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Confluence opens new facility for pre-surgical patients
WENATCHEE — A new clinic designed to make it easier for patients to get all the tests they need prior to surgery a…
Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation meets goal for radiation treatment center
MOSES LAKE — The Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation has reached its goal in a fundraising drive to build a radiation treatment center in Moses Lake for cancer patients.
After the fair: It’s not over until the cleanup is done
MOSES LAKE — The Grant County Fair was over, but there was still plenty of work going on at the fairgrounds Sunday morning.
Port OKs west side tax roll
MOSES LAKE — The commission overseeing the Port of Moses Lake on Monday denied an appeal by a small group of landowners and unanimously approved the property tax rolls for the port’s Westside Employment Center.
Details change accusation against Mattawa man
A 56-year-old Mattawa man was accused Monday of first-degree murder after detectives revealed further information about him in connection with the alleged shoo…
Part 1: The Nature Conservancy forms new tactics to prevent eastern Washington wildfires
“Everybody has an interest in preventing wildfire in sagebrush country,” said Corinna Hanson, The Nature Conservancy’s Moses Coulee/Beezley Hills Preserves Lan…
Second man killed in collision identified
The identity of the second man killed in a collision Aug. 11 near George is Miguel Flores Ortiz, the Washington State Patrol said Friday.
Josephine Baker is 1st Black woman given Paris burial honor
PARIS (AP) — The remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker will be reinterred at the Pantheon monument in Paris, making the entertainer who is a World War II hero in France the first Black woman to…
Lockdowns or vaccines? 3 Pacific nations try diverging paths
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Cheryl Simpson was supposed to be celebrating her 60th birthday over lunch with friends but instead found herself confined to her Auckland home.
US VP Harris: Focus must stay on Afghan evacuation
SINGAPORE (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris asserted Monday that the U.S. must maintain its focus on evacuating Americans and vulnerable Afghans and shouldn’t get distracted by questions over what went wrong in t…
EU warns Taliban it has not recognized their regime
MADRID (AP) — The European Union’s top officials warned the Taliban on Saturday that the current conversations being held to secure the exit of as many Afghan evacuees as possible do not mean the bloc is prepared t…
US boarding school review prompts calls for trauma support
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Some members of Congress want to ensure that protections are put in place to address ongoing trauma as more information comes to light about the troubled history of Indigenous boarding scho…
Commissioner calls for federal firefighter vaccine mandate
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The leader of Washington state’s wildfire response is calling on federal agencies to take the additional step of requiring COVID-19 vaccinations among their wildland firefighting forces to sec…
Crimean Tatars bemoan their plight as Ukraine hosts summit
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Erfan Kudusov fled Crimea with his wife and four children after Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Black Sea peninsula in 2014, along with many other Crimean Tatars who resented Moscow’s rule.
Biden praises WNBA champs for social justice activism
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden honored the 2020 WNBA champions Seattle Storm on Monday, celebrating their success on the court and hailing the four-time title holders for changing lives with their activism.
What does full approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine mean?
What does full approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine mean?