Editorial cartoons
Amid the United States’ roller coaster of a recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, it remains essential to prepare for the next pandemic. COVID-19 has demonstrated America’s lack of preparedness — both financially and psychologically — for a widespread breakout of disease.
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
The Spokesman-Review
Right now, Simone Biles’ fans must be wondering if they will see her out-of-this-world talents again at the Tokyo Olympics. They may never have imagined that this young woman — who set seemingly impossible new goals for herself even when doing less still would have set her on a different pla…
State laws in Washington can be an unnavigable labyrinth of confusion and contradiction.
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protects immigrants who arrived in the United States as children but without legal authority to live here, has been a life changer for more than 600,000 people. It has allowed them to come out of the shadows and contribute fully to society.
Just two months after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was generally safe for those vaccinated against COVID-19 to drop their masks, the agency switched course and now recommends that even the inoculated wear face coverings indoors in areas where the highly transmi…
“A pandemic of the unvaccinated.”
Saying no to babysitting your grandchildren might be one of the most distressing and complicated refusals in human relationships. But it’s something more retirees should do instead of serving as primary child-care givers while parents are at work.
Sometimes it takes the irresponsible behavior of a high-profile celebrity to draw attention to a problem that goes unnoticed by far too many people.
Thanks to a creative collaboration by Wenatchee Valley College professors, the 9/11 Spirit of America Memorial Committee has an updated website and professionally developed marketing strategy to better promote their work and engage the community. Best of all, students led the process and now…
Rufus Woods
Publisher Emeritus
Three-dimensional glasses covered eyes. Hula hoops trimmed hips. Four-cent stamps upholstered letters. Suburbs blossomed.
One casualty of the pandemic is how easy it has been to miss important civic milestones like the deaths of people who have made important contributions to our valley.
Rufus Woods
Publisher Emeritus
Zero waste grocery shopping is hard to achieve, and can feel impossible when almost every food product in stores comes in packaging containing plastic. The good news is that there are many easy ways we can contribute to reducing plastic at almost no cost to us. One of the ways we can do this…
One of the challenging conundrums we absolutely must find a solution for in North Central Washington is improving access to affordable childcare and early learning opportunities in our communities.
Rufus Woods
Publisher Emeritus
The out-of-the-ordinary heat wave we had last week came with great photographic opportunities showing how people were coping.
Don Seabrook
Photo Editor
East Wenatchee’s Cherryhill Park opened last week with a ribbon cutting and a small celebration of the collaborative efforts that made this project a success and will contribute to the quality of life of the community.
Rufus Woods
Publisher Emeritus
After spending recent months valiantly standing up for truth, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler has retreated into embarrassing partisanship.
Gov. Jay Inslee’s extension of a statewide eviction moratorium expands an overly broad policy and ignores legislation passed this year to balance the needs of renters and landlords.
I had the opportunity to moderate a discussion with several civic leaders about how the pandemic has impacted our valley, how organizations have adapted and opportunities that they see emerging for our valley.
Rufus Woods
Publisher Emeritus
Short-term rental recommendations: Support ‘this bundle of compromises’
Many of us have been staring at darkened rooms around 3 a.m. recently, when we would rather be asleep. Many of us are irritable and worried and live with a sense of impending doom we don’t understand. Many of us wonder where the joy has gone. Many of us feel distressed, can’t tell where it i…
A couple of forward-thinking school districts in our region are partnering with Communities in Schools of North Central Washington to develop innovative ways to help students who are struggling.
Rufus Woods
Publisher Emeritus
After years of delays, lawsuits, and an expensive taskforce, agreement was finally forged between the short-term rental industry and residents of rural neighborhoods on what should be in a new county regulation. Each side had to make painful compromises. Each side agreed to support the final…
Vancouver — For Clark County residents, drought is largely inconceivable. The Great River of the West runs through our backyard, driving the economy and defining the culture as it has for thousands of years, and we typically have no shortage of rain.
During his 50 years in rural western Colorado, Jamie Jacobson has seen a lot of flooding. While caretaking a farm in 1974, Jacobson watched three acres of its riverfront float away. More recently, it’s been drought, and then worse drought.
Forty years ago as a young reporter at The World, I was assigned the task of covering a rather unique graduation at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla.
Rufus Woods
Publisher Emeritus
The parking lot at Elmer Fudd High (home of the Hunting Wabbits) turned into a car show each school morning as cool kids drove in their 1964 Pontiac GTOs, 1969 Ford Mustang Cobra Jets and 1970 Chevelle SSs.
The old hippy-chondriac was knock-knock-knocking on heaven’s door because the doorbell was out of order.
SEATTLE — When Patricia Whitefoot learned about the remains of 215 children found in a mass grave at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia, she was devastated.
YAKIMA — The Plath family had been a part of Yakima’s fruit industry through Washington Fruit for nearly a century when Cliff Plath, a fruit grower and philanthropist, saw another opportunity for growth.
TACOMA — At least Bonney Lake leaders got one thing right when they recently voted — unanimously, no less — that their city should be immune to state government directives to vaccinate or wear masks.
Opinion | Seattle Times Editorial Board: Inslee's double-signing stunt a wasteful abdication of duty
Gov. Jay Inslee needs to consult a primer on proper governance when it comes to signing bills. Repeatedly, he has exceeded his authority in line-item vetoes and been hauled into court by legislators more than once over it. This spring, he overcorrected, making an error of executive underreach.
Thanks to a groundbreaking study, we now know what it takes for public schools in any rural or urban environment to help kids experiencing poverty and those of color achieve academic success and create the foundation for students to successfully contribute to our society.
Rufus Woods
Publisher Emeritus
What do Queen Elizabeth (95), Janet Yellen (74), our president (78) and the pope (84) have in common?
Those responsible for the scourge of opioid addiction that has torn through communities in Washington and across the nation must be held accountable.
For decades, the federal government has trapped marijuana proponents in a bureaucratic Catch-22. The message: “You can’t research the drug because we won’t allow you to grow it, and you can’t prove its benefits because there is little research.”
We are deeply saddened by the death of Dave Riggs, a former Wenatchee World journalist who went on to become a beloved and inspiring teacher and journalism adviser at Wenatchee High School. Dave was recently diagnosed with spinal cancer and passed away Sunday morning.
Rufus Woods
Publisher Emeritus
For the past nine months, I’ve been part of a group meeting to explore race and inclusion in our society. It has been a challenging journey of self reflection.
Rufus Woods
Publisher Emeritus
Library reading list promotes bizarre ideology | Farewell, Pybus Bistro | Excise vs income tax
So, here we are: Graduation 2021. We wanted to know: What’s on the minds of Wenatchee Valley seniors as they graduate from high school? We asked Wenatchee and Eastmont district officials for student speeches to be given at graduation. (Eastmont High School had many student speakers, WestSide…
We are excited to hear that the Wenatchee School District has been planning to redesign dual-language learning in the district. As parents of students who have benefited greatly from the opportunity to attend a dual-language school, Lewis and Clark Elementary School, we want to support the d…
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, before the 9-11 terrorist attack, before “cowboys” moved to Rodéo Drive in Beverly Hills, there were the good old days.
Signs went up late last month at the building we lease on Mission Street for the offices of The Wenatchee Valley Business World and The Wenatchee World. It is clear to many that it is a commercial real estate sign listing our building for sale.
