Outage under investigation; state utilities panel to meet in Friday Harbor

  • posted Dec 3, 2013 at 12:38 PM

In a rare excursion away from its headquarters in Olympia, the state Utility and Transportation Commission has scheduled a public hearing in Friday Harbor as part of its investigation into CenturyLink's 10-day voice and data service outage in mid-November in the San Juan Islands.

Turnovers prove costly; Friday Harbor falls in season opener, 66-41 | Boys basketball

  • posted Dec 4, 2013 at 5:27 PM

The Wolverines scored the first two and the last two points of the game. But in between, Burlington-Edison scored a whole bunch of buckets of their own...

Positive Politics

Interview: Lobbying

  • posted Dec 4, 2013 at 4:20 PM

Positive Politics From: Corporate Crime Reporter - corporatecrimereporter.com The Life of a Corporate Lobbyist by Russell Mokhiber Steve Wehrly worked for more than 25 years as a corporate lobbyist in Washington state and Washington, D.C. He represented beer companies (Miller Brewing), insurance companies (Safeco Insurance), tobacco industry (smokeless tobacco council), and casinos (Muckleshoot Tribe). Wehrly...

Opinion

Thanks to all for another memorable Thanksgiving Day

  • updated Dec 4, 2013 at 9:15 AM

All of this is possible because of the volunteers who are so plentiful that sometimes you have to elbow your way into the kitchen.

Letters

Chorus of critics had their chance | Letters

  • updated Dec 4, 2013 at 9:15 AM

How nice of the Department of Homeland Security to give us an issue to get us all hot and bothered over and take our minds off the outdoor gloom.

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