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WEATHER: May 14-20
Thursday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 69. Breezy, with a west wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 29 …
EXPLAINER: Why are Texas Democrats camped out in Washington?
Texas statehouse Democrats are camping out in Washington
Pressured by allies, Biden escalates fight for voting rights
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden aimed to lay out the “moral case” for voting rights Tuesday as Texas Democrats took dramatic action to stymie their state's latest effort in a nationwide Republican push to t…
The Latest: Surgeon General: Virus booster shots 'possible'
WASHINGTON — The nation’s top doctor says it’s “certainly possible” that Americans eventually will be advised to get a booster shot of the coronavirus vaccine.
Jill Biden to attend Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony
WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden will attend the opening ceremony of the summer Olympics in Tokyo, the White House announced Tuesday, even as the city has entered a new state of emergency over a rise in coro…
Biden pressed to do more to protect voting rights, democracy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will lay out the “moral case” for voting rights as he faces growing pressure from civil rights activists and other Democrats to
Democrats eye immigration action in budget, but outlook hazy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats and immigration advocates are staring at their best chance in years to overcome Republican opposition and give millions of people in the U.S. without legal authorization a …
The Latest: Merkel urges Germans to get vaccinated
BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged her country’s citizens to get vaccinated against COVID-19, saying the more people who get the shot “the more free we will be again.”
The Latest: India vaccine maker to produce Sputnik V
MOSCOW — Russia’s sovereign fund has announced a deal with a top Indian vaccine manufacturer to produce the Russia-designed Sputnik V vaccine.
Good cowboys, expert broncs: Basin family supplies the horses that make the rodeo buck
Hundreds of spectators gathered Memorial Day weekend for the Coulee City PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association) Last Stand Rodeo.
France rushes to get vaccinated after president's warning
PARIS (AP) — More than 1 million people in France made vaccine appointments in less than a day, figures showed on Tuesday, after the president cranked up pressure on everyone to get vaccinated to save summer vacati…
‘Working for the people’: Colleagues remember Joyce Mulliken
FLORENCE, Ariz. — Former colleagues remembered longtime 13th Legislative District’s Joyce Mulliken as a hard working legislator who knew how to negotiate and cared a great deal about the people she was elected to s…
CBCF tries to meet fundraising challenge
MOSES LAKE — The Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation is working to meet a challenge by the end of July. And if it’s successful, the foundation will have money nee…
Wallace, Gwinn named Grant County District Court judges
EPHRATA — Ephrata attorneys Brian Gwinn and Nick Wallace were selected Monday by Grant County Commissioners as the two new Grant County District Court judges t…
Two wildfires scorch Dodson Road area
Four fire departments, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office and the Bureau of Land Management responded to two fires happening simultaneously just miles apart nea…
Troopers increase patrols between ML and Othello
Washington State Patrol troopers in the Basin are increasing their patrols on the stretch of state Route 17, between Moses Lake and Othello, due to an upward trend of fatal, serious injury and other collisions this…