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Updated 4 days, 15 hours ago

GRANDMA GREEN SAYS: Exercise your right to vote

Regarding voting, or the lack thereof in Grant County, I read the Columbia Basin Herald’s edition of Aug. 20 to le…

Updated 8 years ago
Misconceptions about Grant PUD

As a slight introduction, I have been your Grant PUD Commissioner for the past twelve years and have chosen not to seek re-election. As I ride off into the sun…

Updated 8 years ago
Hammond listens to the people of the 13th District

In this great democracy, voting is a privilege, hard won by our foremothers and fathers. I do my best to be informed on issues and focus on the best person to represent me, not on the party. In the upcoming midterm…

Updated 8 years ago
School sports good for players and spectators

It’s fall, even if it’s just beginning to feel like it outside, and that means kids are back in school. And the beginning of school means the beginning of school sports. Fields, gyms and pools all over the Basin ar…

Updated 8 years ago
Hearing the benefits of a silent night

A few weeks ago, our family took a vacation in the country.

Updated 8 years ago
Manweller needs to resign from legislature

The independent investigation presented a long pattern of predatory behavior by Matt Manweller. 15 different women and more than 20 corroborating witnesses provided extremely troubling accounts of the behavior they…

Updated 8 years ago
Faith: Truth or philosophy?

I have heard it said that faith is a philosophy. The dictionary defines philosophy as a set of beliefs. Is there a difference between the two? Over the past several years churches’ highly esteemed leadership has de…

Updated 8 years ago
Thank God for President Trump

I just wanted to thank our president for believing in free enterprise. And acknowledging only God can make this country prosper. Keep up the good work, President Trump.

Updated 8 years ago
Shaking the hand that feeds us

Why bother farming when we can all just get our food at the supermarket?

Updated 8 years ago
County treasurer offers perspective on MLIRD assessment billing

Misleading information has created a false narrative regarding the Moses Lake Irrigation & Rehabilitation District (MLIRD) 2018 assessment billing. In prior ye…

Updated 8 years ago
Is there a climate change of the soul?

I’m going to give you some words and you tell me what you think about them: climate change.

Updated 8 years ago
Reflections on newsmakers

Why don’t you say whether or not the people who make the Columbia Basin Herald’s front page are citizens or illegal aliens?

Updated 8 years ago
Hammond would serve 13th District well

This is an appeal to my Republican friends, those from the GOP era who stood for character, integrity, prudence, small government and local control; those who have seen the principles of their party wrested from th…

Updated 8 years, 1 month ago
Thanks for help with Grant County Fair seed booth

Moses Lake Grange No. 1151, chartered May 31, 2017, would like to thank the local companies for all their donations that allowed them to install the seed display booth at the Grant County Fair. Grange members conta…

Updated 8 years, 1 month ago
Yonezawa students, hosts a pleasure to transport

Thanks for the nice article about the visiting students from Yonezawa, Japan. As a volunteer bus driver for the Moses Lake Senior Center, I had to opportunity to transport them and their host students on some of th…

Updated 8 years, 1 month ago
Matt Manweller: a great professor and a great representative

My favorite class during my time at CWU was by far my American Political Thought and Culture class with Matt Manweller. He used a variety of teaching techniques to reach students, we played games, listened to music…