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Dent working to secure aviation assets for local fire districts

OLYMPIA — Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, is working on a bipartisan bill that would make funding for aviation wildfi…

Updated 4 years, 4 months ago
Democrats promote Cheney to vice chairwoman of Jan. 6 panel

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have promoted Republican Rep. Liz Cheney to vice chairwoman of

Updated 4 years, 4 months ago
EXPLAINER: Congress asks tech companies for Jan. 6 records

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee investigating

Updated 4 years, 4 months ago
Merkel prepares to step down with legacy of tackling crises

BERLIN (AP) — Angela Merkel will leave office as one of modern Germany's longest-serving leaders and a global diplomatic heavyweight, with a legacy defined by her management of a succession of crises that shook a f…

Updated 4 years, 4 months ago
Opening doors: Frontier Middle School uses lessons learned last year

MOSES LAKE — Frontier Middle School Principal Guinevere Joyce was at the door as students arrived Wednesday morning.

Updated 4 years, 4 months ago
George principal welcomes children back to school

GEORGE — As she arrives for the first day of school, a girl wearing a sparkly pink backpack more than half her size looks up and quietly says one of her mask s…

Updated 4 years, 4 months ago
Lecture on earthquakes in eastern Washington planned

WENATCHEE — The Palouse Falls Chapter of the Ice Age Flood Institute will host a lecture by Megan Anderson Sept. 30, according to a release from the chapter’s president, Lloyd Stoess. Admission is free.

Updated 4 years, 4 months ago
Rev. Klockers: In the Gospel of Mark, one must always follow the breadcrumbs

There are many ways for people read Scripture. Some select a story and attempt to discern its meaning without looking beyond it.

Updated 4 years, 4 months ago
Fish and Wildlife extends hours at most wildlife areas in eastern Washington

SPOKANE — Most wildlife areas managed by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife in eastern Washington are open for extended day-use hours: 4 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Updated 4 years, 4 months ago
Moses Lake city manager report to the community: A new vision for your comment

As I mentioned in my last update to the community in June, when I started here in January of 2020, the City Council set out three goals for me

Updated 4 years, 4 months ago
Firefighters curb blaze northeast of Quincy

A wildfire – which threatened homes and caused Level 3 evacuations northeast of Quincy late Tuesday – was under control Wednesday.

Updated 4 years, 4 months ago
Real World Academy rises

Construction is underway for Moses Lake School District’s new high school, still informally dubbed “Real World Academy,” Wednesday.

Updated 4 years, 4 months ago
NC prep sports group must change in bill OK'd by Senate

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The organization governing North Carolina high school sports would have to accept financial and administrative changes if it wants to continue in the role under legislation tentatively approved…

Updated 4 years, 4 months ago
Idaho governor calls in help amid surge in COVID patients

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Tuesday called in 220 medical workers available through federal programs and mobilized 150 Idaho National Guard soldiers to deal with a surge in unvaccinated COVID-19 p…

Updated 4 years, 4 months ago
Biden defends departure from 'forever war,' praises airlift

WASHINGTON (AP) — A defensive President Joe Biden on Tuesday called the U.S. airlift to extract more than 120,000 Americans, Afghans and other allies from Afghanistan to end a 20-year war an “extraordinary success,…

Updated 4 years, 4 months ago
Athletes, worker sue over vaccine rules at Michigan colleges

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Four female soccer players at Western Michigan University challenged the school's COVID-19 vaccine requirement for athletes Monday, saying it violates their Christian beliefs.