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JOPLIN, Mo. – The Republic Tigers topped the Joplin Eagles 5-0 in the Class 6 District 6 quarterfinals on Monday afternoon. “At the end of the day, we’ve got to be able to swing it a little better to give ourselves a chance,” says Joplin head coach Kyle Wolf, “I thought we competed on the mound. I thought we did some things defensively that were good. When you’re struggling to score runs it’s hard to get any energy and any mojo going. Credit to their kid on the mound. He kept us off-balance and never really gave us a chance to feel really good about anything in the box.”

Wood smoke is one of the main sources of air pollution in Washington. In the winter, smoke can accumulate and lead to unhealthy air quality. This is especially true in the Colville River Valley where winter weather patterns can trap smoke from wood stoves and outdoor fires in valleys close to the ground, quickly diminishing the air people breathe.

A Benton County Superior Court judge has ruled the Richland School Board recall against 3 newly-elected members can move forward. We have noticed some interesting aspects of this recall movement. This piece contains Op-Ed material, observations of this recall situation. This case is almost exactly similar to Kettle Falls. In...

A new federal study shows more than 500 students died at Native American boarding schools that sought to assimilate Indigenous children into white society.  The Interior Department released the report Wednesday. It is the first volume of the investigative report that seeks to address the troubling legacy of federal Indian boarding school policies.  The investigation found that from 1819 to...

Thomas James “Tom” Peterman, age 75, a 17-year resident of Addy, Washington, passed away on April 21, 2022, in Spokane, Washington, following the onset of cardiac decline and valve failure. Tom was born on Nov. 27, 1946, in Clarinda, Iowa, the son of James R. and Norma L (Addington) Peterman.

For more than an hour, Keely Hopkins barely moved an inch. Clad in camouflage from head to toe, a small oval cutout for her eyes showed the only bit of skin. She scanned the horizon of rolling hills, searching for a wild turkey to come home to roost for the evening.

Luella E. Rushing, 88, of Brewster, Washington, and formerly of Republic, Washington, passed away on April 26, 2022. Please leave any thoughts and memories for the family at www.barneschapel.com. Services are under the direction of Barnes Chapel of Brewster.