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Editorial

To find our opinion based editorials, see below. We'll share opinion based editorial articles regularly for interested viewers.

Updated 1 day, 5 hours ago

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Congrats to the Class of 2025

Over the last two weeks, I’ve had the distinct privilege of running a newsroom that covers more than a dozen high …

Updated 1 week, 5 days ago
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: The importance of learning spaces

What a weird time we live in. We have the greatest access to information since the dawn of time, but the double-edged sword of the internet is that we also hav…

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Stop and be excellent...

With everything going on in the world today – our busy lives, our children’s busy schedules, the political back and forth and the challenges of the economy, to…

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Educate, don’t regulate when it comes to guns

November of next year will see gun owners having to go through a few extra hoops to own firearms in Washington. As much as I’m for public safety and keeping gu…

Updated 2 months ago
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Child Abuse Prevention Month thoughts

Child abuse is a disease in society that affects all of humanity, whether directly or indirectly.

Updated 2 months, 1 week ago
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Examine each thing independently

Over the last several years, our country has gotten into an all-or-none mentality that seems a bit odd to me. Maybe it’s because of my job, but it seems weird …

Updated 2 months, 3 weeks ago
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Focusing on firearm safety

If you’re like me, and many in the Pacific Northwest are, you grew up with not just one but several firearms in your home. You were taught to shoot, clean and …

Updated 2 months, 4 weeks ago
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Minors and the media

As we report the news, my staff and I often find that we cover sensitive issues, and unfortunately, they often involve minors.

Updated 3 months, 1 week ago
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Help us keep perspective...

Regardless of how someone feels about Donald Trump, there are going to be things that happen over the next four years that are going to make you feel one way o…

Updated 3 months, 2 weeks ago
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: A Basin made proud...

Over the last week, we’ve seen local athletes venture across the Cascades to the Tacoma Dome to compete in the Mat Classic. The Columbia Basin Herald reached o…

Updated 3 months, 3 weeks ago
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: A good man on the team...

You never know when someone or something is going to enter your world and make a significant impact. About three years ago, the Columbia Basin Herald had …

Updated 4 months ago
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: We can communicate better

Yesterday, we published a story on Lt. Governor Denny Heck’s efforts to improve civic engagement and discussion in Washington at both the state and local level…

Updated 4 months, 1 week ago
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Staying in their lanes

Over the last few weeks as executive orders have been issued, immigration raids have occurred across the country and social media has turned into a circus of r…

Updated 4 months, 2 weeks ago
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Regarding coverage of the happenings in D.C.

I’ve gotten a few calls over the last week regarding coverage of the change in the Oval Office recently. Callers have wondered why we haven’t been covering var…

Updated 5 months, 2 weeks ago
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Best of the Basin issues

MOSES LAKE – Due to an export issue, some categories were not included in the Best of the Basin results distributed Tuesday. Results and corrections for affect…