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Sheriff candidates discuss state of Grant County Sheriff's Office
EPHRATA — Three candidates are vying for the position of Grant County Sheriff in the primary election: incumbent J…
EU pressures AstraZeneca to deliver vaccines as promised
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union lashed out Monday at pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, accusing it of failing to guarantee delivery of coronavirus vaccines without valid explanation, and threatened to impose t…
Ex-Trump spokeswoman Sanders running for Arkansas governor
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Sarah Sanders, Donald Trump's former chief spokeswoman, announced she's running for Arkansas governor at a time other Republicans are distancing themselves from the former president facing …
Biden plans to sign order for govt to buy more US goods
BALTIMORE (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to sign on Monday an executive order that aims to boost government purchases from U.S. manufacturers, according to administration officials.
Ephrata bistro owner reflects on ongoing closure; will the Legislature step in?
Uggie Boo’s in Ephrata is just one of the many mom-and-pop businesses that had to shut their doors under the governor’s restrictions last March.
Local legislators disagree with Inslee’s reopening plan
Several Republican state legislators recently expressed disapproval with Gov. Jay Inslee’s “Healthy Washington - Roadmap to Recovery” plan, which started Jan. 11.
Mine OK'd in Trump's last days may boost Biden energy plan
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — One of the keys to President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion clean energy plan could be a mineral that lies in a salt flat above a prehistoric volcano just south of the Oregon-Nevada line.
From presidents to faded stars, all welcomed by Larry King
NEW YORK (AP) — Larry King was easy to poke fun at, particularly late in his career at CNN: the pinched look, guffaws and coke-bottle glasses, the suspenders and old-time microphone on the desk in front of him.
Language barriers, wariness make vaccinating immigrants hard
MECCA, Calif. (AP) — Migrant workers lined up by the hundreds during a break from picking produce this week to receive the coronavirus vaccine on a Southern California grape farm.
States eye allowing concealed carry of guns without a permit
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican lawmakers in several more states want to loosen gun restrictions by allowing people to carry concealed firearms without having to get a permit, continuing a trend that gun control a…
House sending Trump impeachment to Senate, GOP opposes trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the House prepares to bring the impeachment charge against Donald Trump to the Senate for trial, a growing number of Republican senators say they are opposed to
Capitol attack reflects US extremist evolution over decades
The takeover in 2016 by right-wing extremists of a federal bird sanctuary in Oregon. A standoff in 1992 between white separatists and federal agents in Ruby Ridge, Idaho. The 1995 bombing of a federal building in O…
Biden's early approach to virus: Underpromise, overdeliver
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a proven political strategy: Underpromise and overdeliver.
Estonia to get first female PM as government deal clinched
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Estonia’s two biggest political parties clinched a deal on Sunday to form a new government to be led by a female prime minister for the first time in the Baltic country’s history, replacing …
Democrats start reining in expectations for immigration bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's taken only days for Democrats gauging how far
Democrats make federal election standards a top priority
Democrats plan to move quickly on one of the first bills of the new Congress, citing the need for federal election standards and other reforms to shore up the foundations of American democracy after a tumultuous po…