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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has a division known as the Farm Service Agency (FSA).
What is it? Just another government “do-nothing for people” agency?
I don’t think so.
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Commentary by Maureen Harkcom / For The Chronicle
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5/27/26
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Most people don’t pick a political party because of what they believe. They believe things because of the party they’re in.
I’ve spent enough time around campaigns, and in the halls of our …
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By Rob Richards / For Thurston Chronicle
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5/27/26
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I start each workday by reviewing the latest economic and government reports for Idaho, Montana, Washington, and Wyoming. It doesn’t take long to see a trend. Those states that prioritize fiscal …
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By Jason Mercier / Mountain States Policy Center
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5/22/26
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For 15 years, Washington has lived with an uncomfortable truth: we rank dead last in the nation for police staffing per capita. And instead of reversing course, the Legislature continues to pass laws …
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By Jared Nieuwenhuis / Councilmember, City of Bellevue
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5/22/26
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This Monday, Americans will honor our fallen soldiers during our nation’s 250th birthday year. At one of our grandest local observances, held Monday at the Claquato Cemetery, one gravestone reminds …
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Commentary by Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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5/22/26
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Every successful community has something that is difficult to quantify but easy to feel: a sense of place.
You know it when you experience it.
Some communities feel memorable, distinct and …
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Commentary by Wayne Fournier
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5/22/26
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Years ago, members of the St. Helens Club gathered to hear an hour-long lecture about Albert Einstein. After the introduction, a door opened and the speaker slowly strolled into the room dressed as a …
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Commentary by Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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5/18/26
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When former Gov. Christine Gregoire starts sounding the alarm about Washington state government, Olympia should pay attention.
Gregoire is not a conservative activist. She is not …
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By Chris Cargill / Mountain States Policy Center
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5/15/26
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"There is no cramming for a test of character. It always comes as a pop quiz."
— Andy Stanley
Seeing our community’s best and brightest is an inspiring look at how we can build the …
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Commentary by Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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5/15/26
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Over the past year or so, evidence appears to indicate there is widespread fraud totaling millions of dollars or more in several states, including Washington.
These are staggering numbers. …
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Commentary by John McCroskey / For The Chronicle
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5/13/26
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Last month, I had the opportunity to attend the City Nation Place Americas Conference in Vancouver, B.C., alongside regional partners from across Thurston County.
I attended as a board member of …
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By Wayne Fournier
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5/13/26
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At the dawn of the 20th century, children in Lewis County attended one of nearly 180 local one-room schools, but today it’s harder to find people who recall doing so.
Last month, I joined more …
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Commentary by Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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5/11/26
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The right song doesn’t just find your ears — it finds your life.
Every life has a soundtrack — some songs you hear, and some you carry with you.
You know the kind I’m talking about. …
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Commentary by Dr. Richard Stride
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5/11/26
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“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
— Proverbs 22:6
The Spring Youth Fair is a tonic for the soul and an inspirational path to …
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5/8/26
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It has been a privilege to have this space week after week to alert readers about important public-policy issues facing our beautiful state and how the Republican members of our state Senate are …
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By. Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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5/8/26
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Back in February, when the Association of Washington Business released a survey showing that nearly one in five Washington employers were looking to move business to another state — and almost half …
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By Kris Johnson, Association of Washington Business
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5/6/26
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There is a service window in the Thurston County Courthouse that has been dark since Jan. 20. The phones behind it go unanswered. The counter is closed.
Linda Myhre Enlow, our county clerk, did …
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By Rob Richards
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5/5/26
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Most mornings, when I stop at Safeway for my bagel, I see him.
An older man, moving slowly through the store with the help of a walker. His clothes are worn and unwashed, his hair and beard …
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By Richard Stride / For The Chronicle
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5/4/26
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Although she grew up in Centralia, Joan Kuder Bell said that until her junior year in high school, she knew little about what transpired on the city’s streets on Nov. 11, 1919, known alternately as …
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Commentary by Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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5/4/26
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"However little television you watch, watch less."
- David McCullough
Those words from historian and author David McCullough (I’m re-reading his brilliant “1776” during this …
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5/1/26
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