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Letters to the Editor in Washington State

From Justice Works!
PO Box 1489, Lake Stevens, WA 98258
206-309-2087 or 206-303-7559
E-mail: justice_works@yahoo.com
Web: www.justiceworks.info

General Guidelines

1. Shorter letters tend to be accepted more than longer letters. (200 words or less)
2. Full name, address and telephone numbers are needed so the newspaper can verify the identity of the writer. Only name and city are printed. You will probably be called to verify that the letter came from you.
3. Use your own words. Make your letter personal by giving examples or telling a story. Don't name other people in your letter. Keep it factual and positive as possible.
4. Don't get discouraged if your letter isn't used. Space limitations mean only a few letters are selected. Continue regular writing.
5. Do not send attachments with emails.
6. Send no more than one letter per letter submitter per month.
7. Focus on one subject per letter.
8. Please, let the letters to the editor coordinator know if your letter was printed.

Washington Newspapers (as of October 31, 2004)

Alphabetically by City (Compiled by Justice Works!)

The Daily World
315 South Michigan, Aberdeen, WA 98520-6037
(360) 532-4000
www.thedailyword.com
letters@thedailyworld.com

Must include name, address, telephone

Subject to editing, should be brief and to the point

The Anacortes American
901 Sixth Street, PO Box 39, Anacortes, WA 98221
(360)293-3122, fax (360) 293-5000
www.goanacortes.com

Editor - Jack Darton
jdarton@goanacortes.com

Must include name, address, telephone

Form provided online

The Arlington Times
123 N. Olympic Avenue, P.O. Box 67, Arlington, WA 98223- 1335
(360) 435-5757, fax (360) 435-0999
www.arlingtontimes.com
arltimes@premier1.net
E-mail form provided online
The Bainbridge Island Review
PO Box 10817, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
www.bainbridgereview.com
editor@bainbridgereview.com

Must include first and last name, telephone

Form provided online

The Reflector
20 NW 20th Ave, PO Box 2020, Battle Ground, WA 98604
(360) 687-5151, fax (360) 687-5162
www.thereflector.com
staff@thereflector.com
Form provided online
Diversity News, Inc. (monthly)
1400 112th SE, Bellevue, WA 98004- 6901
(425) 427-2656, fax (425) 427-1115
www.diversitynews.com
diversity@diversitynews.com
 
The King County Journal (Eastside)
PO Box 90130, Bellevue, WA 98009-9230
(425)455-2222, fax (425) 635-0602
www.kingcountyjournal.com
or craig.groshart@kingcountyjournal.com

Editor - Barbara Morgan
barbara.morgan@kingcountyjournal.com

Letters to the Editor: (425) 453-4233 or letterstoeditor@kingcountyjournal.com

The Bellingham Herald
1155 N. State Street, Bellingham, WA 98225
(360) 715-2261, fax (360) 756-2826
www.bellinghamherald.com

Letters to Editor (360)715-2260

Julie Shirley - Managing Editor

E-mail form provided online; 200 words or less, name and phone required

The Northern Light
225 Marine Drive, Blaine, WA 98230
(360) 332-1777, fax (360)332-2777
www.thenorthernlight.com

 

Patrick J. Grubb: Managing Editor
editor@thenorthernlight.com

350 words or less, name, address, telephone required

The Bothell/Kenmore Reporter
P.O. Box 90130, Bothell, WA 98009- 9230
(425) 486-1231, fax (425) 452-3022
www.northshorecitizen.com
bothellkenmorenews@reporternewspapers.com
 
Citizen Newspapers
18120 Bothell Way NE; #A1, Bothell, WA
(425) 487-6798
 
The Sun
545 5th Street, PO Box 259, Bremerton, WA 98337
(360) 792-9204
www.KitsapSun.com

Jim Campbell-Opinion Page Editor

200 words or less, full name, address, phone

E-mail form provided on line

The Camas-Washougal Post-Record
425 NE 4th Avenue, P.O. Box 1013, Camas, WA 98607
(360) 834-2141
www.camaspostrecord.com

Full name, address, phone required

E-mail form provided on line

The Cashmere Valley Record
PO Box N, Cashmere, WA 98815
(509) 782-3781, fax (509)782-9074
www.leavenworthecho.com
record@nwi.net
 
The Chronicle
PO Box 580, Centralia, WA 98631
(360) 736-3311, fax (360) 736-4796
www.chronline.com
letters@chronline.com

