I’m glad my grandkids are being raised in a Christian environment where all of the things opponents of sex education being taught in Battle Ground School District doesn’t matter too much as far as their own developing values. 

It doesn’t appear that some county councilors pay much attention to local news reports, voting to release for development up to 1,500 new housing units near the 179th interchange (that’s a potential for 3,000 more vehicles running on our roads) just as voters take billions out of highway mai…

It has been entertaining to watch the Republicans scrambling to defend their master.  

The city of Battle Ground and Clark County Fire District 3 want to say thank you. Both jurisdictions recently went through a public process to take input on a proposed annexation of the city to the fire district.

Alzheimer’s disease doesn’t strike just the elderly. The 200,000 Americans diagnosed with dementia before age 65 need Older Americans Act services like in-home care, transportation and family caregiver training. 

I am writing because I am ashamed of the decisions our policymakers have made which have allowed things like the Kalama Methanol Refinery — the world’s largest fracked gas to methanol refinery — to be a potential reality in Washington state. 

Just before Veterans Day, the last known survivor of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor died at age 98. With the passing of George Hursey of Massachusetts, it closed that chapter of World War II — the world’s most deadly conflict in which over 60 million people perished. 

The lack of access to affordable, high-quality child care isn’t just a problem for families. A recently released report shows that it’s also a major issue for employers and for the overall economy.

Battle Ground Public Schools needs to reconsider their decision of booting out the sex education requirements. The dangers of uneducated teens strongly outweighs the pros of getting rid of the requirement. While I understand the point of view of the parents who were against comprehensive sex…

Ignorance will not protect our teens from STDs and unwanted pregnancies. 

I want to know why we let lobbyists run our government. I question the role lobbyists perform in our country and I wonder how many others pay attention to the part the lobbyists play. We have permitted our state and nation’s Congress to allow lobbyists to deliver approval to the landowners a…

Now that President Donald Trump’s impeachment process is formally underway, Democrats and Republicans need to avoid becoming completely absorbed by it. They must work together on other important issues such as immigration, health care, education, infrastructure, the environment and trade agr…

I believe the Battle Ground School Board should be commended for taking a courageous stance. After a strenuous effort by a group of educators to make the state-mandated trans re-education program in the name of “sex education” compatible to local parents, the board heard us parents and kicke…

Drive by our place on Worthington Road, and you will see the cartoon on our sign consisting of a pilgrim with his blunderbuss looking in one direction and a turkey hot footing it in the opposite direction. It’s the month of Thanksgiving! Yet much like our turkey friend, there are moments whe…

We need young voters to vote.