Opinion
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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…
LETTER: Imagining a better health system
Imagine a national healthcare system not built on profit, paperwork, or exclusion—but on mercy, justice, and love. A system that says: “You are worthy of care.…
A statement to the community from MLSD Superintendent Carol Lewis
I want to take a moment — one final time — to talk about something that’s been at the heart of nearly every conversation we’ve had since May of 2024: keeping o…
COLUMN: Mariners season was a success
I imagine for any Mariners fan, Monday night had a bitter ending. From a 3-1 lead to a three-run homer that flipped the momentum on its head, the Mariners fell…
LETTER: Reflecting on choices, faith
The ink in my pen’s heavy. You toss, turn, groan and ache while in restoration from the outside world. Your mind channels savage thoughts as if it were sta…
LETTER: Imagine health care as a sacred right
Imagine a national healthcare system not built on profit, paperwork, or exclusion—but on mercy, justice, and love. A system that says: “You are worthy of care.…
LETTER: Politics affects local people's health care
I’m looking at the headlines of our paper today. There’s the congressional response to the shutdown and the announcement that East Adams Rural Health is laying…
LETTER: Support our teachers and students
To the Editor, There was a buzz in the air that something special was going to happen at the ML school board meeting Sept. 18. I decided to go. As I pu…
LETTER: The cost of fire service
To the Editor, Othello is in the middle of elections, and its contract with Adams County Fire District No. 5 has become an issue. Unfortunately, some of th…
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Community matters...
As I write this, I just finished speaking at the Ephrata Rotary Club’s weekly meeting at Country Deli in Ephrata. The banquet room in the back of the restauran…
COLUMN: The Mariners need to win on the road
As of Wednesday morning, the Mariners are on a 10-game win streak, the highest of any team in the entire MLB. The second closest team is the Toronto Blue Jays …
Grant PUD commitment: Our lowest possible rates for core customers
Grant Public Utility District commissioners and leadership are committed to ensuring that our “core customers” – residential, ag, irrigation and small/medium-s…
LETTER: Setting the record straight about fire rates
Othello is in the middle of elections, and its contract with Adams County Fire District No. 5 has become an issue. Unfortunately, some of the campaign response…
LETTER: Disappointed in the PUD
To the Editor, The Public Utility District says it serves the community. Yet on August 26, 2025, it just condemned our family’s land, ignoring four other v…
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Municipal roles...
One of the things that’s become apparent as my team and I have covered certain civic issues over the past few months is that there is a lack of understanding i…
LETTER: On FEMA and its importance
I’ve read and heard of the news that the current administration wants to eliminate FEMA at the federal level and make the individual states responsible for any…