A good parent wants what is best for their children. That usually means good health, loving relationships and a stable career. For Alondra Segundo, that meant a career in nursing, which she began attending college classes for in 2019. Her parents, who immigrated from Michoacán 30 years ago, were happy with her noble choice in […]
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Signs of the Time
Sometimes there’s a man. I won’t say an artist because what’s an artist? He fits right into his time and place, and that’s John Rankin. Ritzville is not where John expected to settle, but it is where he’s made his life. “Just by the luck of things, the way the cards are dealt, I ended […]
Ephrata’s League of Legends
Current team roster: Jayson Baker, Brendon Broesch, Roy Bunney, Braedyn Bush, Josiah Caldwell, Jesse Clear, Loki Cochran, Landon Coe, Jack Colton, Aiden Conway, James Cook, Jerrett Curtis, Fernando Domingo-Guzman, Camdyn Gustin, Owen Hawkins, Eli Hesse, Nicholas Hesse, Porter Long, Alexander Mele, Promise Parker, Jayden Pellham, Wyatt Pellham, Collin Pennington, Mason Powell, Corbin Reeve, Uriah Schaffran, […]
Stop scrolling. Start strolling…through your local variety stores.
Variety and drug stores are the old souls of retail –at once nostalgic and entirely relevant. They carry better quality items than a dollar store and are less daunting than a big box store. They carry the items you need every day, the items you forget to pack, and the best gifts. They are the […]
Playing at the Sandbox
When I first walked into Sandbox Bookstore in Moses Lake in early August 2023, I immediately noticed the cozy, peaceful ambiance that exists within any of my favorite bookstores throughout the Pacific Northwest, along with a type of creative chaos that emerges whenever used and new books share shelving.Sandbox has that intentional, personalized curation, allowing […]
It’s time to get comfortable (and update your appliances) at Moore Furniture
You can’t put a price tag on service. But that’s exactly what they do every day at Moore Furniture in Ephrata. Today the store is mostly ran by the fourth and fifth generation, including brothers Mike and Kelly Moore, Kelly’s wife Janice, and Mike’s sons, Matt and Nick. It was Nick Moore who took some […]