Mail letters to editor to "Our Readers' Opinions"

E-mail form provided online

The Lake Chelan Mirror
PO Box 249, Chelan, WA 98816
(509) 682-2213, fax (509)682-4209
www.lakechelanmirror.com
mirror@lakechelanmirror.com
 
The Cheney Free Press
1616 W. First Street, PO Box 218, Cheney, WA 99004
(509) 235-6184 or (509) 299-5678, fax (509) 235-2887
www.cheneyfreepress.com
cfp@cheneyfreepress.com
 
The Northern Kittitas County Tribune
221 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cle Elum, WA 98922-1128
(509) 674-2511
 
The Statesman-Examiner
220 South Main, Colville, WA 99114
(509) 684-4567
Chris Cowbrough, Editor
The Dalles Chronicle
PO Box 1910, Dalles, OR (serving Klickitat County, WA)
(541)506-4601
www.eaglenewspaper.com

Dan Spatz - Editor
dspatz@eaglenewspaper.com

E-mail form provided online

The Davenport Times
PO Box 66, Davenport, WA 99122
(509) 725-0101, fax (509) 725-0009
www.davenport.wa.com
times@davenport-wa.com
Less than 500 words
The Islands' Sounder
PO Box 758, Eastsound, WA 98245
(360) 376-4500, fax (360)376-4501
www.islandssounder.com

Editor: Ted Grossman
tgrossman@islandssounder.com

First, last name and phone required

E-mail form provided online

The Dispatch (weekly)
PO Box 248, Eatonville, WA 98328
(360) 832-4411, fax (360) 832-4972
www.dispatchnews.com
dispatchnews@yahoo.com
 
The Ellensburg Daily Record
401 N. Main Street, Ellensburg, WA 98926
(509) 925-1414, fax (509) 525-5696
www.kvnews.com
letters@kvnews.com
Tom Engstrom-Managing editor
The Enumclaw Courier-Herald
Enumclaw, WA 98022- 3509
(360) 825-2555
www.courier-herald.com
 
The Everett Herald: Letter Section
PO Box 930, Everett, WA 98026
(425) 339-3000, fax (425) 339-3458
www.heraldnet.com
letters@heraldnet.com
Bob Bolerjack-Editorial Page Editor
bolerjack@heraldnet.com
Snohomish County Business Journal
1213 California Street, Everett, WA 98201-3445
(425) 339-3445, fax (425)339-3049
Steve Hawes - Editor
www.snohomishcountybusinessjournal.com
 
The Federal Way Mirror
1414 S. 324th Street; Suite B210, Federal Way, WA 98003-8444
(253) 925-5565
www.fedwaymirror.com
Pat Jenkins - Editor
editor@fedwaymirror.com
The San Juan Journal
PO Box 519, Friday Harbor, WA 98250
(360) 378-5696
www.sanjuanjournal.com

Name, address, telephone required

E-mail form provided online

The Peninsula Getaway
3555 Erickson Street, Gig Harbor, WA
(253) 851-9921, Fax (253)851-3939
www.gateline.com
 
The Star
PO Box 150, Grand Coulee, WA 99133
(509) 633-1350, fax (509) 633-3828
www.grandcoulee.com
star@grandcoulee.com
 
Issaquah Press/Sammamish Review/Newcastle News
PO Box 1328, Issaquah, WA 98027
(425) 392-6434, fax (425) 391-1541
www.issaquahpress.com
Bryan Sinquefield - Editor
editor@isspress.com
King County/South County Journal
PO Box 130, Kent, WA 98035-0130
(253) 872-6600, fax (253) 854-1006
www.kingcountyjournal.com
letterstoeditor@kingcountyjournal.com
 
The Renton Reporter
PO Box 130, Kent, WA 98035-0130
(253) 437-6050, fax (253) 437-6026
www.rentonreporter.com
marc.stiles@reporternewspaper.com
350 words or less
The Kirkland Courier
733 7th Avenue - Ste 204, Kirkland, WA 98033
(425) 822-9166, fax (425) 827-7716
www.kirklandcourier.com
E-mail form provided online
The Lake Stevens Journal
PO Box 896, Lake Stevens, WA 98258
(425) 334-9252, fax (425) 334-9239
www.lakestevensjournal.com
news@lakestevensjournal.com
signature, address, daytime telephone required, 300 words
The South Whidbey Record
PO Box 387, Langley, WA 98260
(360)221-5300
www.southwhidbeyrecord.com
editor@southwhidbeyrecord.com
 
