Opinion
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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 …
Taxes
Reader would rather invest in jobs
LATE SCHOOL START
Why does the school district decide to make changes before they try something new? And why are the parents the last ones to find out about these changes? But most importantly, why do we have to find out by reading …
Hydropower is key to our future
GUEST EDITORIAL
Late School Start
Reader is not happy with change
MISS MOSES LAKE
I appreciate everybody’s opinion on the Miss Moses Lake pageant, which is a scholarship program for girls. As the current Miss Moses Lake Outstanding Teen, I’d like to share my views.
Tax time
Are you ready to pay more taxes?
Tea Party
Reader seeks support
Health Care
Reader supports plan
GOVERNMENT
Are we becoming one of the worst ruled nations in the civilized world? No longer a government by the people and for the people, but by those with the dollars for those with the dollars. Who would ever have thought …
Ephrata Fire Truck
Reader disagrees with donation
Good example
In February, Columbia Basin Herald Managing Editor Bill Stevenson asked the Washington State Patrol Chief John Baptiste if he was going to prohibit troopers from using cellphones while driving, to set an example.
Late School Start
Reader questions new start time
CRESCENT BAR
I was quite relieved and happy to learn that the federal dam regulators have wisely — and rightfully — decided to correct a great injustice and return the lands of Crescent Bar back to the public to which it belong…
Foreclosure folly
If all goes according to plan, the Obama administration’s new anti-foreclosure effort will prevent many more foreclosures than its current one and do more to moderate the decline in home prices. That is a big if.
MISS MOSES LAKE
To call the pageant that occurred in Moses Lake March 20th “The Miss Moses Lake Pageant” is a mockery and an insult to the citizens of Moses Lake. They were talented, beautiful young ladies, but the winners were no…