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Dent, Garcia outline budget priorities, leadership approaches
EPHRATA — As voters in Washington's 13th Legislative District prepare to cast their ballots, they will choose betw…
Manweller wins re-election bid
EPHRATA — Embattled Rep. Matt Manweller, R-Cle Elum, has survived a tumultuous and controversial election season to again win the seat he has held since 2012, …
Wilson, Cox leading in PUD races
EPHRATA — It looks like the Grant County PUD commission will have two new commissioners in January. In unofficial election results, Judy Wilson is leading incu…
Dent wins reelection bid over Hegstrom Oakey for state legislature
EPHRATA — Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, appears to have won his re-election bid by a wide margin and will serve his third term in the Washington legislature, ha…
Good night for incumbent commissioner, auditor, assessor
EPHRATA — It was a good election night for county office holders in Grant County, with incumbents maintaining solid leads as the first ballots were counted.
Steele, Goehner leading in 12th District race
WENATCHEE — Keith Goehner will be the new Representative for the 12th District, and incumbent Mike Steele will retain his seat in the House of Representatives.…
Grant PUD races most costly PUD races in the state
MOSES LAKE — This year’s Grant County Public Utilities District (PUD) races are proving to be costly and when it comes to campaign contributions/expenditures the figures are the highest in the state for PUD races.
Grant County early voting lags behind neighboring counties
While many counties across the state are seeing record-setting early voting in response to heated Congressional elections both to the east and west, Grant County is so far not seeing the same bump in voter particip…
Hammond sets sights on 13th District seat
Dent seeks re-election to 13th district
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Hegstrom Oakey looks to unseat Dent
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State reminds voters to mail ballots soon
EPHRATA — With the general election just a week away, the Washington Secretary of State’s Office — which oversees the state’s elections — is letting voters know that if they haven’t received their ballots yet to co…
Grant, Asotin voters to get postage-paid envelopes
MOSES LAKE — Voters in Grant and Asotin counties will be receiving postage-paid envelopes in the mail to replace the envelopes they originally received that required stamps to be mailed.
Anti-Manweller independent expenditures skyrocket
SEATTLE — The political action committee Enough is Enough has raised roughly $120,000 to spend on independent expenditures against Rep. Matt Manweller, R-Cle E…
STEM education-focused forum coming to Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE — Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education is an important issue to voters each election cycle and locals will have the opportunit…
Grant, Asotin ballot envelopes sent out with printing error
MOSES LAKE — Ballots for this year’s general elections in Grant and Asotin counties were supposed to have postage paid envelopes in them.