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Wahluke advances in the 1A state tourney
MATTAWA — The Wahluke Warriors (11-5-1) defeated Eastside Preparatory 2-0 in the opening round of the 1A state tou…
US to swiftly boost global vaccine sharing, Biden announces
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Thursday the U.S. will swiftly donate an initial allotment of 25 million doses of surplus vaccine overseas through the United Nations-backed COVAX program, promising …
Federal agency: Nevada flower near mine should be protected
RENO, Nev. (AP) — An extremely rare wildflower that grows only in Nevada’s high desert where an Australian mining company wants to dig for lithium should be protected under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish…
US will boost global vaccine-sharing, Biden announces
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Thursday the U.S. will donate 75% of its unused COVID-19 vaccines to the U.N.-backed COVAX global vaccine sharing program, acting as more Americans have been vaccinat…
Biden announces international COVID-19 vaccine sharing plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Thursday the U.S. will donate 75% of its unused COVID-19 vaccines to the U.N.-backed COVAX global vaccine sharing program, acting as more Americans have been vaccinat…
'Tracked for life': China relentless in erasing Tiananmen
BEIJING (AP) — The ruling Communist Party’s deadly 1989 crackdown on the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests never ended for Fan Baolin, who served 17 years in prison and says he sneaked out of China last year …
Jailed Belarus journalist: Mass protests have fizzled
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A dissident journalist who was arrested after his plane was diverted to Belarus said in a video from prison that demonstrations against the country's authoritarian leader had fizzled and the op…
Jailed Belarus journalist says he was framed in prison video
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A dissident journalist who was arrested after his plane was diverted to Belarus said in a video from prison that protests against the country's authoritarian leader had fizzled and the oppositi…
Uyghur exiles describe forced abortions, torture in Xinjiang
ISTANBUL (AP) — Three Uyghurs who fled from China to Turkey have described forced abortions and torture by Chinese authorities in China’s far western Xinjiang region, ahead of giving testimony to a people’s tribuna…
Belarusian journalist in prison video after flight diversion
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A dissident journalist arrested when Belarus diverted his flight said in a video from prison that he has been set up by an unidentified associate.
Honoring the fallen: Beyond the Call of Duty commemorates law enforcement officers who gave their all
EPHRATA — Jagrut Shah has three things he wants people to know about the 338 law enforcement officers who were killed in the line of duty across the United Sta…
Flower fest
Matt Putnam (far right), of Trinity Gardens Lavender Farm near George...
Samaritan plans construction work, will expand Patton Clinic
MOSES LAKE — Halme Construction Inc., of Davenport, has been awarded a $1.6 million contract to expand the Samaritan Healthcare clinic near Patton Boulevard.
Doing it right: New pumping house is the beginning of a wetter future
WARDEN — The dust that filled much of the sky over Grant and Adams counties May 27 was a stark reminder for many of the need to finish the Columbia Basin Proje…
Instructors for virtual class visit in person
MOSES LAKE — Four industry-based instructors visited the Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center on May 24, and video game programming student Logan Beck remark…
Warden High School graduation set
WARDEN — Graduation ceremonies for the Warden High School Class of 2021 are scheduled for 7 p.m. June 11 at the WHS football field, 101 Beck Way.