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Auditor candidates discuss election integrity, public confidence
EPHRATA — Three Republican candidates are running for the position of Grant County Auditor: incumbent Shannon Fals…
Q&A with State Sen. Warnick
Incumbent State Sen. Judy Warnick, R-Moses Lake, is running unopposed for reelection. The Columbia Basin Herald posed three questions to her related to her goa…
Environment group seeks state carbon rule comments
OLYMPIA — The Seattle-based Washington Environmental Council is encouraging state residents to submit comments to the Department of Ecology as the agency writes the rules that will enforce the state’s Climate Commi…
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 impro…
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 chanc…
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 Vetera…
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 lead…
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 collaborat…
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 Commis…
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 meeting…
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 City …
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 to…
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 grou…
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 wo…
Inslee tests positive for COVID-19, cases on the rise
OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee has tested positive for COVID-19.