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MLSD hiring 7 elementary assistant principals, financially unrelated to classroom staffing
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake School District is moving to add assistant principals at seven of its largest elementary s…
No. 2 Republican won't say if GOP will support Jan. 6 probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — The No. 2 House Republican won’t say whether members of his caucus will support — or even participate in — a proposed select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
Jobs, jobs, jobs: Biden selling big infrastructure deal
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — President Joe Biden declared there is an urgent need for a “generational investment” in the nation’s infrastructure, as he looked to sell voters Tuesday on the economic benefits of the $973 b…
The Latest: Russia sets daily death record, OKs booster shot
MOSCOW — Russian health officials have approved booster shots for those vaccinated against COVID-19 six months after their first dose.
Congressional leaders urge FCC to perform equity audit
Congressional leaders and a media advocacy group are urging the Federal Communications Commission to examine how policy decisions and programs have disparately harmed Black Americans and other communities of color,…
Rental assistance fell victim to politics, bureaucracy
Before the pandemic hit, Jacqueline Bartley, a mother of two girls and a boy, had a comfortable life. Then the 41-year-old lost her job at American Airlines, quickly spent her savings and found herself months behin…
Rolling blackouts for parts of US Northwest amid heat wave
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The unprecedented Northwest U.S. heat wave that slammed Seattle and Portland, Oregon, moved inland Tuesday — prompting a electrical utility in Spokane, Washington to warn that people will face…
The Latest: Red Cross: Indonesia faces virus catastrophe
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The Red Cross says Indonesia needs to urgently increase medical care, testing and vaccinations as the number of infections has left it “on the edge of a COVID-19 catastrophe.”
Supreme Court says no right to hearing for some immigrants
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the government can indefinitely detain certain immigrants who say they will face persecution or torture if they are deported to their native countries.
The Latest: India to import Moderna vaccine to offset surge
NEW DELHI — Indian pharmaceutical company Cipla has been granted emergency use authorization from the country’s drugs regulator to import the Moderna vaccine.
Diana legacy lingers as fans mark late royal’s 60th birthday
LONDON (AP) — Most people wouldn’t volunteer to walk through a minefield. Princess Diana did it twice.
The Latest: Russia records highest daily virus death toll
MOSCOW — Russian authorities have reported 652 new coronavirus deaths on Tuesday — the highest daily tally in the pandemic. The new record comes as Russia struggles to cope with a surge in infections and deaths and…
Heat relief: Serve Moses Lake distributes cold water on hot days
MOSES LAKE — For the second year, volunteers working with Serve Moses Lake will be offering cold bottled water on very hot days to unsheltered individuals and …
Best of bunnies: Washington State Rabbit Breeders Association marks 75th year
MOSES LAKE — Rabbits are often auctioned for their meat, their fur or even to be used in laboratory research, but at Saturday’s 75th Washington State Rabbit Br…
Caution recommended when setting off fireworks; 237 in state injured last year
MOSES LAKE — The snap, crackle and pop of fireworks are part of summer and especially the Fourth of July, but there can be trouble if fireworks are not used pr…
Moses Lake receives new recovery funds
MOSES LAKE — When Washington’s Office of Financial Management sent word that Moses Lake must return all documents to receive further coronavirus fiscal recovery funds by June 18, 11 days after correspondence, city …