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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 …
People, politics, news and being a capitol intern
OLYMPIA — Politics is something I find myself both deeply fascinated with while simultaneously a little repulsed by.
Get healthy, start walking
One of my coworkers recently shared a news story regarding a new study that suggests prolonged sedentary periods like sitting increases the risk of heart disea…
Washington needs better way to pick president
Active Democrats are trudging to party caucuses on Saturday to pick delegates for either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders. We wish them luck picking a favorite, though it seems a bit late to turn any national tide.
America owes its veterans a lot
America has abandoned its brave veterans. It’s a shame and downright disgrace the way we treat brave veterans in America. America will be judged for how we treat our veterans. They died and sacrificed their lives f…
Caucuses and primaries
What is the difference between a caucus and a primary?
Thanks for Newspapers in Education
I want to thank the Columbia Basin Herald for the Newspapers for Education. I truly appreciate the opportunity the Columbia Basin Herald offers to the schools, especially mine, Chief Moses Middle School. We are abl…
We should all unite as a country
Trump supporters have gone too far in the past few months. Their attacks and threats on national TV seem more like a KKK event. Trump states he will pay legal fees. How is this any different from the past?
The law applies to everybody
When a Donald Trump supporter broke the law and assaulted a protester for practicing his Constitutional right, that law-breaking supporter of Donald Trump made Hillary Clinton the next president of the United State…
Photos sought for Iowa student
I am a fifth-grade student at Harlan Intermediate School, Harlan, Iowa. My class is studying the geography and history of the United States. I would like to learn more about your state of Washington. I was really a…
Stratford Road traffic not severe enough to warrant WinCo opposition
For the last 16 years, I have traveled between downtown Moses Lake and Kinder Road at least 1,000 times per year during the busiest times of the day and on weekends. I have always told people that it takes me less …
Chiefs soccer games are worth attending
On March 11, a Friday evening, my family and I went to Lions Field to watch the Chiefs boys soccer team. Their opponent in their first game was the Gonzaga Bull Pups from Spokane.
Climate change: settled science?
In recent years, much has been said about “global warming.” As the arguments for that term began to wear thin, “climate change” became the term in vogue for many people.
Pitch in and keep Quincy clean
Quincy’s highways are littered with trash because people are getting careless when it comes to their trash ending up in the trash can. I think people should be fined and caught for their wrongdoing. The police aren…
Thanks to lake clean-up volunteers
The city of Moses Lake is blessed in a lot of ways, and one of those is the lake that it’s named for. Seen from above, it glitters like a jewel in the yellow-brown central Washington landscape. We spend our leisure…
Be still and know that I am God
Mornings early and evenings (just before I go to bed), I spend time in prayer and readings of Scripture and other books. I don’t always do this, but the majority of time I do. I enjoy these times and make a conscio…