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August 26, 2021

August Cheers & Jeers

We know it’s easy to get mired in bad news, especially when you’re trying to stay well-informed. There’s even a term for it. “Doomscrolling,” according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is “the tendency to continue to surf or scroll through bad news, even though that news is saddening, disheartening or depressing.” In the face of so many things that might prompt someone to keep doomscrolling, we can completely lose sight of all the good stuff happening around us.

July 1, 2021

Celebrate WA’s reopening, but know Delta still threatens more than half of our community

“Washington has come a long way since the first confirmed case of COVID in the country was found in our state in January 2020,” Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said in May, just a few weeks before reopening the state and removing most COVID restrictions on Wednesday, June 30. “That is in no small part due to Washingtonians’ dedication and resilience in protecting themselves and their communities throughout the pandemic.”

June 17, 2021

Vaccines can help youth get past ‘weathering the storm’

Once you’ve attended a few high school graduation ceremonies — shout out to the teachers, school administrators and other community newspaper folks out there — the speeches and cheers and caps flying in the air may start to blend together in your memory.

May 13, 2021

We must all keep disinformation in check this election season

With the local candidate declaration period ending on May 21, we will soon know — save last-minute write-in candidates — who plans to compete for several open positions on Camas-Washougal city councils, school boards and commissions in the August primary and November general elections.