Tyler Friesen is a Tahoma student and lives in Ravensdale.
Editorial cartoon of the week by Frank Shiers, Jr.
Since I moved to Maple Valley eight and a half years ago so much has changed, both personally and professionally, for me.
Editorial cartoon of the week by Frank Shiers, Jr.
With only a week since the general election, there are several important political races that are still up in the air. What is not left to conjecture is the deep challenge before us in Washington.
The election of 2012 has called attention to how difficult it is for Americans to talk reasonably with one another about public policy challenges. Our civic dialogue — how we sort through issues and reason with one another — is too often lamentable.
Editorial cartoon of the week by Frank Shiers, Jr.
Editorial cartoon of the week by Frank Shiers, Jr.
Editorial cartoon of the week by Frank Shiers, Jr.
Natural disasters can be scary affairs.
Hurricane Sandy’s destruction on the East Coast is evidence of that. In this age, when our society and day-to-day business is extremely reliant on technology, it is especially disquieting when disasters knock out electricity, phones and the Internet. If it’s temporary and only for a few hours, most people can endure it without complaint.
Editorial cartoon of the week by Frank Shiers, Jr.
Editorial cartoon of the week by Frank Shiers, Jr.
Maple Valley is full of families with kids who play sports.
Arguably, the most “dangerous” year of a young person’s life is the first year in which she or he drives. The statistics are tragically convincing: In 2009 in America, 10 teens died daily in auto accidents.
Editorial cartoon of the week by Frank Shiers, Jr.
Editorial cartoon of the week by Frank Shiers, Jr.
A little over a year ago in this space, I wrote about Kent city officials who were forced to shut down marijuana dispensaries due to state and federal laws prohibiting them.
Editorial cartoon of the week by Frank Shiers, Jr.
If you feel inclined to stop by the office of the Covington-Maple Valley-Black Diamond Reporter, please don’t go to the one in Maple Valley.
Editorial cartoon of the week by Frank Shiers, Jr.
