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Homesley, Falstad share plans for growing county, auditors office
EPHRATA — As Grant County continues to grow, the county auditor's office is tasked with keeping pace with increasi…
FDA revives federal effort to ban menthol cigarettes
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators pledged again Thursday to try to ban menthol cigarettes, this time under pressure from African American groups to remove the mint flavor popular among Black smokers.
EXPLAINER: No ransomware silver bullet, crooks out of reach
BOSTON (AP) — Political hand-wringing in Washington over Russia’s
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…
Biden announces 2nd round of diverse federal judiciary picks
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced on Thursday another diverse group of candidates for his second round of judicial nominations, a day after some in
Young women, grown up without Taliban, dread their return
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Inside Ms. Sadat’s Beauty Salon in Afghanistan’s capital, Sultana Karimi leans intently over a customer, meticulously shaping her eyebrows. Make-up and hair styling is the 24-year-old’s pa…
Counties face possible rollback to Phase 2
OLYMPIA — Concern over rising COVID-19 cases in Washington could mean a number of counties — including Grant County — could find themselves set back to Phase 2 in an attempt to limit the spread of the disease.
Rev. Klockers: When trash becomes treasure
Psalm 51:10-12 from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible says, "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. Do not ca…
Seed swap: Otaku Farms holds its first ‘barter faire’
“We're not traditional farmers,” said Megan Baum, co-owner of Otaku Farms in Moses Lake.
Power plants: Moses Lake FFA offers greenery to go
MOSES LAKE — Gardeners will have their choice of flowers, vegetable starts and hanging baskets – while supplies last, anyway – at the annual Moses Lake High Sc…
Despite odds, city of Moses Lake’s finances improved through COVID-19
“We should do a little dance, a little nice jig, because when COVID hit, we didn’t know what 2020 would end up looking like,” said Cindy Jensen, Moses Lake’s finance director.
Moses Lake city council adjusts timeline for new comprehensive plan
Moses Lake’s June deadline for final adoption of the City Comprehensive Plan has been pushed, after being approved by the state, to October due to COVID-19-related delays.
La Imperial ready to open
Carlos Hernandez, flanked by members of his family and representatives of the Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce...
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…
California recall has enough signatures to make ballot
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Organizers of the recall effort against California Gov. Gavin Newsom collected enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot, state election officials said Monday, likely triggering ju…
Immigration groups launch $50 million effort for citizenship
WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of immigration advocacy groups is launching a $50 million effort aimed at defending President Joe Biden on