Opinion
State soon will know number of oil tank cars shipped through area | Jerry Cornfield
By the end of next week, Washington will learn how often tank cars of oil siphoned from North…
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Bellevue College working for diversity in students and faculty | Other Voices
A recent Education Lab blog post asked a provocative question, “Is teacher diversity a problem in Washington?” Often…
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Helping teens create a life worth living | Parenting Lifeline
Teens often turn to self-harming behaviors to cope with difficult and painful emotions. Average statistics indicate that one…
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Free opportunities for summer learning | Darcy Brixey
The library system recognizes that kids who continue to learn, read and experiment throughout summer break are better…
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Don’t worry yourself sick | Timi Gustafson
Among the many capabilities that distinguish us humans from other earthly creatures is the ability to forecast future…
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Cascade Water Alliance: Celebrating success and investing in region’s future | Other Voices
Cascade Water Alliance ensures that each of you — more than 350,000 residents and 20,000 businesses — have…
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Crackdown coming on driving while talking or texting | Editorial
The “Click it or Ticket” program is returning to the Issaquah and Sammamish area starting Monday. Safe drivers…
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Good sleep harder to get as we age | Timi Gustafson
In our busy lives, getting enough rest can be challenging at any age. But for older people it…
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Over the hill has an upside | Timi Gustafson
Despite the fact that people live longer and are more active in their later years, aging is still…
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Emails from the teacher | Darcy Brixey
According to family lore, my father would routinely return from school with a note pinned to his shirt…
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Students depend on Metro Transit
Metro Transit recently proposed cutting service to the busiest bus stop on the Bellevue College campus as a…
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LWSD officials looking at new options to address overcrowding after bond fails
Faced with another failure to pass a school construction bond, the Lake Washington School District will look at…
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For Legislature, it’s school days in Olympia | Jerry Cornfield
Imagine the domed state Capitol as a classroom, with 147 state lawmakers as students, and you may get…
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Connect, support our neighbors in wake of explosion | From the Publisher
After the terrible explosion that tore a hole through downtown North Bend in the wee hours of April…
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Is your job making you fat? | Timi Gustafson
It’s no secret that Americans spend too much time sitting. Long hours working in offices, commuting in cars,…
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Lessons learned at Oso disaster | Jerry Cornfield
That venerable adage ‘It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it’ came to mind Tuesday as…
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Time for Legislature to deal with transportation | Editorial
The defeat of King County Proposition No. 1, to help pay for transit as well as road maintenance…
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School kids take it on the chin | Editorial
Apparently good schools aren’t enough in the Lake Washington School District. Too many voters want them cheap as…