Opinion
Building resilience in our children | My Turn
It turns out resilience is an important mental health characteristic that helps adolescents and adults cope in the…
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Balance Goddess proves that extra effort goes a long way | Editor’s Notebook
As if there weren’t enough intense, mind-boggling performances already.
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How the Y strengthens from Redmond to Renton | Our Turn
As the pace of our lives moves faster and faster and the demands on our time increase, the…
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Let’s hold off on Armageddon | Editorial
Some in our state are having an OMG moment because Sens. Rodney Tom and Tim Sheldon — both…
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Eastside Rail Corridor: maximizing opportunities | Our Turn
After a decade of work, King County and our regional partners have an unprecedented opportunity to provide transportation…
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Journalism abounds at Rosa Parks | Editor’s Notebook
Rosa Parks Elementary School up on Redmond Ridge is usually in the news about being overcrowded with students.
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Legislators have tough budget decisions to make as session begins | Editorial
The 2013 legislative bell will ring on Monday as local legislators take the ring in Olympia to tackle…
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Slow down, look around and proceed | Editor’s Notebook
I know this has been said before, but it’s worth repeating. Again and again. Stay alert out there…
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We want you to become part of the discussion | Editorial
While an editorial is suppose to take a pointed view – it is, after all, an opinion –…
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Did you make an impact in 2012? | Editor’s Notebook
So, as 2012 nears its end, I — like everyone else, I assume — find myself evaluating my…
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You fight hard until the very end | Teen Scene
If there’s any one thing that has stuck with me through my years of playing chess, it is…
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‘We believe this budget is fiscally sound and honors our commitment to our community’ | My Turn
On Dec. 4, the Redmond City Council adopted the Fiscal Year 2013-14 biennial budget. Working with Mayor John…
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The city can do better with its budget | Our Turn
On Tuesday, Dec. 4, the Redmond City Council passed a budget for 2013 through 2014. The administration says…
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The cliff: To jump, or not | Editorial
The U.S. is poised to fall off a “fiscal cliff” on Jan. 1 unless Democrats and Republicans find…
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Reflect on your life, lend a hand during the holidays | Teen Scene
As the holiday season approaches, it only further reflects the ideals that our society has brought upon us…
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Glimpse into the life of a reporter | Editor’s Notebook
Normally, I’m a pretty quiet guy when it comes to discussing my job outside of the work place.…
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… and we will do this again in four years | Editorial
The 2012 general election was a lot of things. It was an exercise in democracy, a peaceful transition…
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Shameful costs of our elections | Editorial
Humorist Will Rogers once noted that “politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money…
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Election time brings back memories | Editor’s Notebook
I was president once. Yes, that’s true, and during my one-year tenure in eighth grade, I did an…
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Microsoft’s new and tasty menu arrives | Editorial
The Redmond software giant might not be sleeping any more. Recently, Microsoft released a number of hardware and…