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Mavs suffer loss in districts, conclude season
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Mavericks (16-4) fell 11-1 to the West Valley Rams Saturday, bringing an end to their …
‘Putting on a show’: Three-day Moses Lake Airshow brings out aviation fans
MOSES LAKE — “It’s good to be out.” So said Rhyan Armstrong, as she walked with her children, 5-year-old Khambryn and 1-year-old Addison, in between the airpl…
Mint juleps, fancy hats and a horse race at Moses Lake Business Expo
MOSES LAKE — Getting business back on track. That was the theme of this year’s Moses Lake Business Expo, organized by the Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce and he…
‘Abbreviated program’: Even in a pandemic, scholarship winner gets valuable experience
MOSES LAKE — Lauren Tolley said she had certain expectations about the 2020 Distinguished Young Women scholarship program for high school juniors, based on her…
McCain Foods to hire 80
McCain Foods will have three open hiring events at WorkSource Central Basin this week to add 80 employees to its Othello potato processing facility’s 170,000-square-foot expansion, according to a release.
Some offices attract candidates during special filing period
EPHRATA — Candidates filed for two open seats for the Mattawa Community Clinic board in a special filing period June 1-3, and an open fire district seat also attracted a candidate.
Polarized by war, Armenia votes Sunday in an early election
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia's leader is facing a tough challenge at the polls after a humiliating defeat for Armenian forces in last year's fighting with Azerbaijan over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabak…
Senator: Military justice changes must go beyond sex cases
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is on the brink of success in her yearslong campaign to get sexual assault cases
Virginia marijuana legalization timetable has many confused
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia's road to legalizing simple possession of marijuana has had some twists and turns, so it's not surprising that advocacy groups have been flooded with calls from people trying to unders…
VA moves to offer gender confirmation surgery to vets
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs is moving to offer transgender veterans gender confirmation surgery, Secretary Denis McDonough announced at a Pride Month event in Orlando Saturday.
Apathy greets Iran presidential vote dominated by hard-liner
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranians voted Friday in a presidential election dominated by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's hard-line protege after the disqualification of his strongest competition, fu…
Convention circuit of delusion gives forum for election lies
NEW RICHMOND, Wis. (AP) — For a few hours last weekend, thousands of Donald Trump’s supporters came together in a field under the blazing Wisconsin sun to live in an alternate reality where the former president was…
Far right falters as conservatives lead French regional vote
PARIS (AP) — Marine Le Pen’s far-right party stumbled, French President Emmanuel Macron's centrists crashed and incumbent conservatives surged ahead in the first round of regional elections Sunday that were dominat…
Italy to require 5-day quarantines for travelers from UK
ROME (AP) — Starting Monday, Italy is requiring people who arrive from Britain to do five days of quarantine as well as take a COVID-19 swab test.
UN: Millions driven from homes in 2020 despite COVID crisis
GENEVA (AP) — War, violence, persecution, human rights violations and other factors caused nearly 3 million people to flee their homes last year, even though the COVID-19 crisis restricted movement worldwide, the U…
Democrats see springboard for health care in high court win
WASHINGTON (AP) — With the Affordable Care Act now secure in the framework of the nation's health care programs, Democrats are eager to leap above and beyond.