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After McKinley, is Rainier next?
The trouble arises not in naming things but in the significance of the names we give them.
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NFL still too slow on protocol
Despite the approval earlier this year of the $1 billion settlement to resolve thousands of NFL concussion lawsuits…
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Keeping public records public
You would have thought that for something that has been widely used for more than 25 years, we…
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Celebrating the family farm
Walking through The Evergreen State Fair can nearly overwhelm the senses: the flickering lights of carnival rides, the…
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Enough with the shutdown games
About the time kids start returning to school following the Labor Day holiday Sept. 7, the nation’s senators…
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Help those hit hard by wildfire
The fires now raging throughout the state may burn for months yet. And the costs have been much…
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Please, don’t toke and drive
It’s probably not a surprise that marijuana use is being found more often among drivers who are involved…
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Limit hours to boost work
Following the New York Times article last week about Amazon, tech workers from other companies were quick to…
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Move school start times an hour later
In a little more than two weeks, most Snohomish County middle school and high school students — or…
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Confronting the new realities of wildfires
A hastily scrawled sign on a fence outside a Twisp home implores: “Firefighters, this is just a house…
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Fund saves urban forests, too
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene stood in the forest with volunteers and other public…
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Rein in unregulated drones
Duck! The drones, it is quite clear, are out of the barn. And true to the idiom, Congress…
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Kids get a promise, not a plan
When given a test, students often are asked not just to answer the question but to write down…
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63 paths to end homelessness, addiction
With a problem that encompasses poverty, homelessness, mental illness and drug and alcohol addiction and with one or…
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Moving on for clean air, water
Having hit a wall of opposition in the Legislature this session, Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee remains committed to…
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Making the most of a ‘rare earth’ opportunity
Along with being great Scrabble words, rare earth elements — with names like europium. promethium and scandium —…
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Steps for saving the safety net
Social Security marks its 80th birthday Friday, and it’s an occasion that should be celebrated. The program that…
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Shopping seasons off kilter
Halloween decorations are now appearing in a store near you. (It’s not an apparition.) It must be early…