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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 …
THANKS
I would like to express my most sincere thanks to Ephrata Ace Hardware for a fair and quick settlement when they accidentally damaged my vehicle while loading some rental equipment. The professional manner in which…
THANKS
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who continue to support us in our vision to touch people’s lives in a positive way.
STATE BUDGET
First let me say that a sales tax is the most fair tax our state has. It is paid by the end consumer. If I can afford to purchase a new Lincoln car, I pay more tax than my friend who can only afford to buy a used T…
TEA PARTY
Feb. 27 was the one year anniversary of the fastest growing nationwide grassroots movement in our country since the Revolutionary War. That movement is collectively known as “The TEA Party” movement. Millions of Am…
MOSES LAKE ORDINANCES
An empty home in Knolls Vista was recently broken into for the sole purpose of gang tagging. Gang members tagged this home with permanent black markings all over a sparkling white refrigerator, kitchen cabinets, an…
Un-American?
A recent attack ad put out by Keep America Safe, a conservative national security organization headed by Liz Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, twists the very values it purports to defend.
MOSQUITOES
Whoa! What a great turnout for the public hearing in Moses Lake on the update to the Aquatic Mosquito Control General Permit. We count this large attendance as a sign of a successful public process. At the same tim…
THANKS
I am writing to thank you for enrolling me in your Newspapers in Education program. For the past school year, my classes and I have learned about current events happening in our communities, state, nation, and the …
Gun rights
State governments can and should enact gun regulations that increase the public’s safety, but Americans do have an individual right to own them.
MOSQUITOES
I would like to respond to the letter by Janis Gilbert, communications manager for state Department of Ecology. Ms. Gilbert implied she was pleased, but surprised by the large turnout for the mosquito control permi…
AgFARMATION
National Agriculture Day is Saturday, March 20, and AgFARMation invites you to become involved in the project and help tell the Ag Story to people who are not involved in the agriculture. Your help is needed.
MOSQUITOES
I am a resident of Moses Lake and would like to leave my comment concerning mosquito control.
Thank you
We are happy to know the Ephrata-based 1161st Transportation Company is home.
Crescent barred
Does the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) really have a policy about people living on Grant County PUD’s Crescent Bar Island?
Bill gives free pass to bad decisions
EPHRATA — State Sen. Rosa Franklin, D-South Tacoma, sponsored Senate bill 5516 that “would cut down on deaths from drug-related overdoses by discontinuing the prosecution of people who alert hospitals or police if …