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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 …
Run a clean campaign
What is it about an election that brings out the sleazeballs, the dishonest, the bullies, the mean spirited, and those who act like they are still in junior high? In the words of the late Joan Rivers, "Oh, grow up!…
Are Initiative Measures No. 594 and No. 591 designed to confuse?
Please vote no on Initiative Measure No. 594. A person should reject any initiative measure unless they have fully read and understood it. The full 18 page text of this measure can be found by doing an internet sea…
Who protects citizens?
Everybody has a right to their opinion about those running for office. I speak from experience, most prosecutors hide the truth and will erase audio for officers to get a conviction they above the law. Who protects…
Common sense choice
Tom Dent's mission and platform is very clear to me. His wide views of the concerns we face in the 13th District, like water, agriculture, family and health care, not to mention, education funding solutions and sma…
Voting for Angus Lee
My name is Jessie Green, and I'm writing this from the campus of New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas, N.M. I'm a 2014 graduate of Moses Lake High School, and am currently a freshman here at NMHU. Upon turn…
Tom Dent would represent 13th District well
I have lived in the Columbia Basin for over 60 years. I have known Tom Dent for many years. Tom is familiar with the important issues that face us in the 13th District.
Warnick supports Newhouse in bid for Congressional seat
A recent political mailer asked the question: "How can you trust this man?" I found the contents of the flyer to be purely campaign rhetoric and offensive.
Reader says pro Lee pamphlet has merit
I recently received the pamphlet regarding Garth Dano put out by the Grant County Concerned Voters. In reading it, I realized that none of it could have been printed withough total verification. And stating the tru…
Dani Bolyard, fulfilling duties with integrity
As Amercians we have rights - speech, press, assembly, bear arms, equal justice and own private property. We also have much loved and appreciated freedoms - travel, work, marry, education and selection of a politic…
Grant County elected officials support Lee
We, the undersigned Grant County elected officials, strongly encourage you to vote for D. Angus Lee for prosecuting attorney this November.
Dent is true to his word
I can proudly say, I have known Tom Dent for nearly his entire life. We became friends in elementary school and have continued to be friends for the last five decades. Although I no longer live in Washington State,…
"Tom is our best choice"
Voters in the 13th district face an atypical situation in the race for State Representative this year: both candidates prefer the Republican Party. This is actually a blessing, since we cannot blindly choose the ca…
Jon Smith responds to Rick Heiberg's letter
A letter printed in the 10-2-14 Columbia Basin Herald submitted by Rick Heiberg was given the title of setting the record straight. Not so fast.
Dano has the skills and experience
My grandfather Paul Klasen was Grant County's Prosecuting Attorney for 36 years. I always admired the way he put the interests of the County first, was a strong advisor to our commissioners, and never politicized h…
M&Ms and the American Dream
Entrepreneurs helped make America great. Many of the "big businesses" we know today started in the imaginations of immigrants who came to America, the land of …