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LETTER: A thank you to our community from Southgate Pharmacy
In 2010, when Food Pavilion closed its doors, our father, Lateef Olaniyan, published a heartfelt letter in the Col…
THANKS
I would like to take a moment and thank several members of Moses Lake. I came here with nothing, no food, no clothes, no money.
Energy or salmon?
A new conservation plan to save salmon on the Snake River was offered by the Obama administration recently.
CRIME
Last Sept. 25, a person I know kicked in the back door of my home and robbed my wife and I of over $14,000 worth of property. Three days later, he forged my name on a check he stole and cashed it at his bank for $9…
Honoring Dale
Dale Baltzell was a cop.
Reader tired of government officials
Trends I see now:
Reader tired of government officials
Republicans will Co-opt the idea Americans want to start over with all newly elected officials in the United States Federal Government thinking that Americans are still so stupid to not see them as complicit on the…
SCHOOL CAMERA
How will a picture of a license plate in a short span at Hunter Place protect our children? A police car will stop a speeder, but the click of a camera makes some Australians rich and leaves the car speeding.
MLIRD supports dredging Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE — Old-timers have seen many changes in the water in Moses Lake since the construction of the Columbia Basin Project in the 1950s. The algae blooms i…
TEA PARTY
American citizens, it is time to stand up and be counted. It is not good enough to sit at home and complain about where our government is taking us. The last year has seen America taking unprecedented steps towards…
DAR promotes Constitution Week
Constitution Week Committee
POLITICS
My husband tells the story of a young couple who never wanted to give their child a direct order. When it was time for bed, the issue was approached by: Do you want to take your teddy bear or your blanket to bed …
Remembering Patriot Day tomorrow
EPHRATA — On Dec. 18, 2001, Congress passed Public Law No. 107-89 designating Sept. 11 as “Patriot Day.” It’s a shame a law had to be passed to ensure patriotism is kept alive. We should always remember that sacri…
CHEMICALS
A typical morning in the Columbia Basin often starts with what would have been (just a few years ago) a clear blue sky but now is filled with a synthetic haze that never goes away. As I look today to the north ther…
Fed's 'roadless rules' limit public's recreation
OLYMPIA — Washington state citizens are on the verge of losing the ability and the right to enjoy national public lands within our state.Apparently, there are bureaucrats in the other Washington who have forgotten …
Stop the Lautenberg gun grab
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