Life
Decidedly deciduous: Creating year-round interest in the garden
Up your fall gardening game with Japanese maples, hydrangeas and countless more deciduous trees and shrubs.
Life
Giving up car keys, and other hard decisions for older adults
The struggle to maintain our elders’ dignity, independence and well-being is the goal of positive aging.
Life
Discover hardy cyclamen, cool-season jewels for PNW gardens
They will grace a shady part of your garden with dainty butterfly-like flowers from August through October.
Opinion
Comment: October’s a scary time, but not because of Halloween
Before the election, the GOP wants to frighten you with falsehoods, ignoring the real dangers.
Opinion
Saunders: Keep school board races on issues that matter to kids
Candidates shouldn’t be vilified over who donated, whether there’s a Trump connection or not.
Life
Your children need mentors — here’s how to find them
Coaches, ministers, teachers, neighbors or relatives can assume this very important role in a young person’s life.
Opinion
Harrop: Russia’s war is draining it of people it needs most
As its birthrate plummets, Russia is losing men to battle and to the borders as its citizens flee.
Life
Fall is for planting — don’t let the weather spoil it
Here’s what to do — and what not to do — in the garden during our increasingly long…
Opinion
Schwab: Here’s to hoping folks are paying attention to facts
Watching the Jan. 6 committee’s final hearing was to know beyond doubt that Trump knew he had lied.
Life
Helping children cope with the pain of divorce
What splitting couples can do to make the transition more comfortable for their kids.
Opinion
Saunders: Housing First isn’t solving homelessness
Providing shelter without expecting sobriety and treatment isn’t working; it’s time to abandon failed policies.
Life
Installing central air conditioning takes money and patience
But it’ll be worth every penny the next time a heat dome descends over Snohomish County.
Opinion
Comment: Musk can command Twitter; just not its users
Opening Twitters floodgates to the ‘right-wing cess pool’ will turn it into another Truth Social.
Life
Endless summer: Out with the geraniums, in with the pansies
Change out those summer annuals to bring a fresh look to your garden — and maybe a sense…
Opinion
Schwab: GOP’s lies, damned lies and the unspoken statistics
Speeches and ads on crime, IRS hiring and the economy are taken at face value. Where are Democrats’…
Opinion
Burke: What to value in a senator? Experience or half-truths
Put Patty Murray and Tiffany Smiley side by side and Murray is the only choice for the ballot.
Opinion
Saunders: We’re firing heroes for refusing to get vaccinated
If the covid pandemic is over, as Biden said, they why dismiss military members who decline vaccination?
Life
Team sports help create winners in the game of adult life
Team sports foster the skills children will need as adults: hard work, discipline, team work, ability to take…
Life
Attending a cross country meet offers opportunity for repose
It took you two hours of driving and waiting to offer the kids 45 seconds of support. And…
Opinion
Harrop: Abortion bans deter some women from getting pregnant
Women at risk for complications don’t want to risk their life if an abortion might be necessary.