Public Notices
A public record of community and supplemental legal notices published by GCJ.news for the greater Ephrata, Washington community.
About GCJ.news public notices
GCJ.news publishes public notices as a community service for the greater Ephrata area. We are not a qualified legal newspaper under RCW 65.16, so we cannot serve as the primary publication of record for notices that require statutory publication in a legal newspaper. We can publish voluntary government notices, community announcements, and supplemental copies of legal notices that have already met their statutory requirement in a qualified legal newspaper.
If you are required by law to publish a notice in a qualified legal newspaper, the Grant County Clerk of the Superior Court maintains a list of approved newspapers for legal publication in this county.
How to submit a notice
Submissions are reviewed for completeness and posted to this page. A proof of publication is provided on request.
Pricing
$5 per 25 words per publication. Submissions are billed on the word count of the final published text. Multi-week runs are billed per publication week.
Turnaround
Notices are typically posted within 48 business hours of receipt. There is no fixed weekly deadline.
Send to
contact@gcj.news
Plain text or attached PDF/Word document. Include all required content as it should appear in print. We will not alter substance.
Proof of publication
On request, we provide a dated proof of publication confirming the publication date(s) and URL. This is not a statutory affidavit of publication under RCW 65.16.030 and does not satisfy any statutory legal-publication requirement. Notices that require a statutory affidavit must be published in a qualified legal newspaper.
What to include in your submission
- Notice type — voluntary government notice, supplemental legal notice, or community announcement
- Full notice text exactly as it must appear, including names, dates, case numbers, and statutory references
- Publication schedule — single run, or specific run dates
- For supplemental legal notices: the name of the qualified legal newspaper running the primary publication and the publication date(s) there
- Submitter information — name, firm or agency, phone, billing address
- Contact for questions — in case our editor has follow-up before publication
Notices we publish
Voluntary government notices
- Notices of nomination, vacancy, or appointment to public boards and commissions
- Public meeting announcements (school board, city council, hospital district, fire district, port district, PUD) beyond statutorily required publication
- Public engagement opportunities (comment periods, surveys, listening sessions, town halls)
- Government program announcements and public-service advisories
- Budget summaries and annual reports submitted for public awareness
Supplemental publication of legal notices
We publish supplemental copies of notices that have already met their statutory publication requirement in a qualified legal newspaper, including:
- Bid solicitations and requests for proposal
- Public hearing announcements
- Notices of formation, dissolution, or annexation
Submitters must confirm the notice is running in a qualified legal newspaper. GCJ.news publication does not satisfy any statutory requirement.
Community announcements
- Nonprofit and civic organization notices of broad community interest
- Election-related informational announcements (voter registration deadlines, ballot drop-box locations, auditor announcements)
Notices we cannot serve as primary publication
The following notices require publication in a qualified legal newspaper under Washington law. We do not provide statutory affidavits of publication and cannot serve as the publication of record for any of these:
- Notice to Creditors and probate notices (RCW 11.40.020)
- Notice of Trustee’s Sale and foreclosure notices (RCW 61.24.040)
- Summons by publication (RCW 4.28.110)
- Name-change petitions (RCW 4.24.130)
- Tax and lien sale notices
- Court-ordered legal notices
If you are required to publish one of these notices, please contact a qualified legal newspaper. We can publish a supplemental copy alongside the primary publication if you wish to expand reach, but the statutory requirement must be met in a legal newspaper.
Publication standards
- Notices are published in plain, formal text without modification to substance
- We may correct obvious spelling or formatting errors but will not alter dates, names, statutory references, or required language
- Each notice carries the date or dates of publication and a unique URL
- Notices remain on the site as a public archive after their run period
- GCJ.news reserves the right to decline submissions that violate publication standards or applicable law