Opinion
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: On affordability, both sides are failing us...
Last year, we started running a weekly news piece on the cost of fuel in our area. We examined average costs for f…
Letter: Name new school after something more local
Lakeview Terrace, Knolls Vista, Garden Heights, North, Peninsula and Longview schools are named after the areas where they are located.
Commentary: Biden’s policies are directly responsible for the border crisis
President Biden has created and perpetuated a crisis at our southern border, and I’ve seen it firsthand.
Letter: No service this year, but flags will still fly
This Memorial Day weekend, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8889 will meet at Bess Hampton Memorial Gardens in Othello at 6 p.m. Sunday, May 30, to clean the flag poles and memorial. The poles will then be laid out fo…
Commentary: High benefits discourage return to jobs
When Congress established the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) in 1935, it was intended to provide temporary and partial income replacement for workers who lost their jobs through no fault of their own. It was s…
Commentary: Governor’s lockdown orders ineffective against outbreak
It has been nearly two months since I issued my personal challenge to Governor Jay Inslee, Attorney General Robert Ferguson and all elected officials in the st…
Letter: Listen to voters on high school
In last Friday’s paper, Moses Lake School Board member McPartland stated, “The taxpayers of this district did not approve this (the Real World Academy).”
Commentary: City responds to Change.org petition
The City of Moses Lake was recently made aware of a post to a Change.org website that made some incorrect claims about the Love’s development project.
Letter: Travel stop will make for dangerous traffic
I read in last week’s CBH that Love’s will rebuild Prichard and Sage roads to accommodate traffic for its new travel center and truck stop and the city, after it has already approved the project, is going to commis…
Letter: Green energy bill not so cut and dried
The article “Low carbon fuel bill gets Senate hearing” in Friday’s paper was an excellent description of the farmers’ plight.
Commentary: Agriculture labor program addresses illegal immigration
The Farm Workforce Modernization Act will come to the House floor for a vote this week.
Letter: Time to go back to normal after coronavirus
Ever since COVID hit all over the world many people have died.
Letter: Fuhr should reconsider police reform bills
First, let me say I admire Chief Fuhr. I have had personal encounters with him regarding treatment of the homeless, the Black Lives Matter Movement, open-carry militia and diversity of our police force.
Commentary: Governor’s plan leaves rural Washington behind
Governor Inslee’s announcement to allow two regions on the west side of the state to reopen on Feb. 1 is utterly ridiculous.
Letter: New president faces important issues
There are a lot of issues that need to be addressed for our new President Biden
Letter: Voter integrity suggestions
The following measures should be taken to ensure the integrity of elections: