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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 …
Avoiding a bad trip Down Memory Lane
In 2001, Boeing shocked state and local leaders announcing it was relocating its headquarters to Chicago. Suddenly, the company with its deep roots in our Puge…
Now's the time to fix shortfalls in the state budget
The 60-day special session is in full swing, and legislators are working to fine-tune the two-year state budget they approved last June. The refining comes in the form of a “supplemental budget,” which is meant to …
Social Security is well earned
Social Security is not a handout. Social Security is an income people have worked and died to earn. Many people in Moses Lake judge me because I get my Social Security at a young age due to disability. But I deserv…
Man thanks community for help after fatal wreck
Editor’s note: Author Will Dactle’s brother, Tyler Cowdry, of Portland, Ore., was involved in a fatal collision Jan. 14 near Moses Lake that claimed the life o…
Bathroom hysteria based on misconceptions
The Columbia Basin Herald’s coverage of the new ruling allowing transgender people to use locker rooms and bathrooms reflects the discomfort that a lot of people feel regarding transgender issues. However, I think …
An open letter to Gov. Jay Inslee
Friends of mine made me aware of your recent email to Washington voters. The email can be found online at http://shared.nrapvf.org/sharedmedia/1508518/inslee-attack-email-january-11.pdf.
A year of blessing
As we’ve entered into 2016, this new year promises to be a year of blessing, hope and peace. A mundane life has the tendency to make us forget that as the chil…
The right thing to do
Grant County’s frigid winter temperatures are nothing to mess around with. For those of us with animals, the winter months mean frozen water bowls outside and family pets wanting to venture inside where there’s war…
Postal banking needed
In 2006, Congress required the Postal Service to fully pre-fund 75 years of retiree health care benefits in 10 years. No one else has this burden; I know of no private businesses that do this. Unsurprisingly, the P…
Transgender bathroom rule needs repealed
The Washington State Human Rights Commission enacted a new rule Dec. 26 allowing transgendered people to use the bathroom designated for the gender they identify with, in public and private facilities. What that me…
America is better off under Democrats
Regarding Mark Roylance’s letter to the editor, “Democrats, not Republicans, behind America’s problems,” it proves once again the GOP lives in a “bubble” and facts have no effect on their distorted views.
Liebrecht should be mayor
The Moses Lake City Council passed Resolution 3584 that states that the Mayor of Moses Lake shall be selected at the first meeting in January, and that the person shall be chosen according to seniority unless he or…
Keep Moses Lake's parks clean
We may be well into December and it may be too cold for a swim, but many people still enjoy recreation on and around Moses Lake. There are several parks and tr…
Serving those who served
Grant County has a very large number of vets from all eras. Some of these brave men and women are on the edge of poverty and some are already there.
Soap Lake is a town to be proud of
Congratulations, kudos and thanks to Mayor Raymond Gravelle, Soap Lake City Council and the many people who worked long, hard and deliberative hours. We now proudly fly the beautiful flag of our United States: red,…