Neon Skateway owners working on upgrades, plans for the future

SOAP LAKE — Robert and Margy Rice have some plans for Neon Skateway. “It has so much potential,” Robert Rice said. The Rices purchased Neon Skateway, 48 Moses Lake Ave. NW in Soap Lake, and changed its name in March. It was Hollywood Roll in its most recent iteration. Because it’s recently reopened it’s still a work in progress, but it’s open for roller skating five days per week. Neon Skateway is a Soap Lake fixture, starting out as an Army Corps of Engineers installation back in the early 1950s. “Sometime between 1965 and 1975, somewhere in there, somebody built it into a rink,” Robert Rice said.

General visits Moses Lake High School

Former grad fields students' questions

George Pappas, 92

George Theodore Pappas, age 92 of Polson, passed away on Sunday, May 5, 2024, at St. Luke Community Hospital in Ronan. A funeral service will be held Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at 11 a.m. at The Lake Funeral Home and Crematory.

The Latest: Proof of vaccine policies meet resistance in US

Customers at the City Winery’s flagship restaurant in New York must show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination to get in. But that’s not required at most other dining establishments in the city. And it’s not necessary at other City Winery sites around the U.S. Company CEO Michael Dorf says customers there wouldn't accept it.

Problem griz is persistent

Resident blames problems on people dumping carcasses

Lars Johnson

"I have never met a stranger." Lars Val Johnson enjoyed talking to people.

Fire in Hong Kong apartment building kills 7, injures 11

HONG KONG (AP) — Authorities in Hong Kong said at least seven people were killed and 11 injured in a fire at an apartment building that may have started at a gathering of people from the city's Nepalese community.

Criticized over recent appointees, Census adds another hire

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Amid calls for investigations into whether two recent hires for top positions at the U.S. Census Bureau were politically motivated, the nation's top statistical agency said Monday it was hiring a third new deputy director as the bureau enters the homestretch of its once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident.

Europe ramps up vaccinations as virus haunts Easter holidays

PARIS (AP) — The French city of Lyon's main stadium opened as a mass vaccination center during Easter weekend, and thousands spent the holiday lining up for injections at hippodromes, velodromes or other sites as France tried to speed up shots amid a new rush of coronavirus cases.

Cyprus unveils road map to easing coronavirus restrictions

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ president unveiled a road-map Wednesday for gradually lifting a strict, stay-at-home order over the next month that has until now helped to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

Jitterz Espresso expanding into Shoshone County

"Great people, great coffee and community support." Those are the words Jitterz Espresso owners Laura and Jason Quast want to hear when people talk about their business.

After a year of change, museum looks to future

Last year was a great year of change for the museum.

STATE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS: Coeur d'Alene drops opener when Eagle rallies

Coeur d'Alene, Timberlake both fall in first round at state.

Amid pandemic, homebrewing surges in popularity

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — On March 14, the day after the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a national emergency in the United States, I decided to take up an activity that I had abandoned decades ago.

Darrell Edgar Jones, 87

Darrell Edgar Jones died Feb. 12, 2024, in Whitefish.

‘We had baserunners in traffic all night’

ACH Legion reaches AA state tournament

SPOKANE – The Almira/Coulee-Hartline Senior Legion baseball team locked up a berth in the AA State Tournament with a fourth-place finish in the Area 3 AA district tournament over the weekend, where they went 4-1 in games to reach next week’s state competition.

MY TURN: Vote against open-ended open space bond

The Open Space Bond is a blank check for unknown projects, in undisclosed locations, at unknown costs. That is bad public policy.

White House soft-launches COVID-19 test request website

COVIDTests.gov includes a link for Americans to access an order form run by the U.S. Postal Service

Dancin' off the grid

Vintage Swing Revival dance at 7 tonight

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Veggie landscaping is a beautiful and practical possibility

Gardening for some is a practical – often lifelong – necessity, designed to support a family’s food needs. Many people depend on the veggie harvest for their main sustenance, canning, freezing, drying or storing various crops to feed them through the seasons and over the winter. It was once a way of life mainly before the big supermarkets came into existence and I – like most folks during and after the ‘30’s depression – spent lots of spare time hoeing, digging spuds and picking cherries in their turns and pretty much enjoying it.