Opinion
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COLUMN: College football playoff selection was a mess
It’s not a normal day in December if college football teams are not throwing their hands in the air after being le…
Dam repairs a balancing act with Grant PUD's routine duties
Operating two hydroelectric plants on the Mid-Columbia River requires the ability to balance multiple interests at all times. Considerations for fish passage, …
Angus Lee is a competent prosecutor
A few years ago my cousin was brutally murdered. He was shot in the back of the head execution style. I was devastated and found kindness and compassion from our elected prosecutor, D. Angus Lee. He provided dilige…
Tom Dent is a natural leader
I am a resident and business owner in Moses Lake. I have had the privilege of knowing Tom Dent for about 15 years. I have had many discussions with Tom over the years and I have been very educated on issues that ar…
Time to Stand up and be Counted
Today is the 13th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and the 2nd anniversary of the attack that killed four Americans in Benghazi. Currently 75% of Americans feel we are less safe than we we…
Good, old fashioned customer service
I would like to thank the owners and employees at Affordable Auto gas station in Moses Lake, especially Shane. My older (she wouldn't want me to say elderly) mother is a longtime customer and it makes me feel good …
Suicide prevention help is available
No matter how big a problem may seem, suicide is not the answer. There are organizations and groups equipped to help people work through their problems. The most difficult thing to do is ask for help. It takes cour…
People first
One of our 'proven leaders' controlled the Grant Co. Republican party for nearly ten years as his own "do as I say" club. But when the citizens elected too many who challenged his agenda, he just refused to hold an…
Cracking down on truancy
School has begun. As a pro education and pro student citizen, it's great to see our Grant County Prosecuting Attorney, Angus Lee, is going to be more aggressively prosecuting those who skip school. Truancy has been…
Boeing 777 may replace Air Force One
It's about time to replace Air Force One, the president's plane; however, the new version may not be a Boeing 747. It may be a 777.
Words have meaning
Words have meaning! The pen is mightier than the sword!
Bolyard's honest approach
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…
A team that can pull it off
While interviewing our candidates for election this year, I posed a question relating to public lands. Of the candidates interviewed and advancing to the General Election in November, only Clint Didier and Dani Bol…
History changed
We act according to what we believe. (Obviously a true statement.) We believe according to how we are taught. (Also true -- and the key to control of people.)
Common Core Standards must go!
Common Core is the name of the top-down Federal Government set of education "standards" that has been kind of snuck in under the radar with promises of "rigorous standards" and "free money" from our great benefacto…
Pity the poor streamers
Every day, birds flying near a certain spot on the California-Nevada border are incinerated in midair. They're called "streamers" for the puff of smoke that ap…