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Wheeler Road closed because of traffic collision
MOSES LAKE — Grant County Sheriff’s Office has announced there is a road closure between Road 3-NE and Road S-NE. …
Divots the newest addition for an avid golf community
MOSES LAKE — Golfers in the Columbia Basin have a new venue to get some swings in at a wide variety of courses with the new indoor Divots Golf facilities in Mo…
State sends relief to small businesses impacted by COVID-19 pandemic
OLYMPIA — The Washington State Department of Commerce said Thursday it has awarded $234 million in the fourth round of Working Washington relief and recovery grants.
Local seats up for election draw flurry of candidates
EPHRATA — Two Moses Lake City Council seats and two on the Moses Lake School Board will be on the primary ballot.
Carp for a cause: Bowfishing tournament cleans lake
The weather was less than optimal, sky dulled by clouds over a wind-chopped lake, making it difficult to see the big bellied bottom feeders. But that didn’t st…
Moses Lake enters capital facilities analysis stage
Another aspect of Moses Lake’s ongoing comprehensive planning process came before the city council recently. The capital facilities plan is one part of the city’s comprehensive plan, which is headed for adoption in…
Application period for District Court judge seats to begin soon
EPHRATA — The application period for two judgeships on the Grant County District Court bench probably will open sometime within the next two weeks, and interested people then will have two weeks to apply, said Gran…
Floyd killing prompts some states to limit or ban chokeholds
Democratic Rep. Leslie Herod had no luck persuading her colleagues in the Colorado Legislature to ban police from using chokeholds after the death of a 23-year-old Black man in suburban Aurora in 2019.
Shock of Jan. 6 insurrection devolves into political fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — In one of the most chilling scenes from the Jan. 6 insurrection, a violent mob surged through the halls of the U.S. Capitol chanting “hang Mike Pence.” But when the House moved this week to create…
Experts or 'grifters'? Little-known firm runs Arizona audit
In early March, a Boston-based vote-counting firm called Clear Ballot Group sent a bid to Arizona's state Senate to audit the 2020 presidential election results in Maricopa County.
Belarus opposition figure detained when flight diverted
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — A prominent opponent of Belarus' authoritarian president was arrested Sunday after the airliner in which he was traveling was diverted to the country after a bomb threat, in what the oppos…
Trump criminal investigation looms over Manhattan DA race
NEW YORK (AP) — Eight days after Donald Trump turns 75 next month, New York City voters will cast their last ballots in an election that's sure to have consequences for the former president.
With tall Trump tale, Macron plays to France's young voters
LE PECQ, France (AP) — True or false: When he was the U.S. president, Donald Trump called French leader Emmanuel Macron from the White House to wish him happy birthday, but got the day wrong.
Epstein guards to skirt jail time in deal with prosecutors
WASHINGTON (AP) — The two Bureau of Prisons workers tasked with guarding Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself in a New York jail have admitted they falsified records, but they will skirt any time behind bars…
Kennedy Center honorees still relish slimmed-down tribute
WASHINGTON (AP) — This year’s Kennedy Center Honors may be a slimmed-down affair as the nation emerges from the coronavirus pandemic — but honoree Dick Van Dyke still says it's “the capper on my career.”
Cooks, nurses guard inmates with US prisons down 6K officers
Nearly one-third of federal correctional officer jobs in the United States are vacant, forcing prisons to use cooks, teachers, nurses and other workers to guard inmates.