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Updated 1 day, 20 hours ago

Housing market dips, but less than last year

MOSES LAKE — ’Tis the season for a sluggish housing market, according to data released last week by the Northwest …

Updated 3 days, 20 hours ago
Judges say no to Kroger-Albertsons $24.6B merger

SEATTLE – King County Superior Court Judge Marshall Ferguson ruled Tuesday that a proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons would eliminate sufficient comp…

Updated 3 days, 20 hours ago
Better year in 2024 for apples, cherries — not so much for pears

YAKIMA — After two years of bumpy weather and bumpy harvests, the 2024 apple and cherry harvests were closer to average. Pear growers were not so lucky.

Updated 5 days, 21 hours ago
Legislative leaders differ on causes of and solutions to WA budget hole

(The Center Square) – With the 2025 session just around the corner, legislative leaders from the four caucuses have expressed their varying views on the causes…

Updated 1 week, 2 days ago
Ephrata passed 2025 budget

EPHRATA – The Ephrata City Council passed its 2025 budget unanimously at the Dec. 4 regular council meeting. The council also discussed an ordinance to make ad…

Updated 1 week, 2 days ago
Grant PUD projected to finish 2024 in the black

EPHRATA — The Grant County Public Utility District was in the black at the end of the third quarter of 2024. The third quarter results were presented to the PU…

Updated 1 week, 3 days ago
Hometown shopping

MOSES LAKE — Black Friday is big business, drawing huge crowds to huge stores with heavily advertised specials. But the next day, Small Business Saturday, hits…

Updated 1 week, 3 days ago
Gesa scholarship applications open

RICHLAND — Gesa Credit Union, which operates multiple branches in Eastern Washington, including one in Moses Lake, is accepting applications for college schola…

Updated 1 week, 4 days ago
Grant PUD reduces budgeted spending, increases income

EPHRATA — An unexpected contract to sell a portion of its dam-generated power and the need to clarify details on capital projects resulted in adjustments to th…

Updated 1 week, 5 days ago
REC Silicon reports lower third-quarter earnings

MOSES LAKE — A delay in shipping polysilicon materials led to a delay in production, which led to a drop in earnings for REC Silicon in the third quarter of th…

Updated 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Port of Othello focused on large and small business development

OTHELLO — The Port of Othello’s mission can be summed up in one sentence. “The port is here to bring jobs and build Adams County and the Othello area,” sa…

Updated 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Home value increases only slightly nationally, more locally

MOSES LAKE — Home prices are up 4.3% nationwide from a year ago, according to a report released Tuesday by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the lowest price…

Updated 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Construction begins on Ephrata’s first water tower

EPHRATA – After a long-anticipated wait, Ephrata moved its new water tower project forward Saturday by pouring 15,120 yards of concrete and laying around 67,80…

Updated 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Grant Co. Jail, morgue projects updated

EPHRATA — Another piece of property is now under consideration as a possible location of the Grant County Morgue. Central Services Director Tom Gaines updated …

Updated 2 weeks, 3 days ago
SGL Carbon releases half-year and 9-month Results

MOSES LAKE – SGL Carbon SE recently released its financial reports for the first half and first nine months of 2024. It presented a mixed performance across it…