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Earlier this year Senator John Braun (R-Centralia) introduced SB 5248 to provide funding for individual tutoring to help students recover from the learning losses resulting from the COVID school …
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Liv Finne / Washington Policy Center
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10/2/23
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I watched Tucker Carlson’s program of the Jan. 6 event. The Jan. 6 committee did not allow any cross-examination. Distortion of facts by the participants w as a narrow view of the events on …
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9/25/23
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I cannot think of a better person for Ridgefield School Board than Amber Baker. As a farmer, she is not afraid of hard work.
As a Ridgefield School District parent and volunteer, she has …
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Megan Dudley / Ridgefield
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9/25/23
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In today’s economy, along with the high cost of college and changing social attitudes about a degree’s value in some fields , employers are increasingly questioning the need to require …
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Elizabeth Hovde / Washington Policy Center
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9/25/23
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Our shared natural resources are our shared responsibility.
Following federal Judge Edward Rafeedie’s 1994 ruling in U.S. v. Washington, state and tribal co-managers have a legal …
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Ed Johnstone / NWIFC Chairman
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9/25/23
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The protesters who occupied House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s office may or may not be charged, but the bill they advocate for is something we should protect. According to them, the PEPFAR program …
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9/18/23
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A positive trend! Saturday, Sept. 10, the Adopt A Highway volunteers were out again picking up trash on State Route 503. You may have seen the white bags on the highway north of Battle Ground? This …
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9/18/23
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The other day, my husband and I were driving north on I-5, and standing on the Pioneer exit overpass in Ridgefield was a man holding a sign to the cars that said, “F/U Biden Supporters.” …
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9/18/23
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The newspaper recently allowed me to share my reflections as a former House Republican leader on two lawmakers who represent the 20th Legislative District, Sen. John Braun and Rep. Peter Abbarno. In …
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State Rep. J.T. Wilcox / R-Yelm
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9/18/23
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With students returning to college campuses, it is time to consider other ways for them to pay for tuition, books and living expenses. Too often, they resort to borrowing.
Now, student loan …
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Don Brunell
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9/18/23
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Mikhail Pavenko’s opinion piece (Reflector, Joe Kent echoes Russian propaganda, Sept. 6, 2023), correctly identifies Vladimir Putin as a murderous thug, intent on grabbing land in Ukraine.
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Accolades to the City of Ridgefield and the Ridgefield Multicultural Initiative for hosting the sixth annual Multicultural Festival on Saturday, Sept. 2. Downtown was filled with an array of vendors, …
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9/11/23
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In response to Bruce McClay’s guest editorial “Why can’t we talk: The death of constructive dialog,” the answer is simple: It’s im possible.
You’ve seen the …
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Inflation is cooling but gas prices are spiking. Mortgage rates rose above 7% in August for the first time in 22 years, and they might not be done going up. Fears of an imminent recession have …
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The Ridgefield Lions offer their sincere thanks to the following organizations for their assistance at the Lions’ Clark County Fair booth:
Civil Air Patrol
Ridgefield High School …
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9/5/23
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I moved to Clark County in 1989. When we first moved here, we lived in the Country Manor mobile home park in Brush Prairie, on the last street, right next to the Chelatchie Railroad line, maybe 30 …
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9/5/23
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My name is Mikhail. I’m a believer, an American citizen, life-long conservative, husband and father, and I was born in Ukraine. For the last eight years I’ve regularly traveled to the …
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First, I won’t tell you how to vote. However, that does not prevent me from talking about voting. A recent judge’s ruling has struck down certain key provisions of laws in Georgia and …
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8/28/23
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Prior to stepping down earlier this year, I had the privilege of serving as House Republican leader in the Washington state House of Representatives for five years. In that role, I worked closely …
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State Rep. J.T. Wilcox
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8/28/23
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Disagreements are nothing new. As long as there have been people, choices and politics, there have been differences of opinion. Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson disagreed strongly on the role …
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