UPDATE (2:30 p.m.) – A suspicious package prompted an evacuation at the courthouse in Ephrata Friday morning. The Washington State Patrol bomb squad was called to examine the package that was found at the Grant County Courthouse which closed for the remainder of the day after the package was discovered about 10:45 a.m., according to the Grant County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies say nobody was hurt and no explosives were found in the package.
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