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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…
Vote rallies - life, liberty, property
The Grant County Committee of Safety will be sponsoring rallies Friday (Oct. 28 - 3-6 p.m.) and Saturday (Oct. 29 - 10-6 p.m.) to encourage people to carefully study, research, and consider candidates and initiativ…
Armed with faith: Movie shows World War II exploits of unarmed medic
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — When Desmond Doss climbed up Hacksaw Ridge — a 400-foot high escarpment on the island of Okinawa with a wall of dug in Japanese soldiers at …
All creatures great and small
“Then the Lord said, ‘And should I not be concerned about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who do n…
Legislators long overdue in funding education
“It is the paramount duty of the state to make ample provision for the education of all students…” (Article IX, Section 1, Washington State Constitution).
A Clinton presidency would be disastrous
All those in the “Never Trump” crowd please consider what damage our country will experience with a Clinton victory. The Supreme Court will become dominated by six or seven liberal justices. Disastrous Obamacare wi…
Wallace's attacks on Estudillo groundless, bigoted
I’m tired of politics. But there’s still one race holding my attention, the race for the Superior Court Judge position currently held by Judge David Estudillo. Attorney Nick Wallace is trying to unseat him.
Nick Wallace in his own words
Tired of all the election campaigning? Me too! I just want to thank all of you who have helped me in so many ways. And thank you, voters of Grant County, for giving your attention to my campaign. I look forward to …
Estudillo has shown himself to be a good judge
It has been my privilege to serve as your District Court judge for the past 25-plus years. I was born and raised in Quincy, where I grew up on the family ranch.
Open government wins in Lincoln County
The statewide watchdog group, the Washington Coalition for Open Government, honored Lincoln County commissioners with a Key Award for approving a resolution in September that opened negotiations with county union e…
Disrespect for Estudillo speaks volumes
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Nick Wallace has widespread support
In less than two weeks, this whole election fiasco will be at an end. I hope the young first-time voters realize that this has not been the norm over the years.
Thanks to community for their support
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Too much government is dragging America under
Nikita Khrushchev said: “You Americans are so gullible. No, you won’t accept communism outright. But we’ll keep feeding you small doses of socialism, until you’ll finally wake up and find you already have communism…
Criticism of Estudillo is myopic
Recent letters from Nick Wallace’s attorney friends have a common theme: Judge Estudillo was never part of the Grant County legal system.
Estudillo best suited to bench
I have worked for Grant County for 10 years. In my position at the county, I work very closely with judges, the current court commissioner and any pro tem commissioners that fill in on the bench and attorneys. Afte…