O, Oracle, non-partisan elections have become partisan Political parties are now endorsing candidates in non-partisan local elections. Should we be concerned?
O, Oracle, some incumbents aren't even trying Some of those running for elected positions are so entrenched in their incumbency, they don’t feel like they even need to campaign or do more than the bare minimum to get re-elected. What guidance do you have for us?
The Oracle and despair Twenty years ago, I was a freshman at Kamiakin, coming to terms with growing into someone I didn’t recognize in the mirror, while the me who read science fiction
Columbia river shoreline reconveyance targets 2020 bill, has begun including tribes in the process Nearly a year after the last public meeting on the topic, Monday's Pasco council workshop provided a status update on the initiative to transfer Columbia River shoreline ownership.
Kennewick council gets an ethics policy Kennewick’s City Council is getting some new guidelines and accountability to go along with it. The new policy, enacted in August, comes after an incident earlier this year where councilman John Trumbo was censured for “misuse of office” in using his city business
Mark Lee: profile of a community champion How can thousands of nudges from one person help change a community? It starts with the heart. “Mark Lee has a big heart for helping those that don't
Illuminated manuscript, depicting an excerpt from the "Laudato Si" encyclical, Pope Francis's call to environmental action By Adam Whittier
Saving Mother Earth Last week, as the snow was finally melting from my favorite running path, I noticed a single plastic shopping bag dangling from a tree limb overhanging the Columbia River. As
Working together to save the earth Our global home is threatened by human activities driving global warming, acidification of the ocean, widespread species extinction, and exhaustion of limited and irreplaceable natural resources. These disastrous impacts are
Public health policy should be based on science and data (needle exchanges included) In 1988 after working with heroin addicts for more than 17 years, in East Harlem, Greenwich Village and Hell's Kitchen, I was recruited by the New York City
Getting the story straight on needle exchanges On February 12, 2019, without an agenda item and in spite of the evidence presented by the public and Blue Mountain Heart to Heart the previous week, the Franklin County
From addiction to entrepreneur: an opioid story If you want to make someone completely shift their idea of who you are, tell them you’re an addict. It’s like their brain suddenly drops a cage around
Securing firearms in households reduces accidental shootings and suicides Last month, Saturday February 2nd, in Skyway, WA, a four-year-old boy shot his mother, who was 8 months pregnant, in the face while she laid on the bed
