inexpensive power in hopes of ending a decades-long legal battle over the future… Continue reading
The cash-strapped Port of Astoria is considering charging fees to passing ships to raise money to maintain its aging infrastructure despite objections… Continue reading
Strait Shot genius I have been so impressed with the changes made by Clallam Transit in the last few years. Strait Shot was genius and… Continue reading
Inslee out of touch Governor Inslee just does not get it. His new budget proposes a 9 percent tax on capital gains from stock transactions.… Continue reading
Free restrooms Hats off, gloves and scarves too, to Amy Miller and Shenna Younger for their first-hand exploration of what it’s like to be homeless… Continue reading
Lost their way A letter in Thursday’s Peninsula Voices was both sad and revealing (“Recounting all the names used for the president,” Dec. 20). He… Continue reading
Appointments telling The recent Senate votes, 50 for and 49 against, to confirm Bernard McNamee to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Kathleen Kraninger to… Continue reading
The Associated Press A look at the impact of the partial government shutdown: Open and closed Social Security checks will go out and troops will… Continue reading
The federal government is violating the Endangered Species Act by failing to consider how salmon fishing off… Continue reading
More than 300,000 households and businesses lost power Thursday as strong winds took down trees and power… Continue reading
Gov. Jay Inslee has proposed the state spend $30 million to help combat the opioid epidemic by creating new programs… Continue reading
DECEMBER, MOST EVERYONE complains, is far too dark. The shortened days force us indoors. The temperature dips uncomfortably low. It feels foreboding. To me, the… Continue reading
There are advantages of power outages, like the one that plunged us in total darkness [Friday] night. My wife and I lit candles and ate… Continue reading
In April of this year I started recording the name calling by the left printed in the PDN to despair all that is Trump and… Continue reading
The state Senate is conducting an outside investigation into Democratic Sen. Kevin Ranker following allegations of… Continue reading
Should Gov. Jay Inslee run for president in 2020?… Continue reading
