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Grant, Douglas and Chelan PUDs consider collaboration on geothermal energy
WENATCHEE — Three Central Washington public utility districts are exploring whether geothermal energy could become…
Fixes for the long term: Whether to reupholster depends on a budget, an object’s value to owner
Diana Derricott said there are three questions people should ask themselves when they’re trying to decide whether to reupholster furniture.
Senate panel to hear bill on state program for long-term senior care
A bill in the Washington Legislature to modify a developing state program for senior care services is scheduled for a public hearing in the Senate Health & Lon…
Worker protection bill heads to Senate
House Bill 1076 would allow a person to bring a qui tam action against an employer if employee protection laws were violated.
Lawmakers pass bills to protect renters
Washington lawmakers are considering bill as the end of an emergency eviction moratorium looms over thousands of Washington renters.
League meeting highlights the power of water
It might be easy to forget the Columbia Basin is really a desert.
Capital gains tax advances in Olympia
Senate Bill 5096 is a 7% capital gains tax on the sale or exchange of long-term capital assets.
Legislators hear optimistic economic forecast
Most consumers still have reservations about going out, Lerch said, but major tax sources, such as utilities and tobacco, brought in more in January 2021 than …
Local builders expect lots of work in 2021
Demand for housing in Grant County should translate to a lot of activity in the residential construction market in 2021.
New Samaritan feasibility study completed, submitted
Whether construction starts this year on a new Samaritan Hospital depends on when officials hear on the fate of their request from the U.S. Department of Agric…
Norwegian billionaire named REC board chair
At an extraordinary meeting of REC Silicon shareholders Thursday, Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge Røkke — the second-richest man in Norway — was elected chairman of the company’s board of directors.
Senate passes bills to raise fertilizer fees, reset pollinator task force
The Washington Senate passed bills Wednesday, including two measures affecting agriculture and supported by Sen. Judy Warnick, R-Moses Lake.
‘This is bad policy’: Low-carbon fuel bill in Olympia would raise cost of gas, diesel
House Bill 1091 passed in a 52-46 vote after five hours of debate.
Mortgage broker says it's still a good time to buy
MOSES LAKE — Even as bankers, brokers and lenders are whispering that interest rates may rise sometime this year, it’s still a good time to buy a house.
Moses Lake-bound rocket maker secures funding
Stoke Space Technologies announced early Thursday the company has secured $9.1 million from a pair of California-based venture capital companies to continue research on reusable rocket engines.
Doggie day care business expands from Ephrata to Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE — Jennifer Beck has a thing for dogs.