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March 8, 2026

Tag: Opinion

Tahra Goraya

Guest Column | When Women Exit the Workforce, the Economy Pays...

Across the United States — and around the world — women are quietly exiting the workforce. Some leave abruptly after hostile workplace experiences. Others...
Steve Wilson

Funny Papers Again Column | A Black Lawman and a White...

Once again as I sit down at my laptop, gather myriad notes on scraps of paper, lay my cell phone next to me for...
Library books reading

Guest Column | Monterey County Free Libraries’ 5 Things to Celebrate...

March is when spring officially begins with the Vernal Equinox on March 20 and we spring forward with our clocks on March 8. 1. At...
Lucy Jensen

Window on the World Column | Friendsies Til the Endsies

When you have been friends for the best part of six decades, you finish each other’s sentences, you have a lifetime of inside jokes,...
Steven Fenaroli

Guest Column | Restored Funding Needed for Rural Crime PreventionĀ 

Farming is often thought of as a way of life and not just a job. Many California farm families have been living this life...
Mee Memorial Healthcare System Rena Salamacha

Guest Column | The Benefits of Receiving Transitional Care Close to...

When someone is recovering from major surgery, an injury or an illness, the care they receive plays a critical role in healing, regaining strength...
Lucy Jensen

Window on the World Column | Struggling to Make Peace

ā€œStruggling to make peace with the irreparableā€¦ā€ I read this line somewhere after the kind of week that will turn you into a zombie —...
Steve Wilson

Funny Papers Again Column | Seven Days in February

Just because February is the shortest month of the year, the calendar reveals it is not without some very interesting and varied days of...

Letter to the Editor | Faith and Action Urged on Ash...

To the Editor: Today is Ash Wednesday, the day Christians are reminded they will return to the dust from which their sacred teachings say they...

Letter to the Editor | Trump’s Policies and Actions Raise Alarm

To the Editor: I wrote two letters to the Rustler/Tribune on April 2, 2025, and Nov. 6, 2025. I wrote about fascism, totalitarian government and...

Local News

Trashion Show models on runway

South County Trashion Show returns March 19 with ā€˜Red, White &...

SALINAS VALLEY — Creativity, sustainability and community spirit will take center stage March 19 at the 2026 South County Trashion Show, Alliance on Aging’s...