What is going on in this state? Voters elect a “tax and spend” governor who has run up a projected debt of billions.
The citizens of Auburn might not be aware, but there will soon be built a $5 million Taj Mahal fire station to be located on the most southeasterly border of the city. This station is supposedly being built to service the Lakeland Hills area. Are there really that many calls in the Lakeland area to warrant this type of expense?
Last year, after one of this area’s odd and paralyzing snowstorms, I watched a very dumb guy in a very fancy SUV suddenly whip around the traffic in front of him and barrel at breakneck speed up an icy hill.
Way Scarff is no activist, just a concerned businessman who understands “Main Street,” the automobile industry and how important a long-standing family-held dealership can be to a tight-knit community.
If you have a loved one serving in the U.S. military this holiday season, you understand the sacrifices of a military career.
Most people who read this column drive, so here’s an early Christmas present: Log onto seattlegasprices.com and you’ll find the…
That was an interesting editorial cartoon (“Chez Gregoire” and the state budget, Auburn Reporter, Dec. 3).
What a mess. A celebration of holiday traditions during the festive season has instead become a free fire zone in…
The Seattle Times recently launched a three-part investigative series titled “Culture of Resistance” regarding the protocols of Washington State hospitals to control MRSA: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, an antibiotic-resistant form of the common staph germ.
The average African-American high school senior has the academic skills equal to the average white seventh-grader, according to Jonathan Kozol, an author, educator and activist.
It was a dark and stormy night. Plenty of lousy novels have begun that way, so why not a lousy column?
Each day it seems as if our budget deficit for Washington grows exponentially.
I am so thankful this holiday. What a wonderful place Auburn is to live and raise a family.
In the debate over our state’s budget woes an important fact is too often ignored. During an economic downturn there is no wiser investment for our state to make than in higher education.
We’re still a long way out from Christmas, even though one Seattle radio station is already playing holiday music around the clock and gift catalogs have been clogging mailboxes since Halloween.
Here’s a headline for you: “A NEW STUDY HAS COME OUT!” Now that you’ve been thoroughly startled, let me give you the stunning details.
Dear Bill Gates,
Even in the year 2050, newspapers will still line birdcages.
In answer to Mr. Wells Jr.’s letter of Oct. 2, you haven’t seen anything yet.
