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Dark pork

When a person donates money to a politician or signs a political petition, the fact is noted in a public record. The politician who spends donors’ money to buy yard signs and TV time has to report it. Public disclosure of such transactions is essential to curb corruption in government.

Which is it?

The U.S. House proves again why a 435-member "Not Quite Joint Chiefs of Staff" is less than optimum for designing and executing military policy.

Free speech lives

The U.S. Supreme Court was wise to strike down a California law banning sales and rentals of violent video games to minors.

Yusef Salaam writing memoir about his wrongful imprisonment

NEW YORK (AP) — One of the five teens wrongly imprisoned for the assault on a Central Park jogger has a memoir coming out in the spring.

PUD rates will not increase immediately

Commissioners say it's too early to judge impact

EPHRATA - Rates for Grant County PUD customers will not increase this year.

Fresh News from MarDon

As we continue to enjoy magnificent weather in Central-Eastern Washington our fishers are reporting wonderful success trolling for walleye and jumbo perch (many limits).

Georgia State powers to 31-14 defeat of South Alabama

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Cornelious Brown IV passed for 334 yards and Tucker Gregg rushed for three touchdowns — both career highs — and Georgia State beat South Alabama 31-14 on Saturday.

Queen's visit

The Queen's recent historic visit to Ireland is as graphic a measure as one could wish of the transformed state of Anglo-Irish relations. The two countries' troubled history, combined with decades of terrorism, have precluded any such royal visit for a century.

State retains Microsoft permit

QUINCY - The state Pollution Control Hearings Board won't stop Microsoft's data center expansion in Quincy or the approval for 13 more diesel generators there.

Soap Lake boat races moving forward

Tentatively slated for August

SOAP LAKE - The Soap Lake Hydroplane Regatta may take place this August, according to Soap Lake Mayor Raymond Gravelle.

Grant PUD honored for fish bypass

EPHRATA - Grant County PUD engineer Dana Jeske recently accepted

Fresh News From MarDon: Weather and Evenets

MARDON RESORT - The Potholes Recreation Area has been seeing cooler than average temperatures.  Many days of wind and rain have stopped even our local walleye and bass fishers from getting out on the water.  The water level on Potholes Reservoir is near high pool.  With new June heat and increasing farming irrigation, the water level will drop rapidly.  

U.N. craziness

The United Nations has never lived up to the grandiose aspirations of its founders. By the 1990s even many of its supporters admitted the world body had become a bloated debating society. Madeleine Albright, then U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, called it "elephantine" and decried the chronic waste and lack of accountability.

Notice of Application

November 28, 2011

2 truck drivers injured in crash

MOSES LAKE – Two truck drivers received minor injuries, and traffic was blocked for four hours after a semi versus semi tractor-trailer crash near Moses Lake on Tuesday.

Teaching hatred?

The cries for civility after the Tucson shootings have not much impressed thousands of protesters in Wisconsin. There, many public-employee-union leaders, teachers and other public employees have used disruption and intimidation - rather than reasoned debate and respect for representative democracy - to try to get their way.

Uncivil war rages

It seems the United States is approaching an urgent crossroads - not unlike the Revolutionary War era or the Civil War years, or the Great Depression. By now, most Americans have the clear sense that something big has to give before the country can move on and recover.

SummerFest Scramble sign-ups start to come in

ROYAL CITY - The Royal City Summerfest Scramble Golf Tournament is scheduled for Saturday, July 6, and teams are starting to sign up.

Wenatchee splits with Minot Minotauros

MINOT, ND. - The Wenatchee Wild hit the road before Christmas for a two-game set against the Minot Minotauros.