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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…
Newhouse to talk at GOP luncheon in Moses Lake on Wednesday
MOSES LAKE — If you’re interested in asking Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Ellensburg, a question, you’ll get your chance on Wednesday.
Amid investigation, Manweller back in leadership role
State Rep. Matt Manweller was elected in April to a leadership position, six months after being stripped of another leadership position in the wake of a Centra…
Manweller responds to CWU investigation
State Rep. Matt Manweller, R-Ellensburg, released a statement Wednesday criticizing the object and scope of Central Washington University’s investigation into …
Warden School Board OKs 2018-19 budget
WARDEN — Warden School Board members approved the district’s 2018-19 budget, but not before a discussion of the effects of the Running Start program on Warden High School.
Facebook page parodying opponent has Manweller ties
A Facebook page claiming to be that of a Democrat from Ephrata running for Washington state House, which local candidate Sylvia Hammond said is a crude imperso…
House adopts Newhouse, Cuellar H-2A reforms
A bipartisan amendment adding reforms to the H-2A guest-worker program to the 2019 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill was approved by the House Committee on Appropriations Wednesday.
In their own words: State Representative 13th District, Position 1 candidates
Warden still looking for council member
WARDEN — The Warden City Council is still looking for a few good people to help govern the city.
In their own words: Grant County Assessor candidates
Legislators urge Trump to aid REC Silicon
MOSES LAKE — Senators and representatives from Washington and Montana are asking President Donald Trump to help manufacture REC Silicon and resolve the ongoing trade dispute with China over polysilicon and solar pa…
Newhouse backs Ag and Legal Workforce Act
WASHINGTON D.C. — Fourth Congressional District Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Yakima, recently joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in introducing a bill that if pass…
Primary election ballots now being mailed out
OLYMPIA — Ballots for the upcoming August primary are being mailed and the good news is that return postage is already paid for by the state.
CWU nears end of Manweller investigation
Central Washington University obtained a final report July 6 on its investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Rep. Matt Manweller, R-Ellensburg,…
Rail, road, resource officers at Republican Women meeting
MOSES LAKE — “We’re still working on it.”
Without funding, bump stock buyback faces delays
Despite the urgency with which state lawmakers passed a bump-fire stock ban during the last legislative session, a buyback program lauded by legislators as an escape hatch for owners of the stock attachment was nev…