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COLUMN: An honor to be on the fire line
As reporters, we spend a lot of time telling other people's stories. Every once in a while, though, you find yours…
MOSES LAKE CITY COUNCIL: Reader defends Jon Lane
This is a response to the letter from Jon Smith, dated Sept. 29.
Making sure tolls are not a tax
Fire victim thanks community for help
MADE IN THE USA: Worried about lack of USA made products
My husband and I were in Spokane and wanted to buy bath towels so we went to JCPenney we bought six sets. And when we got home we washed and dried them. Wow! You should have seen the lint and they were falling apar…
I-1125: Reader opposes initiative
The last thing our state needs is another Eyman initiative undermining our shaky economic recovery. We're not going to get Washington moving again by stranding students and commuters in never-ending traffic gridloc…
Who's next?
America's top military officer, on the eve of his retirement, has brought into the open a long-festering conflict between Pakistan and the United States that has recently turned very nasty. The question now is what…
New tea party?
The pundit class has largely ignored, dismissed or mocked the Occupy Wall Street protest. We too find it hard to get especially worked up over a series of small demonstrations in a handful of cities, including Los …
GRANT COUNTY PUD Reader discusses change of ownership
The change of ownership of Grant County PUD #2 seemed like a non-event. It took place very quietly, nothing in the news that the average person knew about or probably even cared about. The deal took place over a pe…
Democrats agree
President Barack Obama's plan to ostensibly spur job growth would do just the opposite.
Mortgage help
Soon there may be good news for homeowners who are underwater and cannot refinance at the record-low mortgage interest rates. President Barack Obama is seeking changes that would give these homeowners a chance to r…
What's Israel to do?
Where do we go from here? That is the question Israelis and Palestinians who yearn for peace are asking themselves after the showdown at the UN. And the answer to that question is hardly encouraging, judging from P…
Thank you, Grant County
If you were in attendance at the annual livestock auction at the Grant County Fair last week, the outpouring of support for agriculture and the rural way of life should have been enough to make you proud to live in…
American Legion disagrees with retirement
Fair time
One week of each year is dedicated to the Grant County Fair. During that week everyone's inner cowboy comes out in one way or another.
Citizen worried about fairground annexation
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