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Ephrata Superintendent: “Thank you for taking part in the process”
Tiger Community: On behalf of the Ephrata School District, I want to share my gratitude to everyone who took the time to participate in the 2026 bond election. Your engagement in this process is a demonstration of our care of this community. We are grateful for the conversations we’ve had with members of the community throughout the past few months.
COLUMN: Reporting on the Frontier tragedy
MOSES LAKE — I wasn’t born, yet, at the time of the 1996 Frontier Middle School tragedy, but I grew up in the long shadow of school violence. I remember the blue glow of the TV during Sandy Hook coverage, the volume lowered when I walked in, the hush in classrooms after every new headline. I remember lockdown drills – the click of the door, scuffed linoleum under my knees – and the crisp Montana wind when my middle school was evacuated for a bomb threat.
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: On affordability, both sides are failing us...
Last year, we started running a weekly news piece on the cost of fuel in our area. We examined average costs for fuel in Grant and Adams counties and compared it to the rest of the country.
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Live life in-person ...
Suicide and depression have decided to develop an undercurrent in my life lately with several people I care about, and whose privacy I’ll respect here, discussing their struggles with depression and suicidal ideation.
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Don’t dismiss the views of youth...
Children never cease to surprise us. Whether they have an interesting insight at the age of four or their opinion on a topic doesn’t line up with what we expected given where they were raised and who raised them.
LETTER: Remembering a civil rights leader
Dear editor: I was deeply saddened about the passing of The Reverend Jesse Jackson. I was a member of his Rainbow Coalition.
COLUMN: The 2026 Winter Paralympics are on, it’s time for credit where it’s due
The Winter Paralympics don’t ease you in. They don’t warm up. They don’t politely ask for your attention. They explode onto the ice at full speed, led by athletes doing things that challenge physics, redefine technical mastery and prove that toughness has no single form.
LETTER: Thank you for building community
I would like to thank you for the coverage of YMCA in the Columbia Basin Herald.
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Concerns about the SAVE Act
There’s a lot of talk right now about the SAVE Act, a proposal in the other Washington with the fancy buildings and national museums to ensure only qualified Americans can vote. Honestly, that’s a good thing. We don’t want or need non-citizens voting in our elections. They should be, and are, secure. Data from secretaries of state throughout the nation show that our elections are secure with very little voter fraud.
COLUMN: Soaring fuel, fertilizer prices hammer farms already struggling
Jason Vander Kooy, family dairy farmer and Save Family Farming Vice President, issued the following statement regarding spikes in fuel and fertilizer prices for Washington farmers resulting from conflict in Iran.
