I’m starting to wonder if the state’s budget problems mean it will no longer be able to co-manage natural resources with the treaty tribes. Even President Obama has said recently that the state’s budget crisis is a “huge problem.”
A teacher somewhere in America made a startling discovery in her sixth-grade classroom the other day. A student, a 13-year-old girl, was eating a new variety of Tic Tacs, but it wasn’t the small sweet things she was led to believe.
Our governor and state legislators are faced with the difficult task of preparing a balanced budget and are calling for extreme cuts in government services to match the income shortfall created by these tough economic times.
How much fish and shellfish do you eat? For more than 20 years the state of Washington has based its water quality standards on the idea that we eat one small bite a day, or 6.5 grams. About the size of a sugar cube.
Were you seeing red on Monday? It wasn’t an optical illusion, and your eyes weren’t playing tricks on you.
If you haven’t started your holiday shopping, you might want to hold on to your wallet. Gov. Chris Gregoire wants the state to dig deeper into your pocket to help bail-out the state budget.
The Auburn Downtown Association (TADA) is participating in the Shift Your Shopping holiday campaign, an unprecedented national drive that encourages residents to take job creation and economic concerns into their own hands by exercising their power to strengthen their own local economies.
Washington, like nearly every other state in the country, is still feeling the economic drag that’s resulted from the worst recession our nation has seen since the 1930s.
The other day I was flipping through the cable channels and came across the movie, “Colors”, with Robert Duvall and Sean Penn. The movie is all about two Los Angeles police officers working in the gang unit.
Veterans Day is an opportunity for us to honor the service and sacrifice of our veterans. With the news that our troops will be coming home from Iraq by the end of the year, this Veterans Day has special significance for their families and our country as we prepare to welcome our veterans home.
Salmon are on the same downward trend as the amount and quality of their habitat, and until we turn that around, there’s little hope for their recovery.
The Pacific mayoral race has turned nasty. Not all sides are playing nice.
Auburn is aggressively carving out a place for itself in the changing global economy.
Having already established productive economic, educational and cultural ties with Tamba, Japan, civic and business leaders have opened talks with dignitaries from Guanghan, China, and Pyeongchang, South Korea, host of the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Two came with prepared scripts, two spoke more off the cuff.
Based on reactions and sound bites from last week’s debate, the Auburn City Council races offer distinct personalities, credentials and choices for voters. All of which should make for an interesting kick to the finish line for the Nov. 8 general election, less than three weeks away.
We all owe a big “thank you” to the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. They never gave up on getting those two dams torn down, and today that dream is becoming a reality. For 100 years they have had to wait for their treaty rights to be restored and for the salmon to return.
As far as John Neibel is concerned, it is an accident ready to happen.
The numbers are expected to climb, and so are the challenges for those fighting hunger in Auburn.
Olympia still doesn’t get it.
Four times the voters have approved initiatives requiring a two-thirds vote to raise taxes and a majority vote to increase fees. Four times.
I’ve been talking a lot lately about the connection between salmon, habitat and treaty rights. That connection is pretty simple. No habitat equals no salmon; no salmon equals no treaty rights; and no treaty rights equals a breach of contract between the tribes and U.S. government.
We celebrate the start of the 2011-2012 school year, knowing that our students are capable and precious. Teachers delight in the opportunities for a new year and the attributes of each student.
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