Editorial
To find our opinion based editorials, see below. We'll share opinion based editorial articles regularly for interested viewers.
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: On affordability, both sides are failing us...
Last year, we started running a weekly news piece on the cost of fuel in our area. We examined average costs for f…
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Consider your perspective...
A few weeks ago, Wendy Brzezny of Thriving Together NCW contacted me and asked me to attend the organization’s 2025 summit, with the theme, “Thriving Together …
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Community matters...
As I write this, I just finished speaking at the Ephrata Rotary Club’s weekly meeting at Country Deli in Ephrata. The banquet room in the back of the restauran…
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Municipal roles...
One of the things that’s become apparent as my team and I have covered certain civic issues over the past few months is that there is a lack of understanding i…
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Living in one desert is enough...
A healthy chunk of the Columbia Basin’s population likes living in a desert. The sagebrush calls out. The tumbleweeds meander through town and the sunshine is …
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: It’s time to celebrate...
The Columbia Basin is filled with amazing people, businesses and places. You already knew that, though. What you may not have realized is that it’s alread…
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Public service and transparency...
Transparency is a word that gets thrown a lot these days. From the perspective of a newspaper editor, it’s become something of a talking point with little…
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: It takes a community...
Often, the folks here at the Columbia Basin Herald refer to getting the paper put together and out the door as a “daily miracle.” Every day, stories fall throu…
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Engage mindfully ...
For much of my adult life, I intentionally put myself in the background of different situations. I was content being a behind-the-scenes worker, whether that w…
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Every day an adventure...
Being a journalist is sometimes like riding a tornado. One moment you’re out at the county fair helping young folks celebrate the hard work they put into …
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: In support of first responders...
A horrific tale unfolded in Coeur d’Alene this past weekend when a man set a wildfire near Canfield Mountain and Nettleton Gulch to draw out firefighters to re…
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: The weight of officials’ words...
We live in a time where the old axiom, “The pen is mightier than the sword,” rings truer than ever. Social media gives anyone and everyone with half a thought …
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 school graduations and one college graduation…
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…
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…
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…