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Keirsten Lyons, director of the Washington State Fallen Heroes Project and a Gold Star mom, speaks during Monday’s Patriot Day event at the Grant County Courthouse in Ephrata. Lyons said her son, Jake, was killed while serving in Afghanistan in 2014 and she and the organization she heads make it their goal to ensure those who have fallen in service are always remembered.

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Honoring service
September 14, 2023 1:30 a.m.

Honoring service

Art Semro Post Auxilliary and Legionnaires host ceremony honoring local, national heroes

EPHRATA — Dozens of residents, city officials and first responders showed up at the Grant County Courthouse in Ephrata on Monday to join the American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 28, and Legionnaires in remembering those lost on Sept. 11, 2001, and in the various conflicts and emergencies since that day...