Opinion
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Celebrating National Library Week
What brings you joy? For me, it’s driving through our beautiful region to visit our branch libraries, serving ice …
Reader supports right to carry weapons
Please vote for Rob McKenna for Governor. The ability to own, and lawfully carry a concealed weapon, is well understood if someone has tried to carjack you, or you called for immediate police help because you witne…
Keep pets cool this summer
In consideration of such high temperatures on their way, everyone please make sure & keep your dogs/cats inside out of this heat that's coming. Putting out water does not guarantee it will be enough for them to su…
Prepare for the primary
With the primary election less than four weeks away, we want to remind you about an important position on the ballot: the state Commissioner of Public Lands.
Reader decries HHS mandate as unconstitutional
The US Department of Health and Human Services has issued a mandate for the coverage of sterilization and contraceptives (including long-lasting injections and "morning after pills that may cause abortions") in vir…
Reader offers political support for Coday
If there is anything you don't like about Obamacare, if you think it needs major surgery, if not outright repeal and real reform, then start voting for change in the August primary and vote for Dr. Art Coday to rep…
Reader questions punishment for dangerous emissions
I find it quite interesting that McCain Foods in Othello was fined $40,000 by the Washington Dept. of Ecology for emission violations - they emitted dust and smoke (CBH article dated June 19).
Reader weighs in on immigration issue
I clearly understand our government has a lot of issues concerning our health care and immigration. In our news about the ruling of the Supreme Court and Arizona, I am upset about the president's decision on the im…
"New Hope" grateful for donation
Thank you for your generous donation to our 2012 Women's Desert Oasis golf tournament raffle. We were able to donate $3,100 to "New Hope" here in Moses Lake. It was a huge success. Many thanks.
Prosecutor asks parents to warn kids about dangers of texting and driving
Our rights and freedoms
The Fourth of July holiday reminds us of all we have to appreciate as Americans.
Reader asks for justice
For years I have been fighting the system, speaking the truth first for my son, Gabriel Toscano, who since the age of 11 has always been incarcerated. I know my daughter faces criminal charges. When my daughter was…
Forgotten Heroes Memorial
On June 19 at the Grant County Airport (former Larson Airforce Base), a memorial monument was dedicated to the Korean War servicemen who were aboard an Airforce C 124 Transport plane that crashed in the early morni…
Immigration solutions appear few, far between
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling this week kept in place one portion of Arizona's immigration law, but rejecting most of the legislation as unconstitutional, according to the Associated Press.
Declining aquifers
GWMA volunteer asks for support
Ground water management area
Commissioners to vote on funding