As a reporter, you need to be ready for anything.  To be prepared, I always have a pair of sneakers in my trunk, extra notebooks in my backpack and pens buried in the bowels of my purse. And in the case of an emergency, I am trained to run in heels and a skirt. It’s [...]

Today’s edition of the Daily Record highlights hearing loss in baby boomers, so I thought I’d add my own experience with hearing loss — even though mine was temporary, and I’m not a baby boomer. Friday night my fiance and I were unsure of what to do. We could do the usual — play Wii [...]

Dating is impossible as a journalist — and not just because of the pay. My fiance and I are both very busy people — he has a full credit load at CWU, plus a part time job. And me, well, I’m here at the Daily Record more often than I am at home. It was [...]

It was an interesting drive getting to work Tuesday morning. I usually show up around 7 a.m. Living in West Ellensburg, my drive started on a snow covered ice rink. We’re not the first ones to get snow plow treatment out there. Once I made my way up Fifth Avenue and over the railroad tracks, [...]