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Kathy Lambert is a former King County Councilmember who represented District 3, which includes the Snoqualmie Valley.

Opinion

Cuts to KC Sheriff’s Office will impact rural areas like the Valley

Are you going to be safer with a $30.2 million cut to the King County Sheriff’s Office that’s…

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.

Opinion

Small business owners and the forgotten constituency | Brunell

During the 1992 presidential campaign, then-candidate Bill Clinton famously intoned, “I feel your pain,” reassuring voters he understood…

Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.

Opinion

A little political lesson from Wile E. Coyote | Whale’s Tales

In a series of rules that Wile E. Coyote’s creator, Chuck Jones, laid down in 1948 to guide…

Letter to the editor

Letters to the Editor

Billionaires are not doing you any favors | Letter to the editor

Letter to the editor

Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.

Opinion

The benefits of taking a good look at yourself | Whale’s Tales

None of us looking at what’s happening in the world sees things exactly as the next guy does.

William Shaw can be reached at william.shaw@valleyrecord.com.

Opinion

Thank you to Snoqualmie Valley readers, businesses and more

Throughout 2024, we hope you’ve been informed, enlightened, inspired, entertained or educated by the Snoqualmie Valley Record’s coverage…

William Shaw can be reached at william.shaw@valleyrecord.com.

Opinion

Help support local journalism in the Snoqualmie Valley

Check your mailbox this week. Many of you will find a mailer inviting you and your household to…

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.

Opinion

LA’s wildfires must spark change in our neck of the woods | Brunell

The hurricane-force winds fueling fast-moving Southern California wildfires have exasperated firefighters in western states for over a century.…

Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.

Opinion

Confessions of a klutz: Was I cursed from the cradle? | Whale’s Tales

For most of my life, that’s how I felt about myself.

Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.

Opinion

History has always been about human beings | Whale’s Tales

Years ago, the late journalist Harry Reasoner said this on a CBS historical documentary: “The past is like…

Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.

Opinion

Strange tales from life at University of Washington | Whale’s Tales

I have many treasured memories from my four years at the University of Washington, and to this day,…

Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.

Opinion

Let’s leave bridge building to the bridge builders | Whale’s Tales

I have been thinking a lot about an alarming trend in this nation that appears to elevate ignorance.

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.

Opinion

Is the Northwest ready for our ‘Big One?’ | Brunell

When President Biden warned FEMA does not have enough money to finish the hurricane season let alone the…