Letters to the Editor
Retiree thanks legislator; tragic death reaction | Letters
Thanks from a retiree
Opinion
Post-pandemic world is an opportunity for our youth | Guest column
By Jesse Johnson, District 30 State Representative
Opinion
King County Council elections could be more exciting this fall | Roegner
In most King County election races, the incumbent has all of the advantages, and the races are rarely…
Opinion
What niche is Federal Way trying to fill? | Livingston
What niche is Federal Way trying to fill in the greater Seattle-Tacoma area?
Opinion
What’s happening to the soul of the GOP? | Roegner
What has happened to the Grand Old Party and its abdication of leadership to Donald Trump’s personality cult…
Opinion
Editorial: Act now to save salmon, regardless of dams’ fate
With a plan to remove dams on the Snake River shelved, leaders must commit to broader-based actions.
Opinion
Editorial: Parents have decision to make on vaccinating kids
With one vaccine now approved for kids 12 and older, parents shouldn’t wait for a school requirement.
Opinion
Big legislative wins for Washington Democrats | Roegner
I said in an earlier column that this legislative session would be like no other. I was mainly…
Opinion
Grocery store workers and the hazard pay movement | Roegner
There isn’t much positive about what we have all been through the last year with the coronavirus.
Letters to the Editor
Thoughts on FWPS and the superintendent | Letter to the editor
The success of a community’s public schools largely relies on the mutual respect within the community for the…
Letters to the Editor
People still want to get high in Federal Way | Letter to the editor
Our mayor is a 1980s drug warrior. I read the recent article on the re-criminalization of drug possession…
Opinion
How George Floyd’s death is changing history | Roegner
The death of George Floyd at the knee of Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin may have thrust Floyd…
Opinion
Needle exchange program: Compassion vs. intolerance | Roegner
One of the more creative methods for treating drug users is the Seattle-King County Public Health’s needle exchange…
Opinion
Rethinking a natural gas ban in Washington state | Brunell
Sometimes being first isn’t good.
Opinion
Politics and the Sound Transit Board’s big decision for South King County | Roegner
Fortunately, the Sound Transit Board of Directors will make the final decision on the location of the south…
Opinion
Police blotter blues and our sense of accountability | Livingston
Reading the police blotter in any newspaper proves that we as people will do just about anything and…
Letters to the Editor
Letters: Lakehaven commissioner says farewell
Water commissioner’s self-imposed term limit
Opinion
Democrats, Republicans, budgets and taxes | Roegner
Because the Democrats control the state’s House, Senate and the Governor’s Office, reaching agreement on the 2021-2023 budget…
Opinion
Asian women and racial violence in the aftermath of Atlanta | Guest column
In her famous essay “The Laugh of the Medusa,” Hélène Cixous resurrects the myth of Medusa — a…
Opinion
When a sheriff is under investigation | Roegner
I have always viewed the position of sheriff as a non-political professional administrator — more like a city…