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November options narrowed after primaries
COLUMBIA BASIN - While Grant and Adams county voters had plenty of options in the Aug. 2 primary, the point of t...
Newhouse, Murray focus on flawed VA records rollout
RICHLAND — Both Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Yakima, and Sen. Patty Murray devoted time following the 4th of July holiday pressing the Veterans Administration to imp...
Arnold resigns from Soap Lake City Council
SOAP LAKE - Soap Lake City Council Position 5 member Andrew Arnold gave his resignation unexpectedly at the end of the July 6 city council meeting...
George goes all-out for patriotic bash
GEORGE — You would expect a town named for our first president to pull out all the stops for the Fourth of July - and you’d be right to do so. “It’s a cha...
VA health records bill signed into law
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law a bill sponsored by Sen. Patty Murray designed to improve transparency in the way the Vete...
Roe overturned: State by state impacts
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had provided a constitutional right to abortion. The ruling is expected to le...
Wash. AG announces retail crime task force
OLYMPIA — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced the creation of a statewide Organized Retail Crime theft Task Force Thursday to improve collabor...
Grant Co. commissioners set to select interim sheriff
EPHRATA — Grant County Republican party leaders will submit a list of three applicants Aug. 3 to fill the position of Grant County Sheriff. Grant County Comm...
Goodbye Billy
SOAP LAKE — The Soap Lake Police Department no longer has a police dog. Soap Lake Police Chief Ryan Cox told the Soap Lake city council at a regular meeti...
Soap Lake City Council appoints new member
SOAP LAKE - The Soap Lake City Council filled its vacant seat at the end of its regular meeting on Wednesday night. Kat Sanderson will take the Soap Lake Cit...
Newhouse hosts congressional dam tour
BURBANK, Wash. — There aren’t many hydroelectric dams in Iowa. So Rep. Marinnette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, said she’s glad she got an opportunity on Wednesday ...
Wash. Supreme Court orders sanctions in election lawsuit
OLYMPIA - On June 1, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that the Washington Supreme Court had ordered $28,000 in total sanctions against a gr...
Newhouse talks technology, law enforcement during Moses Lake visit
MOSES LAKE — Recent announcements by technology startups, like advanced battery makers Sila Technologies and Group14 Technologies, as well electric airplane ...
Inslee tests positive for COVID-19, cases on the rise
OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee has tested positive for COVID-19.
Candidate filing period produces challengers for some state, county offices
GRANT/ADAMS COUNTIES — The filing deadline to run for office in Washington at the county and state level was Friday. Several officials that represent Grant a...
Inslee appoints Doyle to building code council
OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee announced on Tuesday he has appointed longtime building industry professional Daimon Doyle to the Washington State Building Code Council. Doyle is a builder, Life Director for the Nat...