Azerbaijani leader hails handover of region ceded by Armenia

AGHDAM, Azerbaijan (AP) — Azerbaijani forces entered the war-ravaged ghost town of Aghdam on Friday, regaining a once-beloved city over a quarter of a century after being driven out by Armenian forces.

Thelma Billingsley Nicks remembers Western Flyer sleds

Many a youth remembers sledding down the hills of the Columbia Basin and hot chocolate being served to warm everyone after time on the snow. Well, so does Thelma Billingsley Nicks in her story about Ephrata. Read on.

Bits and Pieces

Bits and Pieces

Mystery photo was the Larson AFB swimming pool

Hunting prospects continued

A clan for all seasons

A new generation of farm family was recognized by the Farmer Consumer Awareness Day (FCAD) committee, and not a moment too soon as the face of agriculture changes seasons and a new generation of farmers begin to teach the last.

2016 Grant County hunting prospects

This is a multi-part series about the 2016 Washington hunting prospects.

Summerfest's FrogHollow Band

ROYAL CITY - There's more than music to the FrogHollow Band, which will command the main stage Friday, June 27, at the annual Royal City SummerFest.

DIARY: In Gaza, bombs drop and the conflict again hits home

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — On Friday morning, a military airstrike smashed my family's farm in the northern Gaza Strip into a jagged mass of metal and splintered trees. An Israeli bomb had slammed into the yard, carving a crater into the dirt and leaving rubble in its wake.

DIARY: In Gaza, bombs drop and the conflict again hits home

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — On Friday morning, a military airstrike smashed my family's farm in the northern Gaza Strip into a jagged mass of metal and splintered trees. An Israeli bomb had slammed into the yard, carving a crater into the dirt and leaving rubble in its wake.

DIARY: In Gaza, bombs drop and the conflict again hits home

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — On Friday morning, a military airstrike smashed my family's farm in the northern Gaza Strip into a jagged mass of metal and splintered trees. An Israeli bomb had slammed into the yard, carving a crater into the dirt and leaving rubble in its wake.

DIARY: In Gaza, bombs drop and the conflict again hits home

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — On Friday morning, a military airstrike smashed my family's farm in the northern Gaza Strip into a jagged mass of metal and splintered trees. An Israeli bomb had slammed into the yard, carving a crater into the dirt and leaving rubble in its wake.

BC-Cash Prices, 1st Ld-Writethru,0343

NEW YORK (AP) — Wholesale cash prices Tuesday

BC-Cash Prices, 1st Ld-Writethru,0343

NEW YORK (AP) — Wholesale cash prices Monday

US pork farmers panic as virus ruins hopes for great year

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — After enduring extended trade disputes and worker shortages, U.S. hog farmers were poised to finally hit it big this year with expectations of climbing prices amid soaring domestic and foreign demand.

Thousands on virus-hit cruise ship wait their turn to leave

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of increasingly bored and restless passengers aboard a cruise ship struck by the coronavirus waited for their turn Tuesday to get off the vessel and go into two weeks of quarantine at military bases around the U.S.

Indian news media fight virus on financial, political fronts

NEW DELHI (AP) — India's news publishers face a delicate balancing act as they look to offset financial losses from sinking ad sales with support from a government seeking to control the narrative on the coronavirus, sometimes by prosecuting journalists for reporting on the detrimental consequences of official pandemic policy.

Orange County beaches closed by California's governor

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The news hit Orange County like a cold wave: California’s governor was shutting down the beaches.

In a US now in puppy love, Labs still tops, but corgis rise

NEW YORK (AP) — America's dogs are having their day as the coronavirus keeps many people at home more with their pets and spurs so much adoption and fostering that some shelters' kennels have emptied.

Orange County beaches closed by California's governor

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The news hit Orange County like a cold wave: California’s governor was shutting down the beaches.

In a US now in puppy love, Labs still tops, but corgis rise

NEW YORK (AP) — America's dogs are having their day as the coronavirus keeps many people at home more with their pets and spurs so much adoption and fostering that some shelters' kennels have emptied.