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Fest food
MOSES LAKE — You don’t need a map to find where Spring Fest is set up in McCosh Park. The aromas wafting on the br…
Carper urges tough US rules barring gas-powered cars by 2035
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Senate Democrat is urging U.S. anti-pollution standards that would follow a deal brokered by California with five automakers and then set targets to end sales of new gasoline-powered vehicle…
Key piece of Biden's $1.8T families plan expires after 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden couldn’t get everything he wanted into his own
State eyes guidelines for vaccinated people
OLYMPIA — Saying the state is facing a possible fourth wave in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Jay Inslee said his office is working on new guidelines that would allow people who have received the COVID-19 vacc…
Born to rock: Young Moses Lake guitarist has sights set on stardom
Gunnar Rimple said it felt like yesterday he was picking up his first guitar and strumming along. But the 15-year-old Moses Lake High School student has played…
A look back: District 13 legislators reflect on losses and triumphs of the recently concluded legislative session
If there is one word that can describe how this past legislative session went for Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, it would be: difficult.
Former Mattawa police chief files appeal over being fired
MATTAWA — A hearing will be scheduled, albeit at an unknown time, for the Mattawa Police Department civil service commission for an appeal from Chief Joe Harris, who was fired by Mattawa Mayor Maria Celaya April 10.
Senate votes to reinstate methane rules loosened by Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats are moving to reinstate regulations designed to limit climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas fields, as part of a broader effort by the Biden administrat…
Gone Fission: Controversial nuke plant near NYC shuts down
BUCHANAN, N.Y. (AP) — Indian Point will permanently stop producing nuclear power Friday, capping a decades-long battle over a key source of electricity in the heart of New York City's suburbs that opponents have ca…
Judge won't block Arizona Senate's 2020 election recount
PHOENIX (AP) — An unprecedented audit of ballots from November’s presidential election will continue in Arizona. But the private company hired by the Republican-led state Senate must make public its procedures for …
Pentagon preparing for Taliban attacks during US withdrawal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is preparing for possible Taliban attacks on U.S. and coalition forces as they
In new Electoral College map, shifting battleground dynamics
ATLANTA (AP) — The 2020 census is shifting states' clout in presidential politics. And while the changes won't upend the parties' basic strategies for securing the votes needed to win the White House, they do hint …
Newhouse draws GOP challengers after impeachment vote
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse of Washington state voted to impeach President Donald Trump earlier this year, and he has the primary challengers to prove it.
Supreme Court affirms block of key PolyMet mine permit
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed a
Texas special election poses test for anti-Trump Republicans
MANSFIELD, Texas (AP) — Adam Kinzinger came to Texas this week to hunt unicorns.
Lawsuit filed to block new Washington capital gains tax
SEATTLE (AP) — A lawsuit was filed Wednesday that seeks to block the new capital gains tax on high-profit stocks, bonds and other assets that the Washington Legislature approved this week.