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Moses Lake Grid Kids enters 25th year
MOSES LAKE – Heading into its 25th year, Moses Lake Grid Kids continues to provide opportunities to youth athletes…
Grant PUD sets public meeting to gather rate policy opinions, ideas
EPHRATA — Grant County PUD commissioners and staff will be soliciting the opinion of PUD customers on the future of its rate structure in a series of public me…
Dent reflects on 2024 legislative session
MOSES LAKE — After 2024’s short 60-day legislative session, which wrapped up in March, Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, discussed what went well for him during the…
Law enforcement reports for April 12, 2024
Ephrata Police Department, Moses Lake Police Department, Grant County Jail
Construction underway on new pedestrian crossing in Soap Lake
SOAP LAKE — Work has already started on a project to build sidewalks on one side of South Daisy Street and add flashing lights at the crosswalk of Daisy Street…
Basin soccer roundup: Three top-10 teams in 1A
The regular season for local soccer teams is over halfway done, as Basin squads prepare for their final stretch of league games. Teams in Quincy, Royal City an…
Moses Lake BMX heads into 2024 season
MOSES LAKE — With the weather beginning to warm up, riders are returning to the Larson BMX Track for the 2024 season with Moses Lake BMX. “It’s awesome. We’…
Job Corps opens advanced firefighting center in Grant Co.
MOSES LAKE — The Columbia Basin Job Corps Center officially cut the ribbon on its Advance Training Wildland Fire Fighting facility at 8331 Forbes Street in Mos…
Gesa, Red Cross join forces against home fires
MOSES LAKE — There are few things more frightening than a house fire. One of them is having a house fire and not knowing it. “Oftentimes home fires happen b…
Juried student art and design exhibit opens at Sarah Spurgeon Gallery
ELLENSBURG — The CWU Sarah Spurgeon Gallery will be hosting the Department of Art + Design’s 2024 Juried Undergraduate Student Art + Design Exhibition over the…
Ephrata Middle School ribbon cutting set for Monday
EPHRATA – A ribbon cutting ceremony is set for this coming Monday at 6 p.m. at Ephrata Middle School to celebrate the school’s recent remodel. Changes made a…
WA’s economic outlook continues to worsen, report says
(The Center Square) – Washington remained in the lower half of U.S. states in terms of economic outlook, according to a new report that faults the Evergreen St…
Benton Sheriff asks for help identifying victims in sex assault case
KENNEWICK – In a Tuesday announcement, the Benton County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying additional victims of Jose Marce…
WDFW to monitor sandhill cranes with drones
RIDGEFIELD – Researchers with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will conduct drone surveys over known locations of sandhill cranes in Klickitat Co…
Othello library exploring potential remodel or new location
OTHELLO — Mid-Columbia Libraries and Adams County Rural Library District 1, which contracts with MCL for library services and management in Othello, are in the…
Grant PUD buys land for new Ephrata service center
EPHRATA — Grant County PUD commissioners have approved the purchase of 34 acres near Ephrata for the eventual site of the new equipment storage and maintenance…