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  • It was a rude awakening

    Carol Daily|Aug 4, 2021

    Thursday night some of us woke up to the fire fight. Thank you, Chief of Police and Mayor for telling us, the people in this sleepy little town, that this would take place for about three hours. Am I wrong in thinking the U.S. Army has an area in Yakima for just these kinds of games? Just to let you know, that was the rudest thing you could have done. All those that woke up to that. Old people, and let’s not forget all the combat veterans we have in this area. Carol Daily...

  • Why are signs restricted, not letters?

    Carol Daily|Jun 21, 2017

    My husband and I were told we had to take our candidate-for-mayor sign down. By law, you can only have signs up so far ahead of the election. The week before we were told to take it down there was a letter in our Star newspaper to vote for a new mayor. That letter was written by our other candidate. So why was the letter allowed but not our sign in our yard? Carol Daily Coulee Dam Editor’s response: Laws about outside election signs do not govern letters to the editor....

  • Town gone from nice to nothing

    Carol Daily|Sep 28, 2016

    Not sure where to start. We have gone from a nice town with services to nothing in a few short years. We are being told to call 911 after 5 p.m. and on weekends. We have over 18 single ladies in this town, over half over 70. We have only six or seven single men and over 11 empty houses. Some for sale, others just there. Our drug problem has doubled and we have no police to take care of us. I felt very safe in my home when we moved here, but not any more. Plus, if we try to sell our place, no one wants to move to a town with no services. It’s b...