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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: John Knodell should be reelected
Ballots are coming soon. In 10 years of working for John Knodell, I was able to observe a true professional, a master of the art, craft and science of a trial lawyer, brilliant not just at interpreting the law and …
Letter: Write in Freed for lieutenant governor
Ballots will be out soon. Your ballot will have two Democrat candidates for lieutenant governor. I urge you to write in Joshua Freed as the Republican candidate.
Letter: Government is overreacting to COVID-19
President Abe Lincoln said, “We can fool some of the people some of the time. We can fool some of the people all of the time. But we cannot fool all of the people all the time.”
Letter: Our future depends on this election
To the American people: first, register and vote and let’s look at all the facts since Trump has been in office.
Letter: Who’s right to represent District 13?
I’m voting for Tom Dent. Not for his campaign signs, party affiliation or the number of years I’ve known him.
Commentary: Coronavirus has worsened world's trash problem
Like other nations, China is struggling with the deadly COVID-19 virus and suffocating under mountains of trash its residents generate each day.
Letter: Tom Dent is a man of integrity
I have never been one to follow politics very much. That is, until I became acquainted with Tom Dent.
Letter: Why we vote for Tom Dent
We have known Tom for 20-plus years and know him as a honest straight shooter.
Letter: Tom Dent works selflessly for our district
I met Tom Dent well before he was an elected official. He was (and is) a very earnest individual, a private pilot who owns his own company.
Letter: Tom Dent is hard-working and ethical
I have known Tom Dent for 20 years. He has been a very good friend and I have gotten to know who he is as a man.
Letter: Rob Jones well suited to be county commissioner
I have had the privilege of working alongside Rob Jones in a volunteer capacity in our community over the past several years with Moses Lake Spring Festival.
Guest column: City’s plan for residential neighborhood near high school would worsen traffic
The Moses Lake Community Development Department has a plan to increase the traffic near Moses Lake High School. Remember the high school rush hour traffic? We’ve already seen multi-family apartments built across th…
Guest column: Remember freedoms on Patriot Day
On Dec. 18, 2001, Congress passed Public Law No. 107-89 designating Sept. 11 as “Patriot Day.” The American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 28, received some suggestions from its national leadership on celebrating Patriot D…
Letter: Washingtons’ honor well deserved
Thanks to all who were involved in the honoring of Nat Washington Sr. and Jr., through the renaming of the Grand Coulee Dam Third Power Plant after these heroes of our area. Without the hard work of these and other…
Letter: Farmers, legislators looking out for farmworker safety
Farmworkers are vital to our food supply. They are also vital to the farmers who employ them. Every farmer I know who hires farmworkers cares deeply about their health and safety. There has been a shortage of farm …