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Opinion

September 6, 2018

Instead of hating on teachers, imagine if we all had unions

With one teachers strike still happening in Washougal and another narrowly avoided in Camas, we’ve had our fair share of discussions about teachers salaries, unions, collective bargaining and picket lines in the newsroom.

September 6, 2018

Arts center would enrich our region

Close your eyes for a moment and imagine a professional performing arts and cultural center at the Washougal Waterfront Park.

August 30, 2018

State must fulfill ‘McCleary promise,’ fund teacher salaries

We have amazing teachers in Camas. There’s no question that our teachers were amazing, dedicated, and passionate before the McCleary legislation passed for school funding, and they will continue to be just as amazing in the aftermath of this legislation.

August 30, 2018

August Cheers & Jeers

We’re not too sure what happened to the summer, but here we are, publishing our last Cheers & Jeers of the season.

August 23, 2018

Will we heed the smoke signals or let it burn?

“The choices we make today will determine how much temperatures increase this century, how long and damaging wildfire seasons become, and how prepared communities are for the growing risks of wildfires.”

August 16, 2018

Will you believe the propaganda or fight ‘fake news’ attacks?

We are joining our brothers and sisters in journalism today and, along with more than 100 newspapers across the country, devoting this Opinion page to an outright rejection of President Donald Trump’s relentless “fake news” attacks on our constitutionally protected free press.