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Paving begins Monday night on I-90 from Vantage to George
VANTAGE — Drivers traveling between George and the Vantage Bridge should plan for single-lane travel and reduced s…
Glamor for a cause
MOSES LAKE — The glitterati were out in full force at dinner and auction Saturday night. About 300 people turned out to support the Boys & Girls Clubs of the …
GC Fair attendance down from 2021, up from 2019
MOSES LAKE — Attendance at the 2022 Grant County Fair was lower than 2021, but higher than 2019. Fairgrounds Manager Jim McKiernan estimated about 68,000 peo…
Class gives donation to Moses Lake Food Bank
MOSES LAKE — Graduates in the Moses Lake High School Class of 1972 donated the remaining money in the class treasury to a good cause Thursday, presenting a che…
Spotting depression in pets
For pets accustomed to a certain routine or way of life, having to adjust to great or sudden changes can be extremely difficult. For some pets, these changes c…
Fall fun in Grant Co.
GRANT COUNTY — With October right around the corner, fall and Halloween activities will be in full swing, including local pumpkin picking and corn mazes. Th…
Grapes and timing
QUINCY — The 2022 Washington wine grape harvest is just getting underway, but wine growers are optimistic it’s going to be a good year. Vicky Scharlau, exec…
Huffmans mark 60 years of marriage
MOSES LAKE — Mira and Eddie Huffman celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary today. The Huffmans were married on Oct. 3, 1962, in Quincy. Now retired, they fo…
ML to hold candidate forum
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce has scheduled a candidate forum and has invited all candidates running in contested local, district and statewide races, for Monday, Oct. 10, starting at 6 p.m. in th…
A cup of joe and a classic car with the MLPD
MOSES LAKE — For Rob Roemer, the reasons for being out in the parking lot across from the Moses Lake Civic Center at 8 a.m. on a Saturday were self explanatory…
Grant Co. seeks tourism funding applicants
EPHRATA - The Grant County Lodging Tax Advisory Committee announced in a press release that they are seeking grant applicants for qualifying tourism-promotion campaigns for events only. The application period is o…
“It just seemed like the right thing to do”
MOSES LAKE — Dave Ruffin does not teach his law enforcement students at the Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center to do what he did on Wednesday when he detai…
Kidding around
MOSES LAKE — It’s been a long time since Ken Gregory has seen a goat. “When I was 10 years old, we always had 15 or 20 goats,” said Gregory, 93, and a resid…
Green growth: Cannabis celebrates 10 legal years
WASHINGTON STATE — In 2012, Washington voters approved ballot Initiative 502, which allowed for the legal production, sale and consumption of recreational cann…
Rockin’ the yard
MOSES LAKE — There’s more than one way to cover a yard. “I'm not a grass person,” said Teresa Fields of Moses Lake. “I mean, I love grass for the dogs, but,…
Fit business
EPHRATA - Born and raised in Ephrata, Mike Scellick has operated several businesses in town and learned how to adapt and change over the years to keep them thr…