ROADS 4 AND L

We are again saddened at the unnecessary death of yet another child. This totals two in the past 18 months. Witnessing the first accident of the beautiful 4-year-old girl was a traumatic experience, at this same in…

Man concerned about decision to remove fair board

Congressional cut

Discretionary spending by most federal agencies would be reduced by an average of 9 percent under a proposal being made by some Republicans in the House of Representatives. That certainly makes it sound as if GOP l…

MOSES LAKE BUDGET

Moses Lake 2011 budget, Nov. 15, 2010, states the water/sewer fund has roughly $18 million set aside, it also has $9.2 million in account fund for future water/sewer construction that has been established. Also, wa…

Readers pleased with sports story

We just want to thank Alan Dale for a terrific article about our daughter. It was so well written and heartfelt. Finally, in all the years she has played sports, an article was written that truly was written to who…

METAL THEFT

Metal theft in our county is occurring daily. Even if you are not a direct victim of these thefts, you still pay a cost through higher insurance rates. Grant County would become less attractive to criminals if more…

SPORTS

A few weeks ago, my daughter lost her first basketball game. Ever. The loss was tough. As the seconds expired on the gymnasium scoreboard, a final Home 0, Away 0 was displayed. Sadly, neither was a malfunction.

Multicultural failure?

In the thin-skinned world of multiculturalism - a Utopian dream that has failed like all Utopian dreams - it is not surprising that British Prime Minister David Cameron stirred up a large and festering pot.

Fair association chair explains its duties

GUEST EDITORIAL

Entitled?

We wish conservatives in Congress lots of luck in their campaigns to reduce government spending and reform the new national health care law. Public opinion polls on the health care measure make it clear that while …

Voters deserve better than broken promises

Egypt's unrest

The enlightened world can't help but cheer the sight, so

Better learn

In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama said this about education: "Maintaining our leadership in research and technology is crucial to America's success. But if we want to win the future - if we …

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Due to the information that was in one of your letters to the editor, on Monday, I attended Grant County Commissioner's public comment time held on Mondays at 10:30 in the Commissioner's hearing room.

Good example

The strength of Germany's economic performance over the last year stands in stark contrast to the weakness of America's "jobless recovery." That difference suggests that reducing deficits does not slow economic gro…