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Politicians often say things they wish they hadn’t. Sometimes we’re trying to be funny and the humor falls flat. Sometimes anger or frustration gets the better of us. And sometimes, a …
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How about some good news coming out of our record-breaking (extreme) heat wave?
Luckily, we live and work in the Pacific Northwest, and are reaping the benefits from our well connected power grid, …
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By Don Brunell
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7/6/21
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Hello Thurston County. I really enjoy receiving questions from the community each week. In this week’s letter, I will address many questions on a variety of COVID topics you have sent …
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By Dimyana Abdelmalek, the Thurston County public health officer
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7/1/21
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As climate change concerns grow, researchers are turning to small tree farmers for help. Actually, they have been helping for nearly a century, but their efforts have largely gone …
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Commentary by Don Brunell
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6/29/21
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Beginning in January 2022, all Washington workers will pay 58 cents per $100 of their earnings to fund the Long-Term Care Trust Act (LTCTA). There is no limit to how much you will contribute to the …
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Commentary by Peter Abbarno
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6/29/21
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Regardless of the “how to” books available to read, parenting is hard and regularly leaves you questioning yourself.
I laugh when thinking about the wide variety of fatherhood movies …
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By Peter Abbarno
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6/22/21
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On June 16, we sent our students off to their summer break and hopefully great family time.
We have truly enjoyed having most of our students back for in-person learning these last few months. It …
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By Brian Wharton
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6/22/21
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I am excited for the beginning of summer. This week I wanted to answer some of the questions I have received from the community.
Why is there a discrepancy between the case counts Thurston County …
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By Dimyana Abdelmalek / Thurston County health officer
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6/15/21
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We’ve seen some real progress over the past few years in efforts to prevent human waste from damaging the health of Puget Sound and the Washington coast. Still, we face a chronic problem with …
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Commentary by Lorraine Loomis
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6/15/21
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By Don Brunell
Shortly after President Biden took office, he issued the sweeping executive order to transition America to total 100 percent renewable electricity by 2035, just 15 short …
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By Don C. Brunell
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6/8/21
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Early in the pandemic, signs of encouragement started appearing on theater marquees, church message boards, front lawns and living room windows.
“We’re in this together.” …
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By Kris Johnson
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6/8/21
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“Stop selling yourself short. You don’t know what tomorrow might bring so you might consider starting today.”
The photographs stop you dead in your scrolling.
On the left is a …
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By Brian Mittge / For the Nisqually Valley News
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6/8/21
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June 1 marks the grand opening of a new 3,000-square-foot Timberland Regional Library branch at the Capital Mall in West Olympia.
It’s exciting for Thurston County residents to have another …
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Commentary by Julie McDonald
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6/1/21
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China’s growing dominance of critical metals production and its vast stockpiles is setting off global alarms as economies emerge from the punishing COVID-19 pandemic. It is not only fear of the …
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By Don C. Brunell
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6/1/21
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I want to update you on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic in Thurston County. There has been a lot of new guidance recently regarding masking after vaccination. Masking is one of the easiest things …
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By Dimyana Abdelmalek / Thurston County health officer
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5/27/21
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A few weeks ago I wrote a column titled “TransAlta Reneging on Promise of Using Mine Land for Economic Development.”
I detailed decades of TransAlta promises to give land from its …
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By Michael Wagar / For The Chronicle
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5/21/21
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May 2021 is a bit early to talk seriously of the 2022 elections, let alone those in 2024, so take the following with a grain of salt.
Gov. Jay Inslee is signaling he will try to do something no …
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By Jim Camden / The Spokesman-Review
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5/18/21
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When Congress established the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) in 1935, it was intended to provide temporary and partial income replacement for workers who lost their jobs through no fault of …
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By Don C. Brunell
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5/18/21
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On May 1 at 7 a.m., a frail tree fell on a long-gone homestead near Tumwater. This quiet collapse would have gone unheeded, but this was a famous tree that had many good friends looking after …
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By Brian Mittge
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5/18/21
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The coronavirus pandemic has shown us how easy it is to take things for granted. Family barbecues, baseball games and kids going to school are just a few examples.
As some of our old way of life …
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Commentary by Kris Johnson
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5/11/21
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