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  • Department of Fish & Wildlife October 2026 Director's Bulletin

    The Times|Nov 12, 2026

    OLYMPIA — Fall is a great time to be a Washingtonian. There’s something for everyone: Foraging for wild mushrooms, setting and pulling up crab pots in Puget Sound, early mornings scouting for wildlife, the chance to see salmon returning to streams and rivers, and so much more. For Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), it also marks a season of forward thinking, particularly with the legislative session kicking off in a handful of months in Olympia. As a result of legislatively directed budget reductions from the 2026 leg...

  • Shutting the Library Will Solve Nothing

    Ken Graham, The Times|Aug 10, 2023

    On a recent morning, in the interest of journalistic research, I typed the words “gender curious books for kids” into the Google search box on my phone. The first listing that came up was for a site called littlefeminist.com, which included the following article: “The 17 Best Children’s Books About Gender Identity and Expression.” The second listing was for readbrightly.com: “7 Books That Teach Kids About the Fluidity of Gender and the Importance of Acceptance.” The third listing was for paren...