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Psychiatric hospital stripped of certification, federal funding

A patient at Washington state’s largest psychiatric hospital received a new feeding tube but wasn’t monitored for… Continue reading

LETTERS: Mainstream media, foreign countries not blamed for immigration mess

Phony blame The mass groups of people swarming to our southern border for the specter of families getting broken up and kids kept in cages… Continue reading

OUR VIEW: Newsprint tariffs hard on community newspapers

Roger Branigin, 1962 One wonders if Branigin, an attorney who three years… Continue reading

Spokane jury acquits woman accused of killing nephew born in Port Angeles

After being freed from three years of living as the accused killer of her nephew, who had been… Continue reading

LETTER: Actions speak louder than words about human rights

We are currently witnessing the inhumane kidnapping and incarceration of innocent children on American soil, separating them from their parents who are also being incarcerated… Continue reading

LETTER: Unfair to compare accused Americans to asylum seekers

Regarding the “Political strategies” letter (PDN, June, 15-16): To compare American children removed from their convicted parents for a number of reasons (e.g., drugs, violence,… Continue reading

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The Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries. What do you think of this?… Continue reading

  • Jun 26, 2018

Kilmer turned away from Tacoma prison visit by chicken pox outbreak

A U.S. congressman said he was turned away from trying to meet with detainees from the southern border crisis because… Continue reading

LETTER: Need to focus on real sources of local pollution

despite setbacks — the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe would continue efforts… Continue reading

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Do you think counties should prohibit thin-film, non-compostable plastic bags?… Continue reading

  • Jun 24, 2018

LETTER: GOP now the party of Trump

Votes for Trump In addition to being president, Donald J. Trump heads the national Republican Party. It has clearly become the party of Trump at… Continue reading

LETTER: Job performance is a one-person act

Great job news Great news hearing more people are being hired for jobs and able to once again support their families and work toward the… Continue reading

LETTER: Questions must be resolved before Canadians ship tar oil

Great job news Great news hearing more people are being hired for jobs and able to once again support their families and work toward the… Continue reading

LETTER: Separating illegal migrants illegal and immoral

Immoral, illegal The question that arises from the policy of incarceration of families in separate facilities is simply: Why is it necessary to separate children… Continue reading

Washington, other states plan to sue over family separations

Washington, other states plan to sue over family separations

Washington, California and at least nine other states are planning to sue the Trump administration over its… Continue reading

Washington, other states plan to sue over family separations

LETTER: Doomed to repeat lessons of tariffs

The promise that lessons will be repeated until learned has never been more applicable than in the present political clime. In 1930, Herbert Hoover signed… Continue reading

LETTER: Levy hike a ploy to hold marina hostage

We have a question about the sale of the John Wayne Marina to a private party. My husband, our neighbors and I have read many… Continue reading

LETTER: Pain of separation never ebbs

At age 5, I went on a Greyhound bus from Chicago to a cabin near Lake Superior with my grandmother. The further we traveled, the… Continue reading

PHOTO: Snowball fight for summer’s start

PHOTO: Snowball fight for summer’s start

Mike Castillo and Kristin Justice of Santa Barbara, Calif., have a snowball fight at Hurricane Ridge on Wednesday while on vacation visiting Olympic National Park.… Continue reading

PHOTO: Snowball fight for summer’s start
Washington governor to boost immigrant legal aid funding

Washington governor to boost immigrant legal aid funding

Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday announced additional emergency funding to support civil legal aid services for… Continue reading

Washington governor to boost immigrant legal aid funding