Cecil Lee Newkirk

Cecil Newkirk, 73, passed away April 1, 2022, at Samaritan Hospital in Moses Lake, Washington.

Planning ahead to feed problem newborn calves

While we all hope that every dam will claim her calf and provide it with what it needs to thrive, the reality is that some will not. Hopefully orphaned or problem calves are not a common or regular occurrence...

Pet talk: Keep your bovine feeling fine

Pain management in cattle

Unlike many animals that vocalize their discomfort, cattle tend to suffer in silence ...

Joan Coulson

Joan Coulson was born Jan. 8, 1932, in Smoot, Wyoming to Reuben Earl Johnson and Lillian Melvina Swenson, the fourth of five children.

Roy J. (Buck) Wheat Jr.

Roy J. (Buck) Wheat Jr., at the age of 94, peacefully took off from this life and flew his last flight to the big airfield and hangar in heaven on Feb. 25 at home in Moses Lake, Washington.

DeAnna LaVoie

DeAnna LaVoie passed away on Feb. 7, 2022, due to medical complications.

Shirley McGee Stewart

Shirley Adele McGee Stewart, 92, passed on Jan. 21, 2022, in Othello, Washington at the Coventry House where she had resided for the past 15 months.

Every hat a story: Moses Lake man’s collection spans decades

MOSES LAKE — Every hat on the wall in Mike Cobb’s Moses Lake shed, about 140 of them, is a reminder of a person or a place. So are the 150 or so hats in storage.

Why I am more of a cat person than a dog person

Genesis 1:26 says: “Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.’”

The real deal: Farm and ranch children focus of new book by Moses Lake woman

MOSES LAKE — Sue Tebow started her “agriCULTURE” social media accounts to give her readers an insight into farm and ranch life.

Will Howard Latham

Will Howard Latham, born Feb. 26, 1928, in Wickett, Texas, passed peacefully on Dec. 10, 2021, in Moses Lake, Washington.

Michael ‘Mike’ Gene Harper

Michael “Mike” Gene Harper, loving husband, father, pompa (grandfather) and friend, left us on Nov. 25, 2021, at age 60, to go home to his Heavenly Father.

Delbert Ratliff

Delbert was the middle son born to Karl and Dorothy Ratliff in Rio Tinto, Nevada, a now-ghost town that he outlasted by 73 years.

Thomas John Pence

Thomas John Pence died peacefully in his sleep at home early in the morning of Oct. 4, 2021, at the age of 74.

Robert Rickert

Robert H. Rickert was born Dec. 18, 1941. He passed away Oct. 8, 2021.

Jason Daniel Howe

Jason Daniel Howe, born Oct. 27, 1974, passed away to be with the Lord on Aug. 21, 2021, from pneumonia and COVID virus.

The doctor is in: Pioneering Moses Lake physician celebrates 103rd birthday

MOSES LAKE — Jim Young’s kids always knew when he was working late.

Vulnerable Democrats push for local priorities in budget

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne of Iowa was slow to get behind a $1 trillion infrastructure bill after the Senate passed it last month. It wasn't the price tag that tripped up the Democrat from a swing House district. It was that none of the money was targeted for a home state industry — ethanol and biodiesel.

White House competition council seeks lower consumer prices

A new White House council on U.S. economic conditions held its first meeting Friday, with participants highlighting at least 18 actions taken to help consumers and potentially lower prices.

Vulnerable Democrats push for local priorities in budget

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne of Iowa was slow to get behind a $1 trillion infrastructure bill after the Senate passed it last month. It wasn't the price tag that tripped up the Democrat from a swing House district. It was that none of the money was targeted for a home state industry — ethanol and biodiesel.