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Hiring event connects job seekers with jobs
MOSES LAKE — At least one person came away very happy from the Fall Hiring Event and Resource Fair at WorkSource …
New love for pretty, old-fashioned Grandmother’s Gardens
Even before the coronavirus crisis sparked renewed interest in vegetable gardens and victory gardens, there’s been a movement toward more traditional gardening aesthetics.
Hotels, Airbnb beef up cleaning standards to calm travelers
Hotels and home-sharing companies are beefing up their cleaning efforts in order to soothe jittery travelers.
In rural US, fears of virus seem far away as stores reopen
ROUNDUP, Mont. (AP) — Traffic got a little busier along Main Street, but otherwise, it was hard to tell that coronavirus restrictions were ending in the tiny Montana town of Roundup.
National parks balancing demands for cell service, silence
PHOENIX (AP) — Musetta Vander has been to several of the most iconic national parks and landscapes in the U.S., capturing herself doing a yoga pose among the Joshua trees, driving on a tree-lined highway framed by …
As fewer people fly, rate of guns found in bags by TSA jumps
With far fewer people flying because of travel restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic, airport security screeners are naturally finding fewer guns in carry-on baggage.
High Times owner scores 13 California marijuana dispensaries
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The owner of High Times is going to start selling marijuana after championing its use in the pages of its magazine for nearly half a century.
Lives Lost: Virus fells double-lung transplant daredevil
BOSTON (AP) — Before her double-lung transplant, Joanne Mellady could barely put on a shirt without losing her breath. Afterwards, she barely stopped moving.
In New Orleans, friends respond as virus claims a Zulu king
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — If he had died in a normal time, Larry Arthur Hammond would have had a funeral befitting a Zulu king, with more than a thousand mourners in the church and marching in second-line parades celebrat…
Millennial Money: Do this before adopting or buying a puppy
Puppies provide us with comfort, happiness and love.
Medicare applications raise anxiety for seniors in pandemic
WASHINGTON (AP) — At greater risk from COVID-19, some seniors now face added anxiety due to delays obtaining Medicare coverage.
'U ok?' Virus-era friendships can be both crucial & fraught
A single mother hunkering down at home with a teenage daughter, Sharon Litwin sees her friends, like most people these days, only virtually. Even so, they’ve been a crucial lifeline.
Naples' beloved pizza is back after virus shutdown eases
NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Wood is burning again in Naples’ pizza ovens, giving a symbolic and savory boost to Neapolitans after a two-month coronavirus lockdown meant an end to their most iconic and favorite food.
Moses Lake grad accepted into Johns Hopkins Ph.D. program
MOSES LAKE — Marnie Skinner called it the best and worst week.
Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation continues meal program
MOSES LAKE — A partnership with local restaurants is allowing the Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation to continue its Meals to Heal program. The cancer foundation…
Telemedicine provides health care option
MOSES LAKE — In the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, visiting the doctor isn’t as easy as it used to be.