The Leavenworth Echo
PO Box 39, Leavenworth, WA 98826
(509) 548-5286, fax (509) 548-4789
www.leavenworthecho.com
echo@leavenworthecho.com
The Chinook Observer
PO Box 427, Long Beach, WA 98631
(360) 642-8181 or (800) 643-3703
www.chinookobserver.info
letterstotheeditor@chinookobserver.com

Shorter is better

Full name and telephone required

The Daily News
PO Box 189, Longview, WA 98632
fax (360) 577-2538
www.tdn.com

175 words or less

E-mail form online

The Lynden Tribune
PO Box 153, Lynden, WA 98264-9903
(360)354-4444, fax (360) 354-4445
www.lyndentribune.com
editor@lyndentrib.com
 
Edmonds Enterprise/Lynnwood Enterprise
PO Box 977, Lynnwood, WA 98046
(425) 673-6500 or (800) 944-3630, fax (425) 774-8622
www.enterprisenewspapers.com
Edmonds@heraldnet.com OR lynnwood@heraldnet.com
Opinions: entopinions@heraldnet.com
Edmonds Journal/Northgate Journal
4610 200th Street SW - Ste F, Lynnwood, WA 98036-6606
(425) 775-2400, fax (425) 670-0511
journalnews@worldnet.att.net
 
The Shoreline Enterprise
7300 196th SW, Lynnwood, WA 98036
(425)673-6500, fax (425) 774-8622
www.enterprisenewspapers.com
shoreline@heraldnet.com
Brooks Fisher - Editor
bfisher@heraldnet.com
The Voice of the Valley
22800 Upper Dorre Don Way SE, Maple Valley, WA 98038-8289
(425) 432-9696
www.voiceofthevalley.com
 
The Marysville Globe
8213A State Avenue, PO Box 145, Marysville, WA 98270-3405
(360) 659-1300, fax (360) 658-0350
www.marysvilleglobe.com
mglobe@premier1.net
Form provided online
The Mercer Island Reporter
7845 SE 30th Street, Mercer Island, WA 98040
(206) 232-1215, fax (206) 232-1284
www.mi-reporter.com
letters.to.editor@mi-reporter.com
 
The Mill Creek View
16212 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Mill Creek, WA 98012-1603
(425) 485-6779
 
The Monroe Monitor and Valley News
PO Box 399, Monroe, WA 98272
(360) 794-7116, fax (360) 794-6202
www.monroemonitor.com
comp@monroemonitor.com
 
The Vidette
109 W. Marcy Avenue, Montesano, WA 98563-3615
(360) 249-3311
www.thevidette.com
 
Moscow-Pullman Daily News
409 South Jackson Street, PO.Box 8187, Moscow, ID 83843
(208) 883-5561, fax (208) 883-8205
www.dnews.com
letters@dnews.com

300 words or less

Name, address, telephone required

The Skagit Valley Herald
PO Box 578, Mount Vernon, WA 98273-5624
(360) 424-3251, fax (360) 428-0400
www.skagitvalleyherald.com
letters@skagitvalleyherald.com

Mary Evitt- Editorial Page editor

250 typewritten words or less

Full name, address, telephone required

The Mukilteo Beacon
315 Lincoln - Suite A, Mukilteo, WA 98275-1628
(425) 347-5634
www.mukilteobeacon.com
editor@mkilteobeacon.com
 
The Snoqualmie Valley Record
North Bend, WA
(425)888-2311, fax (425) 888-2427
www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?brd=965
Travis Peterson - Editor
travis.peterson@valleyrecord.com
E-mail form provided online
The Whidbey News Times
800 SE Barrington Drive, Box 10, Oak Harbor, WA 98277
(360) 675-6611
www.whidbeynewstimes.com

Jim Larsen - Editor
editor@whidbeynewstimes.com

First, last name and telephone required

E-mail form provided on line

The North Coast News
PO Box 272
Ocean Shores, WA 98569
Email letters to the editor to:
letters@northcoastnews.com
(360) 289-2441
 
The Olympian
PO Box 407, Olympia, WA 98507
(360) 754-5420, fax (360) 357-0202
www.theolympian.com
webmaster@theolympian.com

