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Ephrata Police Department Logs for May 11-17, 2026
The reports below were provided by the Ephrata Police Department. All suspects are considered innocent until prove…
Law protecting land from noxious weeds takes effect in July
Legislation recently passed to protect state lands from toxic and noxious weeds, and takes effect in late July, according to a release from the Washington State House Republicans.
Commissioners vote to close trash site
EPHRATA — After taking public comment on Feb. 23, the Grant County Board of Commissioners voted June 1 to approve the recommendation of the county’s Solid Waste Advisory Committee to close the Coulee City drop box,…
Ephrata School District offers free summer meals
The Ephrata School District will provide free breakfast and lunch beginning Monday through July 29 for all children ages 18 and younger, regardless of family income level.
Warden walking path project gets extra city funding
WARDEN — A project to construct new walking paths and sidewalks along Warden’s First Avenue is moving along, with more funding from the city than anticipated, at $107,000.
EXPLAINER: The differences between Democrats' 2 voting bills
DENVER (AP) — The Democratic Party's hopes of passing a massive overhaul of elections may have suffered
Oregon Legislature expands options for affordable housing
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Legislature has approved a measure expanding options for the development of affordable housing.
Gov. names Feek as Employment Security Department head
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday named Cami Feek as commissioner of the state’s Employment Security Department, which last year temporarily suspended unemployment benefits payments after discoveri…
Harris tells Latin Americans the US can offer them hope
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris sought to assure poor and threatened populations of Latin America on Tuesday that the United States has "the capacity to give people a sense of hope” in the region so…
Hostage advocates concerned by US pullout from Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Advocates for Americans held hostage overseas are raising concerns that
Louisiana college athlete endorsement bill heads to governor
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana is poised to join more than a dozen other states allowing college athletes to earn cash from endorsements and sponsorship deals under an effort gaining steam across the country bec…
Takeaways: Senate report on 'absolutely brutal' Jan. 6 siege
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate report examining the security failures surrounding the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol says missed intelligence, poor planning and multiple layers of bureaucracy led to the violent sie…
Biden opens overseas trip declaring 'United States is back'
MILDENHALL, England (AP) — President Joe Biden opened the first overseas trip of his term Wednesday with a declaration that “the United States is back” as he seeks to reassert the nation on the world stage and stea…
'A lot of anxiety' for Democrats as Biden agenda stalls
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hopes for a big
EXPLAINER: The US investigation into COVID-19 origins
WASHINGTON (AP) — Once dismissed by most public health experts and government officials, the hypothesis that COVID-19 leaked accidentally from a Chinese lab is now receiving scrutiny under a new U.S. investigation.
The new guy? Biden debuts at democracy's most exclusive club
WASHINGTON (AP) — Angela, Boris, Emmanuel, Justin, Mario, Yoshihide and a relative newcomer: Joe.