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About Tuesday’s election
Tuesday is Election Day throughout Benton County, and, granted, this is not the most scintillating election you've ever experienced (unless you're voting for the first time, in which case be assured...
Your Weekend Reader for Oct. 30-31
Boo! It's Halloween weekend, and the weather out here looks like it'll be a nice night on Sunday for trick-or-treating. In that spirit, this edition of Your Weekend Reader features all treats, and...
Your Weekend Reader for Oct. 23-24
Let's start this weekend with a provocative new piece from The Atlantic's Pulitzer-winning science writer, Ed Yong, about the future of public health -- a particularly timely topic these days....
Your Weekend Reader for Oct. 16-17
Update: Washington State University head football coach Nick Rolovich, who's mentionedin an item below, was fired on Monday, along with four of his assistants, for refusing to get a COVID...
Your Weekend Reader for Oct. 9-10
Let's start with a deep dive into the state of local newspapers today. I promise I have some fun reads in store this weekend, but this isn't one of them: Elaine Godfrey, a staff writer at The...
Your Weekend Reader for Oct. 2-3
I'm posting this edition of Your Weekend Reader earlier than usual so that you have a few hours to bid on some of the Duck Stamp paintings that "Last Week Tonight" entered into the annual U.S. Fish...
Your Weekend Reader for Sept. 25-26
Wait: This is the last weekend of September? How did that happen? It's an eternal question, that "How did that happen?" I'm not sure there's always a good answer. But, as you ponder it, you could...
Your Weekend Reader for Sept. 18-19
Let's start this edition of Your Weekend Reader (I'm still waiting for the lawsuit from the Weekly Reader folks to roll in, but in the meantime, I like that title) the same way that we started last...