Opinion

May is National Bike Month, as well as Bike Everywhere Month in Washington state and a good time to assess Spokane's efforts to promote and facilitate bicycling.

It’s clear from reading letters to the editor many people are quite upset with Gov. Inslee and state health agencies for considering rolling Spokane and other counties back to Phase 2. Daily case counts and hospitalizations are on the rise. Unfortunately, we have no one to blame but ourselves.

First and foremost, I would like to thank our neighbors in Spokane and the surrounding communities for choosing Deaconess and Valley Hospitals for your health care. During the time I spend with patients, they continually express how wonderful they are treated and cared for by MultiCare employees. I am proud to be a part of this team. So, thank you for choosing us.

With a chance of going back to Phase 2, the life of athletes seems to falter as we look at the new guidelines.

This is in response to “GOP is at a turning point,” by Liz Cheney (May 6).

We keep hitting new lows.

Thank you Mayor Woodward for going to bat for Spokane. You have stood up to the governor and held your ground on behalf of Spokane in keeping us in Phase 3, where we belong.

Is it any wonder that membership in organized religions is steadily dropping over time? A case in point: Catholic bishops are saying Catholics in elected office who do not publicly oppose abortion should be disallowed Communion. At the same time, the church offers no such threat regarding elected Catholics who routinely go against the most powerful words from the mouth of Jesus himself: Love one another and care for the poor and the sick.

Too many of us know people who are still paying off their student loans years after getting their degree. Attending college in the United States is very expensive, especially for students coming from low- and middle- income families.

Science is used by creators, engineers, doctors, etc. to provide our societies and civilization with what it needs to enrich and provide humanity with better, longer, healthier lives.

Most would agree the defining force in this region is our beautiful Spokane River. The thundering Spokane Falls exemplifies its power. That beloved river of hope provides opportunities for personal renewal, and the collective dream of salmon one day returning up river, a vision and effort that the Upper Columbia Plateau Tribes have initiated and are leading.