Olympian’s new Sunday business page is something worth celebrating

posted 07:53 AM 05/21
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During a conversation with a business colleague the other day, we reminisced about how much fun we used to have when the economy was booming. There were plenty of expansion opportunities and no shortage of ideas how to upgrade our products and services for customers.

There hasn’t been much of that recently, in almost every type of business, as this Great Recession insists on lingering on and on like a bad winter cold.

But that does make it doubly pleasurable, when we get to announce something new and improved – as we are doing today.

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Legislature shows its commitment to funding education

posted 11:44 PM 05/05

Gov. Chris Gregoire signed the 2012 supplemental budget last week, reducing spending in the current biennium by $1.1 billion.

Love a parade? Love animals? Then Aug. 18 is the day for you

posted 11:47 PM 04/28

A Procession of the Species meandered through downtown Olympia on Saturday, and dragons are churning up the waters of Budd Inlet today.

Doing-it-yourselfing likely will only raise the repair bill

posted 11:49 PM 04/21

Today, we’re beginning an occasional series of articles loosely titled, “Increasing the value of your home,” by posing the question: Should you do your own plumbing repairs?

Yes, taxes are a burden – but they’re how we support our nation

posted 11:46 PM 04/14

We published a letter to the editor this week by William Cosgrove who floated the idea of granting the right to vote only to people who pay taxes. In other words, if you aren’t contributing to the federal coffers, you don’t get a say in electing the people who spend our money.

Can’t stump this guy about baseball – you shouldn’t even try

posted 11:47 PM 04/07

The way Oscar Soule tells it, there may be someone who knows more about baseball than he does, but nobody enjoys it more.

Local man among those left out in the cold in MLB’s pension plan

posted 12:05 PM 04/02

The Seattle Mariners 2012 major league baseball season got under way in a foreign country this week, while most of us were sleeping. It’s not that Americans don’t care about the national past time. It was just past our bedtime.

Mountain-climbing Briton puts problems into perspective

posted 11:46 PM 03/24

Most present-day Americans commute somewhere. There are people every day either driving to Olympia to work in state government, or leaving the capital city to earn their living in places like Tacoma or Seattle.

Journalists will bring stories, photos from front lines of war

posted 11:46 PM 03/17

Even before a Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier allegedly murdered 16 Afghanistan civilians, a deployment there came with risks for any U.S. personnel. Since the unexplained killings, it has grown considerably more dangerous.

Interviews speak to strengths of those who lived through Depression

posted 12:46 AM 03/11

Statistically speaking, the Great Recession that grabbed us in 2007 and still won’t let us wiggle free, pales in comparison to the Great Depression.