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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…
Additional investments by the state Legislature would be money well spent
Each year, graduates from Big Bend Community College and Wenatchee Valley College land well-paying jobs or transfer to universities.
Constitutional amendment would prevent income tax
Former 13th District Senator Harold Hochstatter used to say, “The issue isn’t the issue; who decides the issue is the issue.”
Recovery can be a beautiful thing
Jeanne and I grew up on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state. It is there that the Elwha River can be found. The river’s source is the snowpack of the Oly…
Happy birthday, Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez’ birthday is on March 31 and is celebrated in California, Arizona, and Texas. Those are just a few states that honor Cesar Chavez. I would love for Moses Lake to have a Cesar Chavez Day.
Veterans deserve America's help
America will never be great again until American does right by its veterans and those who serve us and gave us our freedom. Too many veterans in America are homeless and hungry and nobody acts like they care. Donal…
Bond election not a conspiracy
The school bond election has caused much controversy in Moses Lake. Worse, it’s caused the spread of misinformation.
Judge's bond ruling was arbitrary
Not to get involved in the pros and cons of the MLSD bond or the last outcome, I would like to state, (that if he was quoted accurately by the CBH staff writer) I find Judge Antosz’s comments and interpretations of…
Moses Lake school bond: Time to work together
If the court challenges and responses to the contested Moses Lake bond election are over, we think it’s time to work together. An opportunity to do so presents itself from 6-8 p.m. on Monday, April 17 at a communit…
Trump off to a bad start
Donald Trump hasn’t been in office over a hundred days and he has created so much drama in America. First, concerning a traveling ban and that didn’t work. Now on health care, he’s taking from education medicine, f…
Your vote is irrelevant?
Superior Court (Ephrata, Wash.) regarding recent Moses Lake school bond vote, no mandatory requirement exists in RCW 29A.60.165 regarding unsigned ballot declarations. No mandatory requirement exists in RCW 29A.40.…
Are you still waiting for your spring?
Is it spring yet?
An admission of guilt and most sincere apology
I’ve been told that confession is good for the soul. I hope the following will suffice.
Overreaching state negatively impacts beef industry
The beef industry creates more than 14,000 family-wage jobs in Washington state at 9,000 small and family-owned ranches and feedlots across all 39 counties, ge…
Schools benefit the whole community
But you do use the public schools, Robert Meade. You wrote a letter to the editor titled “Unjust property tax vote” published in the CBH on March 9. You expected there to be a literate public who could read your le…
Senators Cantwell and Murray voted on the right side of sportsmen
On March 7, the U.S. Senate, following the House’s lead, voted along party lines to rescind an important decree that gave the public — and sportsmen like myself — the chance to have more say in the management of mo…