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…
Applying for the open position
I have a job application in my hands.
Springfest kicks off summer
Unless you've been hiding under a rock (or just haven't been in Moses Lake), you've seen a lot of activity at McCosh Park and Lions Field the last few days. That's the preparations for Springfest, the blowout celeb…
Alumni Association offers lots of opportunity to serve
The Moses Lake Alumni Association (MLAA) has been quietly serving Moses Lake graduates for 10 years. Since 2007, the MLAA has provided $142,900 in scholarships to 140 students who attended school in Moses Lake. The…
Numbers don't lie in Trump election
Based solely on his belief, the president created a commission to investigate the voter fraud of 3-5 million illegal ballots cast for Hillary Clinton. He has asserted that he would have won the popular vote were it…
Leviathans come in all sizes
“There go the ships, and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it.”
Freedom of speech?
The Columbia Basin Herald changed the policy regarding Letters to the Editor several weeks ago. Now only one letter is allowed per month. This restricts people who want to address problems in our community, and oft…
Trump's Mar-a-Lago trips expensive and wasteful
In 2015, Trump said he would “rarely leave the White House because there’s so much work to be done.” Now, he is golfing and visiting a Trump-branded property every few days.
Reasons for hope on climate change
Why I’m hopeful we can stop climate change:
Citywide cleanup makes a difference
Thank you to all of the volunteers who took time out of their busy weekend to help with this past Saturday’s Vision 2020 Citywide cleanup. Your highly visible work boosts the pride that we all have in our beautiful…
We love letters
Readers may have noticed that the Herald recently changed its letters to the editor policy to limit letters to one letter per sender per month. Don’t misunderstand us; we appreciate our regular letter writers. We j…
A lesson learned from selling two homes
We had lived at our residence in Plano, Texas, for a decade when we decided to sell. It was then that all of those “little projects” I just never got around to…
Fake news can quickly become real news
A story recycles itself on social media and reappears as what seems to be a brand-new story, four years later. Most recently, a story on a double murder in an Othello orchard recently recycled itself on social medi…
Help letter carriers stamp out hunger
Saturday, May 13 marks the 25th anniversary of the National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. Letter carriers walk through the community every day, often coming face to face with a sad rea…
Initiative keeps women safe in public facilities
April was Sexual Assault Awareness Month, a time to listen to survivors and consider ways to prevent further harm. As a rape survivor myself, I was shocked to learn that our state’s HRC imposed a new statewide rule…
Everyone is unique, but not in everything
Jeanne wanted to purchase a certain brand of shoes, and the nearest place that carried them was a store in the Spokane Mall.