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09/28/2026 · Moses Lake

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The Three-Second Pause That Protects Your Day

Before you answer that text, accept that favor, or volunteer for one more thing, try a tiny pause. It can keep an automatic “sure” from becoming an afternoon of resentment.

09/28/2026

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Poem of the Day

The Trick That Makes Shakespeare’s Summer Last Forever

Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18” begins as a compliment and ends as a dare to time itself. Its secret is not that summer is beautiful—it’s that summer is unreliable.

09/28/2026

Quote of the Day

The Most Radical Kind of Help Is Paying Attention

Simone Weil’s famous line about attention is often served as a gentler synonym for focus. It is stranger—and more useful—than that: she believed attention was a form of moral generosity.

09/28/2026

The National Ear

Washington’s Loudest Week Has a Quiet Bill

The White House keeps selling speed, Congress keeps selling certainty, and households keep paying for the gap between them. The week’s biggest story sits where tariffs, budget cuts, and shaky consumer confidence meet.

09/28/2026

The Curator

The Giant Van Gogh Screensaver Has Gone Too Far

I have nothing against Van Gogh. I have something against being trapped inside a screensaver while a DJ whispers about “healing.” The immersive art craze deserves a little less reverence and a lot more fluorescent lighting.

09/28/2026

Good Karma Corner

Good News With Receipts: Tools, Donors, Condors, and Plastic-Eating Enzymes

The best good news rarely arrives with fireworks. People keep improving ordinary systems, helping strangers, protecting endangered birds, and teaching chemistry to clean up our messes.

09/28/2026

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Safe & Healthy Aging Coalition

This is an entry from the Benton Franklin Health District's calendar. The "Safe & Healthy Aging Coalition" is scheduled to meet on October 26, 2026, from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

Mamas en Comunidad (Grupo de Apoyo para mamas)

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Issue a request for qualifications (RFQ) for Lewis County's Fire Alarm Engineering project

Issue a request for qualifications (RFQ) for Lewis County's Fire Alarm Engineering project. Responses must be submitted online through the County's procurement portal, OpenGov (https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/lewiscountywa), by 2 p.m. October 30, 2 Please see the attached notice. Posted: October 08, 2026

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Public Hearing Regarding Proposed Ordinance to Regulate Unpermitted Mobile Food Vending Units

Public Hearing - 10/10/2026

CRIMINAL COUNTY DOCKET: Atty Bopp

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CRIMINAL DOCKET: Atty Bopp

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Issue a request for qualifications (RFQ) for Lewis County's Fire Alarm Engineering project

Other - 10/08/2026