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Bartrand leads assessor race in preliminary results
EPHRATA — Preliminary election results show Grant County Assessor Candidate Anson Bartrand leading over challenger…
Possible Havana syndrome case delays Harris trip to Vietnam
HANOI (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris' trip from Singapore to Vietnam was delayed several hours Tuesday by an investigation into two possible cases of the so-called Havana Syndrome in Hanoi, administration…
Harris rebukes China in speech on Indo-Pacific vision
HANOI (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a sharp rebuke to China for its incursions in the South China Sea, warning its actions there amount to “coercion” and “intimidation” and affirming that the U…
Afghan airlift records best day yet: 20,000-plus flown out
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military on Tuesday pulled off its biggest day of evacuation flights from Afghanistan since the operation began. But deadly violence that has blocked many desperate evacuees from entering…
US troops surge evacuations, CIA chief meets with Taliban
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has pulled off its biggest day of evacuation flights from Afghanistan since the operation began, but deadly violence that has blocked many desperate evacuees from entering Kabul'…
Hochul, NY's 1st female governor, inherits vast challenges
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Kathy Hochul
Back in the saddle: Riders happy to compete again, enjoy big crowd
The dust finally settled after a week filled with cars smashing, bulls bucking and crowds cheering as the 2021 Moses Lake Roundup rodeo and Northwest Ag Demoli…
Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation meets goal for radiation treatment center
MOSES LAKE — The Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation has reached its goal in a fundraising drive to build a radiation treatment center in Moses Lake for cancer patients.
After the fair: It’s not over until the cleanup is done
MOSES LAKE — The Grant County Fair was over, but there was still plenty of work going on at the fairgrounds Sunday morning.
Port OKs west side tax roll
MOSES LAKE — The commission overseeing the Port of Moses Lake on Monday denied an appeal by a small group of landowners and unanimously approved the property tax rolls for the port’s Westside Employment Center.
Details change accusation against Mattawa man
A 56-year-old Mattawa man was accused Monday of first-degree murder after detectives revealed further information about him in connection with the alleged shoo…
Part 1: The Nature Conservancy forms new tactics to prevent eastern Washington wildfires
“Everybody has an interest in preventing wildfire in sagebrush country,” said Corinna Hanson, The Nature Conservancy’s Moses Coulee/Beezley Hills Preserves Lan…
Second man killed in collision identified
The identity of the second man killed in a collision Aug. 11 near George is Miguel Flores Ortiz, the Washington State Patrol said Friday.
Josephine Baker is 1st Black woman given Paris burial honor
PARIS (AP) — The remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker will be reinterred at the Pantheon monument in Paris, making the entertainer who is a World War II hero in France the first Black woman to…
Lockdowns or vaccines? 3 Pacific nations try diverging paths
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Cheryl Simpson was supposed to be celebrating her 60th birthday over lunch with friends but instead found herself confined to her Auckland home.
US VP Harris: Focus must stay on Afghan evacuation
SINGAPORE (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris asserted Monday that the U.S. must maintain its focus on evacuating Americans and vulnerable Afghans and shouldn’t get distracted by questions over what went wrong in t…