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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…
Free speech lives
The U.S. Supreme Court was wise to strike down a California law banning sales and rentals of violent video games to minors.
Cross your fingers
President Barack Obama's release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has political and economic benefits, but both are likely to be transitory.
Reader wants partisan cooperation
Your position of "no tax increases" is unreasonable, while holding the federal debt ceiling bill "hostage." What purpose is served by your failure to raise the debt ceiling? It is not the welfare of the country tha…
Reader disagrees with industrial contracts
Well it's happened, large industrial power customers will start receiving power contracts. At Mondays PUD meeting Commissioners Brewer, Bernd and Walker voted to allow REC to receive unlimited power and use multipl…
Reader suggests an on-site alternative
The city needs to have a development plan for their property near the municipal airport. They need to think about the future and how this development could take place.
Readers thank tribe for powwow attendance
A large thank you to the Colville Nation and Tribal Council and to the great drum groups, Golden Eagle and White Hawk, for accepting the hand of friendship extended by the Soap Lake, WA town officials, Soap Lake Ga…
Reader thankful for event support
The Moses Lake High School Jazz Bands would like to thank the community for the support of their 2nd annual Jazz Swing Dance, Tuxedo Junction, which was held on June 3rd. Heartfelt thanks to Harlan Beagley and the …
Reader hopes physicians will stay
I sure hope we can keep these three doctors in Moses Lake. It would be a shame and a big loss to many of us. Dr. Friesen saved my life as I had a 99 percent blockage in the heart and other medical conditions which …
Reader grateful for Solar Cup support
Thank you so much for your continued support and the sponsorship at the 2011 Solar Cup in Moses Lake! We look forward for the years to come.
Fowl, rabbits
Some interesting logic is being used in a discussion by the Moses Lake City Council on whether to allow ownership of chickens and rabbits in the city.
Reader encourages practicing freedom
Thanksgiving, Veterans' Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and many times throughout the year, we reflect on being thankful; grateful for the freedoms we have received through the founding fathers, the American Rev…
Reader wants discussion to solve problem
Who is the winner when we play the blame game? Please, blame me for the problems that are in the schools today. I have had a child or grandchild in school since the early 70s. So, I guess, that qualifies me to acce…
Reader upset by county politics
After experiencing what it is like to be "home teamed" by Grant County bureaucrats and suffering under the heavy hand of local government regulators, I find rumors of similar behavior, by these offenders, to be ver…
Reader believes education begins at home
The uproar over what Lynne Lynch wrote in the newspaper has been followed by many of us. I too considered ending my subscription. I don't like censorship of some because others disagree with what is being said. One…
Ethanol exit
If Congress ever gets around to making the sort of spending cuts needed to put the country's finances on a sustainable path, the ethanol industry justifiably will be required to do its share.