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    Keith Livingston is a retired municipal management professional, lifelong artist and Federal Way resident. He can be reached at keithlivingstondesign@gmail.com.
    Are South King County’s poverty problems here to...
    By Keith Livingston • October 29, 2022 5:30 am

    What does success look like?

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Ode to old John Kirner and the memories...
    By Robert Whale • October 29, 2022 5:30 am

    I want to tell you a thing or two about an old friend.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    The cost we pay for having a marketplace...
    By Robert Whale • October 21, 2022 10:40 am

    Ah, the internet, the internet, let us count the many blessings of the internet.

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    Cartoon by Frank Shiers
    Cartoon: What a difference four dry months make
    October 21, 2022 1:30 am

    Cartoon by Frank Shiers

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    When weird fascinations collide with the power of...
    By Robert Whale • October 14, 2022 5:30 am

    I must have been about 9 years old when I started to do this weird thing.

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    Cartoon by Frank Shiers
    Mariners and the rally shoes | Cartoon
    October 13, 2022 4:10 pm

    Cartoon by Frank Shiers

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Lessons learned from an equal opportunity hater |...
    By Robert Whale • October 7, 2022 10:30 am

    Years ago I came across a story about an old man who claimed to be a member of a circle…

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    Cartoon by Frank Shiers
    Coughing in King County | Shiers
    September 30, 2022 11:50 am

    Cartoon by Frank Shiers

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    The long and winding road toward finding who...
    By Robert Whale • September 30, 2022 11:30 am

    Since I was 12, words have been my thing — texts of all sorts in tongues old and new, I…

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    Community members, family and loved ones are key to addiction treatment
    Community members, family and loved ones are key...
    September 28, 2022 2:40 pm

    Guest column by Patrick Evans and Lisa Rogers, Sound behavioral healthcare

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    Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He is a former president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver. Contact thebrunells@msn.com.
    The truth about trash as an important source...
    By Don C. Brunell • September 24, 2022 5:45 am

    If you live in Spokane, you know about its waste-to-energy facility, which burns up to 800 tons of solid waste…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    The Auburn today vs. the Auburn I have...
    By Robert Whale • September 23, 2022 5:30 am

    I am strolling hand in hand with my mother through Auburn City Park.

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    Cartoon by Frank Shiers
    Inslee’s nightmare before Christmas | Shiers
    September 23, 2022 1:30 am

    Gov. Jay Inslee has announced that all remaining COVID-19 emergency proclamations and state of emergency will end by Oct. 31….

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    Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He is a former president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver. Contact thebrunells@msn.com.
    Another Herculean effort is needed to turn Seattle...
    By Don C. Brunell • September 17, 2022 5:45 am

    Over the years, Seattle leaders faced “Herculean” challenges — yet found the will, resources and determination to come together and…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    We all need to acknowledge the devils in...
    By Robert Whale • September 16, 2022 1:30 pm

    I read somewhere years ago — I have forgotten where — that if a person cannot relish the puncturing of…

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    Cartoon by Frank Shiers
    Hops and Crops! | Cartoon
    September 16, 2022 11:30 am

    Cartoon by Frank Shiers

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    This undated photo shows Auburn’s first bus depot. Photo courtesy of Puget Sound Regional Archives.
    The wheels on Auburn’s bus history go ‘round...
    By Robert Whale • September 10, 2022 5:30 am

    Consider the Sound Transit Station on 23 A Street South Southwest.

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    Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He is a former president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver. Contact thebrunells@msn.com.
    Private sector innovators in WA can increase fresh...
    By Don C. Brunell • September 3, 2022 3:45 pm

    In Washington, this year we’re fortunate to have escaped the historic droughts plaguing other parts of the world. The Columbia…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Ironies in the current hate-the-mainstream-press moment | Whale’s...
    By Robert Whale • September 3, 2022 5:30 am

    Boy, we who make our living with a pen and a notepad in hand have sure dropped in the public’s…

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    Cartoon by Frank Shiers
    Gas-powered car ban in Washington state too? |...
    September 3, 2022 1:30 am

    Cartoon by Frank Shiers

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