In Our View
Franklin, Bader for council
Everett voters will narrow their choices for two city council seats in the Aug. 4 primary election, ballots…
In Our View
Don’t change cannabis buffers
Only a week after setting its regulations and zoning for operation of marijuana businesses, the Everett City Council…
In Our View
Respecting nature and its risks
Two recent events have raised the issue of the risks we take when we enter forests, wilderness and…
In Our View
Elect Simmonds and Frizzell
There is no shortage of challenges for the Lynnwood City Council as it charts a path into a…
In Our View
Saving state’s wild steelhead
The term “gene bank” likely prompts images of scientists in lab coats putting samples into a cryogenic deep…
In Our View
Alcohol misuse major threat
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Federal Drug Administration this week confirmed what states have…
In Our View
Court win for small businesses
Compared with the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that affirmed the national insurance exchange for the federal Affordable…
In Our View
It’s legal; let them do business
The city of Everett has been cautious as it, Snohomish County and the rest of the state navigate…
In Our View
Make parks fund permanent
If Congress were seeking a vote on a valuable program that would allow it to pat itself on…
In Our View
Some environmental victories
In the interests of positive reenforcement, let’s take the opportunity here to make note of some legislative successes…
In Our View
Good start for state’s new tests
School’s out, but the test results for the state’s new Smarter Balanced Assessment for students in the third…
In Our View
State’s best chance at own water rule
Even with two special sessions and counting, there were issues that the Legislature didn’t get to this year.…
In Our View
Why no vote on export tool?
It might only be temporary, but Congress’ failure to reauthorize the charter of the federal Export-Import Bank by…
Opinion
How to get where we’re going on transportation
Compromise requires concession, especially when the subjects of transportation, taxes and the environment intersect.
Opinion
Animal lab a step backward
It’s an exciting time in medicine and technology, and the combination of the two. New advances and discoveries…
Opinion
Celebrate right for all to wed
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ended, in one sense, same-sex marriage.
Opinion
Flag was never about heritage
The Confederate battle flag, a blue cross with white stars on a field of red, is not a…
Opinion
Voting’s a summertime thing
Voting and politics may not rank high in terms of your interest, particularly during summer, but please take…
Opinion
More reasons to limit carbon
The justifications for taking real and effective steps to slow climate change and limit the amount of carbon…