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UPDATED: Former Moses Lake doctor arrested after shootout with U.S. Marshals in Florida
STUART, Fla. — Former Moses Lake surgeon Thomas Earl Steffens, 72, has been arrested in Florida after an altercati…
'12 years in the making' — Sila officially constructing Moses Lake battery plant
MOSES LAKE — Sila Nanotechnologies officially opened its Moses Lake plant Wednesday with a crowd that included employees, community members, state Reps. Tom De…
International aviation conference sets 5% carbon reduction goal
MONTREAL, Canada – Governments attending the Third ICAO Conference on Aviation and Alternative Fuels (CAAF/3) from Nov. 20-24 in Dubai, set a goal that aviatio…
Cantwell cosponsors bipartisan bill to aid Indigenous communities
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) and Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota) have introduced bipartisan legislation to improve tribal access…
GCSO warns residents to be wary of scams
EPHRATA — The Grant County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents to beware of phone and online scams. With the holidays approaching, scammers usually increase …
Real estate experts discuss housing shortages at national conference
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Real estate industry experts joined the Nov. 12 2023 National Association of Realtors NXT: The Realtor Experience conference in Anaheim, Cali…
Proposed bill would expand gun ban in domestic abuse cases
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bill introduced in Congress is intended to protect domestic abuse victims from gun violence, according to an announcement by U.S. Sen. Pat…
CWU students travel to Ireland to teach inner-city girls physical literacy
ELLENSBURG – Opportunities for physical activity can be hard to come by for people who live outside the U.S. As a group of CWU students discovered over the sum…
Nationwide home sales decline
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Existing-home sales dropped in October, according to an announcement by the National Association of Realtors. Among the four major U.S. regions, sales slid in the Northeast, South and West but we…
Hanford agencies to hold cleanup meeting
KENNEWICK – The public is invited to ask questions and learn about Hanford Site cleanup during an in-person meeting at the ballroom of the Red Lion Hotel Kenne…
Crash Responder Safety Week highlights traffic dangers for emergency responders
MOSES LAKE – This week, from Nov. 13 to Nov. 17, is Crash Responder Safety Week, according to an announcement from the International Association of Fire Fighte…
Washington sees first substantial decline in Japanese beetles
YAKIMA – The Washington State Department of Agriculture Pest Program saw its first substantial decline in Japanese beetle numbers after trapping more than 19,0…
ED announces $115 million in grants for school districts.
MOSES LAKE – The U.S. Department of Education announced Oct. 25 new awards totaling about $115 million to support 29 Teacher and School Leader incentive projects across the country, according to an announcement fro…
Feds announce changes to reverse mortgage program
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Housing Administration released new proposed policy updates to its Home Equity Conversion Program, according to a statement issu…
Frontotemporal dementia
MOSES LAKE — Dementia is an ugly disease, and there are variants that make it even uglier. Frontotemporal dementia is one of those variants...
Honoring service
EPHRATA — Dozens of residents, city officials and first responders showed up at the Grant County Courthouse in Ephrata on Monday to join the American Legion Au…