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Being Frank: We have no time to slow down our recovery efforts

The Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission lost an irreplaceable leader last month when our chairperson, Lorraine Loomis, walked on.

Don Brunell

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Guest opinion: Bush’s 9/11 epilogue needs to be America’s prologue

This Sept. 11 remembrance fell at a time when America is bitterly divided. It is also a time…

Bertha Cooper

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Think About It: I ♥ nurses

Of course, I love nurses; nursing is my profession. I am a nurse, although not a nurse you…

Tom Locke

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Guest opinion: Current COVID surge is a self-inflicted wound

COVID-19 is raging in Clallam County at unprecedented levels. In the past two weeks, one out of every…

Don Brunell

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Guest opinion: Vaccinations improving health, employment

It is not surprising that COVID-19 which ravaged the world was disastrous for our country’s economy. Millions died…

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From the Back Nine: Charmed

When people recall their childhoods, they often use diaries if their own memories are dependable as sieves. Or…

Bertha Cooper

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Think About It: A chance to speak

“A perpetual Republican/Trump hater, (Cooper) seems incapable of any kind of balanced thought process,” begins Greg Carroll’s letter…

Don Brunell

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Guest opinion: Recycling batteries key to protecting our planet

Each year Americans throw away more than three billion batteries constituting 180,000 tons of hazardous material and the…

Crystal Linn

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Aging Successfully: Senior citizens in the work place

An article in the Next Generation Personal Finances blog stated that as of February 2019, about 20 percent…

Don Brunell

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Guest opinion: Japanese hydrogen pilot may work in Washington state

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics were billed as the “Hydrogen Olympics!” Then along came COVID-19 and sporting events worldwide…

Bertha Cooper

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Think About It: What the world needs now

“My rights don’t end where your feelings begin.”

Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He recently retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and now lives in Vancouver. He can be contacted at thebrunells@msn.com.

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Guest Opinion: Stop, rethink Washington state’s long term care law

Time is short, but action is necessary!

USEPA Photo by Eric Vance. Public domain image

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Being Frank: Before we achieve ‘net ecological gain,’ we need to define it

Editor’s note — Lorraine Loomis, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission chairperson and Swinomish fisheries manager, died on Aug. 10,…