250 words or less, name, address, phone required

E-mail form provided online

The Chronicle
PO Box 553, Omak, WA 98841
(509) 826-1110, fax (509) 826-5819
www.omakchronicle.com
chronicl@omakchronicle.com
The Boomerang
PO Box 97, Palouse, WA 99161
(509) 878-1546, fax (208) 882-0130
www.the-boomerang.com
lujane@lataheagle.com
Janet Barstow - Editor
The Peninsula Daily News
305 W. First Street, PO Box 1330, Port Angeles, WA 98362
(360) 452-8435
www.peninsuladaily.abracat.com
 
The Port Orchard Independent
PO Box 27, 2950 SE Mile Hill Drive, Port Orchard, WA 98366
(360) 876-4414
www.portorchardindependent.com
Jeff Rhodes - Editor
editor@portorchardindependent.com
The Leader
PO Box 552, Port Townsend, WA 98368
www.ptleader.com
E-mail form provided online
The North Kitsap Herald
18887 Hwy 305 - Suite 700, Box 278, Poulsbo, WA 98370-7462
(360) 779-4464, fax (360) 779-8276
www.northkitsapherald.com
Joe Irwin - Editor
editor@northkitsapherald.com
The Puyallup Herald
822 E. Main Street, Puyallup, WA
(253) 841-2481, fax (253)840-8249
www.puyallupherald.com
editor@puyallupherald.com
 
The Willapa Harbor Herald
335 3rd Street, Raymond, WA 98577-2413
(360) 942-3466
www.flannerypubs.com/willapafp.htm
 
The Ballard News-Tribune
2208 NW Market #202, Seattle, WA 98107
(206)783-1244, fax (206) 789-2455
www.robinsonnews.com/ballardNews.html
bnteditor@robinsonnews.com
 
The Capitol Hill Times
2314 Third Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121
(206) 461-1308
www.capitolhilltimes.com
editor@capitolhilltimes.com
Doug Schwartz -Editor
The Evergreen Monthly
3600 15th Avenue West - Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98119 - 1330
(206) 320-7788, fax (206) 320-7717
www.evergreenmonthly.com
letters@evergreenmonthly.com

Bob Condors - Editor

Contact information necessary

The Facts Newspaper
2765 East Cherry, Seattle, WA 98122- 4900
(206) 324-0552
 
Freedom Socialist Newspaper
5018 Rainier South, Seattle, WA 98118-1927
(206) 722-2453, fax (206) 723-7691
www.socialism.com
FSnews@mindspring.com
 
Madison Park Times
(Pacific Publishing Co.) 4000 Aurora Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103 -7873
(206) 461-1325
www.madisonparktimes.com
E-mail form provided online
The North American Post
519 6th Ave South, Seattle, WA 98104-2878
(206) 623-0100
www.napost.com
 
North Seattle Herald/Outlook
(Pacific Publishing Co.)
4000 Aurora Ave North, Seattle, WA 98103-7873
(206) 461-1325
www.zwire.com/site/tab8.cfm?brd=855
PPCprint@newlink.com
 
Queen Anne/Magnolia News
(Pacific Publishing Co.) 4000 Aurora North - Suite100, Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 461-1300
www.queenannenews.com
qanews@seanet.com
 
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Letters to Editor, PO Box 1909, Seattle, WA 98111-1909
(206) 448-8000,fax (206) 448-8184
www.seattlepi.nwsource.com
editpage@seattle-pi.com

300 word limit

Must include full name, address, day phone

Seattle Sun Newspaper
12345 NE 30th Avenue - Ste H, Seattle, WA 98125-5436
(206) 440- 9149, fax (206) 365-8492
www.seattlesun.com
admin@theseattlesun.com
 
The Seattle Times
Letters to Editor, PO Box 70, Seattle, WA 98111
(206) 464-2132, Fax (206) 382-6760
www.seattletimes.nwsource.com
opinion@seattletimes.com

James F. Vesely - Editor
vesely@seattletimes.com

Full name, address, telephone required

The Seattle Weekly
1008 Western Avenue - Ste 300, Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 623-0500, fax (206) 467-4338
www.seattleweekly.com
letters@seattleweekly.com
 
The Washington Free Press
1463 E. Republican #178, Seattle, WA 98112
(206) 860-5290
www.psnews.com/opedtop.html
freepres@scn.org
 
The West Seattle Herald
3500 SW Alaska, Seattle, WA 98126
(206)932-0300, fax (206) 937-1223
www.robinsonnews.com/westseattle.html
wseditor@robinsonnews.com
 
Citizen Review Online
Sequiem, WA 98382
www.citizenreviewonline.org
editor@citizenreviewonline.org
 
