Before last November, my worries over whether we would survive as a people were pretty simple. It was centered on the warning on the laundry box labels not to eat the soap pods inside and …
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By Kathleen Anderson
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2/26/25
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Taking the train is not the fastest route anywhere, but it is the most leisurely form of travel, with spacious seating, easy access to restrooms and a snack bar, a dining car, and the …
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By Jarvis Harris and Joe Foss
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2/25/25
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One year ago, I walked into my first state congressional hearing, curious about health care legislation in general and particularly as it related to the topics I have been writing about for this …
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Jarvis Harris and Joe Foss are telling local audiences about their five-week, 4,600-mile tour of Black historical sites across the United States last fall. For additional insights into their journey …
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Jarvis Harris and Joe Foss are telling local audiences about their five-week, 4,600-mile tour of Black historical sites across the ...
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You might think that gardening is the same for all of us: soil, sunlight, water and seeds are universal, right?
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Remember the early days of the COVID-19 shutdown? I do. I was a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Science) elective teacher, teaching ...
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By Shannon Sankstone
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2/21/25
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Jarvis Harris and Joe Foss are telling local audiences about their five-week, 4,600-mile tour of Black historical sites across the United States ...
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Thurston County currently has the highest vacancy rate in a decade in the rental apartment sector. I see “for rent” and “for lease” signs throughout the county. …
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I often get questions from readers about Liam Hutcheson and comments about how much they love his photos. Liam started providing The JOLT News with bird photos when he was 14; he’s now 17. …
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Jarvis Harris and Joe Foss are telling local audiences about their five-week, 4,600-mile tour of Black historical sites across the United States last fall. For additional insights into their …
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I believe in magic. Not the “pull the rabbit out of the hat kind” or the kind with rituals, curses and incantations, but magic, nevertheless.
I believe in the kind that …
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Before we start with our column, we would like to apologize to any regular readers who might be wondering why we ...
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By Trish Lynn and Thom Donitz
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2/19/25
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Jarvis Harris and Joe Foss are telling local audiences about their five-week, 4,600-mile tour of Black historical sites across the United States last fall. For additional insights into their …
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After an easy three-hour drive to Memphis, we were surprised that it was super quiet there, almost dead, as there was little to no traffic and very ...
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Note that you can make this meal for just one person, for a couple or a dozen, or even set up an assembly line. The ingredients list is split between what's needed for an individual serving and what you'd use in larger quantities for an army.
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By Shannon Beigert
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2/17/25
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Originally, we had planned to drive from Tuscaloosa to Memphis where we would see the Lorraine Motel and MLK museum and finally get back on a ...
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The historic Capitol Theater, an iconic landmark in the heart of Olympia, was built before movie houses had concession stands. Surprised? Up to the 1930s ...
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Our journey from Atlanta to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, took just five hours, all in ...
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In a recent column I mentioned seeing 200+ children out at the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge with their families. Later I received essentially the same question from two readers: …
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