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Family History Fair helps people explore their roots
EPHRATA — The Ephrata Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints held a Family History Fair Saturday…
Gone but not forgotten: Local woman works to improve little-known cemetery in Mae Valley
Ruth Hinen Latham, of Moses Lake, has taken it upon herself to restore a small cemetery along Mae Valley Road.
REC Silicon moves closer to reopening in Moses Lake
Silicon material producer REC Silicon may be getting closer to reopening in Moses Lake, according to a release Thursday from the company.
Keeping folks fed: Food bank important to community, volunteer says
MOSES LAKE — Karen Zerby said she was in Moses Lake a few days when she was invited to tag along on a trip to the Moses Lake Food Bank.
Moses Lake doctor’s license restricted
A Moses Lake doctor’s medical license was restricted Nov. 9 by the Washington Medical Commission for alleged “substandard prescribing” and failing “to conduct appropriate patient exams before prescribing opioids,” …
Local business has winter boot drive
MOSES LAKE — The owners of Desert Graphics Inc. are sponsoring what may be an unusual project to provide foster children with winter boots.
Skone Irrigation technician honored with Platinum PLUS Service Award
DESHLER, Neb. – Elias Martinez, of Skone Irrigation, Inc. in Warden, has earned the Platinum PLUS (Proven Leaders in Unmatched Service) Certified Technician Aw…
Heat takes toll on spud harvest
MOSES LAKE — While potato farmers in the Columbia Basin could call on all the water they needed during this year’s drought, the heat still posed risks and has …
Samaritan projects more revenue, more expenses in 2022
MOSES LAKE — Samaritan Healthcare officials expect more people to need hospitalization in 2022, which will lead to more hospital use, but also more expenses. And a labor shortage is projected to add to those expens…
Democrat runs for Congress, says central Washington needs attention
YAKIMA — Doug White looks back on some important lessons he learned while working in his grandfather’s vineyards as a child.
Giving group: Kiwanis members find reward in service to kids, community
MOSES LAKE — For a lot of members of the Kiwanis Club of Moses Lake, it’s about the kids.
Royal football stomps Toppenish
ROYAL CITY — The Royal High School Knights football team beat the Toppenish High School Wildcats in the quarterfinals of the Washington Interscholastic Activit…
ACH moves on at state with win over Wilbur/Creston-Keller
MOSES LAKE — The Almira/Coulee-Hartline (ACH) High School football team beat Wilbur/Creston-Keller High School 46-16 in the quarterfinals of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) State Footba…
Ephrata falls to Anacortes, Mark Morris, ending chance for state title
YAKIMA — The Ephrata High School Lady Tigers lost two matches Friday in the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) State Championships 2A vol…
Soap Lake starts phase three of sewer, water improvements
Soap Lake’s Sewer and Water Phase III project is moving along, according to an update Wednesday from the city.
Three injured south of Quincy
A Quincy teenager, an Othello man and a woman were injured Thursday afternoon in a collision at state Route 281 and Road 5 Northwest, south of Quincy, according to the Washington State Patrol.