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Updated 1 week, 4 days ago

COLUMN: Inslee right to support individual tutoring to help students make up for COVID learning loss

Earlier this year Senator John Braun (R-Centralia) introduced SB 5248 to provide funding for individual tutoring...

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Ephrata superintendent welcomes students back

Ephrata Students, Families and Educators: It is with great joy and a heart full of gratitude that I welcome you all back to Ephrata Schools for the start ...

Updated 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Commentary: Don’t forget trucking on the road to employment

While August in the Pacific Northwest is still prime summer vacation time, it’s hard to fight off the rapidly encroaching back-to-school vibes. By the end of...

Updated 2 months ago
A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Covering the county seat

Last month, the Grant County Journal ran its last issue after more than a century of publishing and serving Ephrata and the surrounding area...

Updated 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Letter: Water restrictions in Moses Lake

I read with great concern the Moses Lake City Council’s voting to make summer water restrictions year-round restrictions, including new rules pertaining to water leaks, and prohibiting “washing a vehicle with a h...

Updated 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Commentary: Mountains of government red tape shackling America’s manufacturers

Until President Biden signed the Chips and Science Act last year, companies such as Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company looked elsewhere to ...

Updated 3 months ago
LETTER: Honoring the 'Grant County Journal'

Dear Editor, This is to salute the service the Grant County Journal provided Ephrata residents over the years. As a former reporter for The Herald who covered the county seat, it's still hard to admit how m...

Updated 3 months ago
LETTER: A quote from John Adams

Dear editor and fellow readers, On the eve of our 4th of July celebration, let us reflect on the words of John Adams, our second President. He was one of the guiding lights in the creation of our Constitutiona...

Updated 3 months, 1 week ago
Commentary: Snake River Whac-A-Mole needs to stop

To supporters of the four Lower Snake River dams, the latest news that President Biden continues to pursue dam breaching is not shocking, but surprising, con...

Updated 3 months, 1 week ago
Commentary: Staying sober on the Fourth

The Fourth of July is an incredibly festive time for millions of American families nationwide. It’s typically filled with picnics, barbecues, fireworks, days...

Updated 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Op-Ed: The importance of Lower Snake River Dams

As a trusted provider of electricity to the families, small businesses, and agriculture industry in our region, Big Bend Electric Cooperative recognizes the ...

Updated 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Letter from the Editor: Sad but fond farewell

The Columbia Basin will be losing a valued friend this month. After more than 116 years, the Grant County Journal will print its last issue at the end of Jun...

Updated 4 months, 1 week ago
Letter: Exit from highway unsafe again

To all the folks who use Highway 17, Baseline Road and Potato Frontage Road, we had it made for a little while, didn’t we? After last summer of traffic tie-ups and slowdowns during construction, using those ro...

Updated 4 months, 4 weeks ago
Letter: Respect for single mothers

Motherhood is hard, and all mothers deserve our gratitude. As Mother’s Day approaches, we all particularly need to recognize the heroic love of single mothers. In a culture that honors and idolizes the intact, pr...

Updated 5 months ago
Letter: Coaching character

Dear editor, Regarding coaches Rudy Ochoa and Mike Jensen...