The Sequim Gazette
147 W. Washington, Sequim, WA 98382-3337
(360) 683-3311
www.sequimgazette.com
E-mail contact form provided online
The Central Kitsap Reporter
9989 Silverdale Way NW - Suite 109, Silverdale, WA 98383-9453
(360) 308-9161, fax (360) 308-9363
www.centralkitsapreporter.com
Sean Lamphere - Editor
editor@centralkitsapreporter.com
The Everett News Tribune
127 Avenue C, Snohomish, WA 98290 - 2740
(425) 258-9396
 
The Journal of Business
429 East 3rd Avenue, Spokane, WA 99202
www.spokanejournal.com

Editor: Richard Ripley
editor@spokanejournal.com

E-mail form provided online

The Spokesman Review
PO Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210
(509) 459-5026, fax (509) 459-3815
www.spokesmanreview.com
editor@spokesman.com

200 words or less

Full name and telephone required

The Spokane Valley News Herald
523 North Pine, Spokane Valley, WA 99206
(509) 924-2440, fax (509) 927-1154
VNH@onemain.com
 
The Stanwood/Camano News
PO Box 999, Stanwood, WA 98292
(360) 629-2155, fax (360) 629-4211
www.scnews.com
newsroom@scnews.com
 
The Daily Sun News
PO Box 878, Sunnyside, WA 98944
www.sunnyside.net
300 words or less, E-mail form online
The Business Examiner
1517 S Fawcett - Ste 350, Tacoma, WA 98402-1807
(253) 404-0891 or (800) 540-8322, fax (253) 404-0892
www.businessexaminer.com
George Pica - Editor
gpica@businessexaminer.com
The Daily Index
PO Box 1303, Tacoma, WA 98401
(253) 627-4853, fax (253) 627-2253
www.tacomadailyindex.com
Todd Matthews - Editor
editor@tacomadailyindex.com
The News Tribune
1950 S. State Street, PO Box 11000
Tacoma, WA 98405-2817
(253) 597-8742 or (360) 352-2254, fax (253) 597-8451
www.thenewstribune.com
letters@thenewstribune.com
 
The Tri-City Herald
PO Box 2608, Tri-Cities, WA 99302-2608
(509)582-1500 or 800-874-0415, fax (509) 582-1510
www.tri-cityherald.com

Kim Bradford - Editorial Page Editor

200 words or less, E-mail form online

The Methow Valley News
PO Box 97, Twisp, WA 98856-0097
(509) 997-7011, fax (509) 997-3277
www.methowvalleynews.com
John Hanron - Editor
editor@methowvalleynews.com
The Columbian
PO Box 180, Vancouver, WA 98666
(360) 694-3391 or (800) 743-3391, fax (360) 699-6033
www.columbian.com
letters@columbian.com

200 words or less

Full name, address, telephone required

The Vancouver Business Journal
2525 E. Fourth Plain Blvd, Vancouver, WA 98661
(360) 695-2442
 www.vbj.com
 
The Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
17502 Vashon Hwy SW, Box 447
Vashon Island, WA 98070
(206) 463-9195
www.vashonbeachcomber.com

Allison Arthur - Editor
editor@vashonbeachcomber.com

E-mail form provided online

Name, address, telephone required

The Walla Walla Union Bulletin
112 S. 1st Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362
(509) 525-3300 or (800) 423-5617
www.union-bulletin.com
letters@ubnet.com

Rick Doyle - Editor

400 words or less

Full name, address, telephone

The Wenatchee World
PO Box 1511, Wenatchee, WA 98807
(509) 663-5161, fax (509) 665-1183
www.wenworld.com

300 words or less

E-mail form provided online

The Enterprise
220 Jewett Blvd, P.O. Box 218, White Salmon, WA 98672
(509) 493-2112
www.whitesalmonenterprise.com
 
The Northlake News
PO Box 587, Woodinville, WA 98072
(425) 483-0606, fax (425) 486-7593
www.nwnews.com
editor@woodinville.com
 
The Yakima Herald-Republic
114 N. Fourth Street, PO Box 9668, Yakima, WA 98901
(509) 248-1251 or (800) 343-2799, fax (509) 577-7767
www.yakima-herald.com
opinion@yakima-herald.com
 
The Nisqually Valley News
118 Prairie Park Street, PO Box 597, Yelm, WA 98597
(360) 458-2681, fax (360) 458-5741
www.nisquallyvalleyonline.com
yelmnews@yelmtel.com
 

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