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Articles from the December 30, 2024 edition


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  • Now's when it really counts

    Paul Delaney, Franklin Connection|Updated Jan 5, 2025

    The acquired DNA for EKG’s — Eagle kind of guys and gals — suggests they wouldn’t have it any other way. Plenty of hard work has offered its rewards in recent years. Eastern Washington’s men’s and women’s basketball teams both begin respective defenses of their Big Sky Conference 2023-24 championships this week. Those tandem titles won last season were a first for the university. The men are home at Reese Court against Montana, Jan. 2 and Montana State, Jan. 4 while the women tackle the same teams, but on the road. Each ap...

  • Another New Year

    Dale Anderson|Updated Dec 30, 2024

    My new year’s resolution is the same as every year I don’t make a new year’s resolution. I don’t think you should worry about improving yourself only to disappoint yourself by breaking the resolution. So I’m just going to do the best I can to do the best I can! Now there will be a bunch of people that will go to their nearest lake and do the Polar Plunge and that really looks cold. I’m not sure I see the importance of freezing on the first day of the new year. The closest I e...

  • New laws will hit wallet

    Brett Davis, The Center Square|Updated Dec 30, 2024

    OLYMPIA — With a new year just around the corner, a host of new statewide laws will soon impact Washingtonians’ wallets beginning Jan. 1. Here are some of them. Minimum wage The state’s minimum wage – already the highest state-level minimum wage in the nation – will increase 38 cents. According to the state Department of Labor & Industries, the minimum wage will rise to $16.66 an hour next year, a 2.35% increase over the current minimum wage of $16.28. The increase applies to workers age 16 and older. Employers may pay 85% o...

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