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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 …
New Christmas
If Halloween is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas, there’s a reason for that.
Must speak up
In the name of radical Islamic-inspired nationalism, Mideast Christians of all denominations, including Catholics, have faced devastating persecution for their religious convictions. From the Gaza Strip and Egypt t…
A plan
The British government unveiled a new spending plan recently that should show the way to the next U.S. Congress. Britain’s new budget will hold government outlays almost constant for the next five years in an effor…
NPR's tolerance
Apparently the head honchos at National Public Radio are getting their cues for dealing with personnel issues from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
GRANT COUNTY CORONER
Reader backs Dave Matney
ELECTIONS
Reader supports Albert Lin, Walker, DeTrolio
GUEST EDITORIAL: Good things come out of community efforts
MOSES LAKE — On five cold and sometimes snowy days in March 2008 more than 2,000 community members across Grant County came together to build a playground at Doolittle and Patton outside of Moses Lake.
Time to vote
We have our ballots and our state voters pamphlet in hand, and it's time to vote.
GUEST EDITORIAL: Baker addresses advertising
MOSES LAKE — Please don’t be alarmed by the ad run in the CBH news paper, money is no object in the incumbents campaign. This ad is using Innuendos to suggest that Ron Baker is involved in a deception on campaign f…
Reader disagrees with increase
On January 1, 2011 Washington's minimum wage will increase for the tenth time in 11 years ("Businesses balk at minimum wage increase," October 21). At $8.67, it will remain the highest state minimum wage the countr…
GUEST EDITORIAL: Clough writes of support for veterans
KENNEWICK — There have been a number of contentious issues in this campaign. I’d like to take this chance to explain exactly where the contention comes from on a couple of these issues.
BREAST CANCER BRACELETS
Reader supports Othello school’s choice
ADVERTISEMENT
Reader disagrees with ad
Letters
We’ve been getting a lot of calls and e-mails here at the Columbia Basin Herald about an election-related letter that we printed last Thursday. In the letter, a supporter of Sheriff DeTrolio speculated on opponent …
Free speech, hard decisions and one letter
MOSES LAKE — “Freedom isn’t free.”