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Ephrata Patriot Day honors 9/11 Grant County first responders, and military service members
EPHRATA — The names and faces have changed over 25 years, but the message remained the same Thursday evening as ve…
Proposal would ban mink farming to stem coronavirus mutation
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Biden hosts baseball champion Dodgers at White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden praised sports' ability to heal and bring a nation together in a time of crisis as he hosted the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers at the White House on Friday.
Tax law experts see 'strong' case against Trump Org. CFO
NEW YORK (AP) — Companies give perks to their employees all the time. Many top executives at Fortune 500 companies have access to a corporate jet for personal use, a company apartment, or an expense account for fan…
Arkansas governor ponders future in GOP turned Trumpian
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Leading a state that went heavily for Donald Trump in the 2020 election and that has enacted some of the most aggressive laws on social issues, Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson in Arkansas ha…
Biden backs changes in military sexual assault prosecution
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday put his stamp of approval on a long-debated change to the military justice system that would remove decisions on prosecuting sexual assault cases from military comman…
Justices turn away florist who refused same-sex wedding job
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday declined to take up the case of a florist who refused to provide services for a same-sex wedding, leaving in place a decision that she broke state anti-discrimination l…
Unusually agreeable justices end term with conservative wins
WASHINGTON (AP) — An unusually agreeable Supreme Court term ended with conservative-driven decisions on voting rights and charitable-donor disclosures that offered a glimpse of what the coming years of the right's …
Agreeable Supreme Court term ends with conservative wins
WASHINGTON (AP) — An unusually agreeable Supreme Court term ended with conservative-driven decisions on voting rights and charitable-donor disclosures that offered a glimpse of what the coming years of the right's …
TAKEAWAYS: Trump's safe for now, but company's in hot water
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‘Nobody’s winning’: Drought upends life in US West basin
TULE LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Ben DuVal knelt in a barren field near the California-Oregon border and scooped up a handful of parched soil as dust devils whirled around him and birds flitted between empty irrigation pip…
Record-breaking hot weather sears region
Sometimes being a part of history is uncomfortable.
County decides not to ban fireworks
Grant County Commissioners decided against banning the use of fireworks over the July 4 weekend, following an extensive discussion Thursday afternoon.
County won’t see Emergency Housing Voucher money
The American Rescue Plan, which Senator Patty Murray, D-Wash., helped shepherd through the Senate, allowed the Department of Housing and Urban Development to a…
Health district defers on masking guidance
Grant County Health District Officer Alexander Brzezney announced on Thursday the end of most mask mandates, after analyzing county data on COVID-19 incidence rates, according to a press release from the GCHD.
Singing her song: Moses Lake’s Debbie Roeber shares her talent through private voice studio
MOSES LAKE — You wouldn’t expect a pastor’s wife to perform a Tina Turner tribute on stage in Las Vegas, but that’s just the sort of thing Debbie Roeber of Mos…