Opinion
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Celebrating National Library Week
What brings you joy? For me, it’s driving through our beautiful region to visit our branch libraries, serving ice …
Women's march was an important event
During the early part of mid-January, my 20-year-old granddaughter Jessie called me. “G-ma, what are you doing Saturday, Jan. 21?” “Why”?” was my response. “There’s a women’s march in Ephrata and I want you and Joe…
MLSD bond proposal facts
Recent letters to the Columbia Basin Herald (CBH) present mostly positive feelings toward the proposed Moses Lake School District (MLSD) bond. Growth and overcrowding are key issues. What seems to be missing in the…
Portables aren't a solution to school crowding
Students in Moses Lake need a positive learning environment. Conditions at the high school are overcrowded. The current building was designed for 1,600 students is serving about 2,200. To accommodate all these youn…
Cannabis businesses a plus for the community
It is very disappointing and frustrating to see Grant County have such an extreme proposed pull-back on a new economic driver like legal cannabis has had on new jobs and investment in the local area community.
A vote 'no' is not a vote against education
There have been many “voices of reason and common sense” written as letters to the editor giving facts as to why the third school bond is too expensive and makes no sense. One such letter written by Scott Hudson po…
Trump is America's downfall
So sad to say the land of opportunity is no more since the election of our new president Donald Trump and Republicans that value his racist views. He wants a wall between Mexico and the United States. Why not a wal…
School bond is short-sighted
Regarding the upcoming bond proposal, I am concerned that the needs of our most valuable assets, our children, are not best being served.
Federal employees must not be silenced
I am outraged at the communications lock-down the President of the United States has placed on the EPA, and the departments of Agriculture and Interior. This is of no benefit and is, in fact, harmful to the America…
The crystal ball
If this community accepts a substandard academic environment for our own children, then we have not learned the lessons from our forefathers, and we should all be ashamed. Our forefathers had the ability to look in…
Public schools are the backbone of America's success
As military brats, my sister and I attended government (U.S. Army) schools in Germany and at Fort Ord, Calif. We also went to public schools in Fayetteville, N.C. Tacoma, Wash., Lakewood, Wash., Monterey, Calif. an…
Using buildings year round might be an option
For the third time, the school administration and the school board are extensively (and expensively) advertising a bond. Last time, they said that if we did not approve the bond that the school buildings would be u…
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How be the children?
I want and I waste: being stewards of God's world
Jeanne and I do most of our shopping locally. We also order through Amazon. We have found this to be very convenient.
I found no rattlesnakes in the snow
In the fall, a friend took me down the Yakima River in his boat. He had been a fishing guide for many years and knew the river like the back of his hand.
Taxes are out of control
First and foremost I want to thank the Columbia Basin Herald for the editorial part of the newspaper. Where taxpayer citizens can express their views. I am a retired person on a fixed income and to my shock I recei…