The Lake Washington School District acted quickly when a Lake Washington High School student alleged that Kangs basketball coach Barry Johnson sexually harassed her late last year.
What is the single most impactful part of youth sports?
Many of us have heeded police officers’ advice to make our vehicles less attractive to thieves.
When is disconnecting a life-support system considered beneficial?
Being a journalist these days is a lot different from a decade or even two years ago. It doesn’t matter if you work for one of the few remaining daily newspapers that have survived, a fledgling internet site or a community newspaper — things are constantly evolving.
Handgun safety education versus county records and statistics. Shootin’ blanks.
Do your children consistently make excuses for not doing their homework? Is your peaceful family time cut short by a homework tug-of-war? If so, you are not alone.
Most parents are surprised when I talk to them about the prevalence of teen dating violence. According to a 2009 survey, one in three teens who have been in a dating relationship has experienced sexual abuse, physical abuse, or threats of physical harm to a partner or self (Liz Claiborne Inc./Family Violence Prevention Fund Survey, 2009).
After writing about privatizing the Post Office and buses, many liberals have rebutted this by arguing that with people in rural and hard-to-reach areas, they need the subsidy, or the rights – like guarantee of mail delivery and being able to get somewhere on a public bus.
What? I don’t kill people … He does. Aren’t you the one smoking?
As a police officer, I have responded to all types of crimes during my 24 years with the Kirkland Police Department, from violent crime to domestic disturbances and all types of emergency situations.
What’s really in that pot at the end of the rainbow?
As a reporter, I have been afforded the opportunity to do some pretty interesting things. There are times when I wish I could take people with me.
I have learned a thing or two in my 15 years as a journalist. No one is truly unbiased, although there is a difference between trying to be unbiased and not caring.
You can’t avoid them – Girl Scout cookies are everywhere.
Thumbs up to the Lake Washington boys basketball team for going to state.
Technological advances in the automatic milking machine from 1966 to 2012.
Volunteering is easy and fun, although many get stuck wondering, “Do I have the needed skills? Who could use me? What about over committing?
In the past couple of months, we’ve had some very public stories of death, including a Woodinville teacher and a Kirkland teenager.
My first column with this paper was in support of legalizing gay marriage (April 22, 2009). Now, almost three years later, it’s front page news as Washington became the 7th state to do it.
