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Bug Out branches out
MOSES LAKE — After a year of successfully fighting off bugs and weeds, Bug Out is expanding into helping things gr…
Drink beer to fight cancer at Craft Out Cancer fundraiser
MOSES LAKE — On an ever-lengthening list of things you can do to help those fighting cancer, this one’s easy:
Camas Cove 'Pirate Regatta' Sunday
MOSES LAKE — A scurvy band of pirates will take the waters of Moses Lake, but not to pillage and plunder. Camas Cove Cellars will sponsor its third annual Pirate Regatta at 3 p.m. Sunday at the winery’s tasting roo…
Warden imposes year-long stop on cryptocurrency mining
WARDEN — The Warden City Council on Tuesday unanimously passed a year-long stop on cryptocurrency development to give the city time to develop better rules governing the power-hungry operations.
Commissioners OK new PUD rate class
EPHRATA — The Grant County PUD will have a new rate class for “evolving industries” in April 2019. Utility district commissioners approved the new Class 17 on a 5-0 vote at the regular commission meeting Tuesday.
Wendy's breaks ground on restaurant in Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE — “We’re here.”
New psychiatric nurse-practitioner at Samaritan Healthcare
MOSES LAKE — Mental health nurse-practitioner Teresa Hutsell has joined the staff of Samaritan Healthcare. Hutsell will be a practitioner in the Behavioral Hea…
Inland Cellular technicians working to restore voice, text services
MOSES LAKE — Inland Cellular is working to restore voice and text messages to its customers after a network-wide outage caused by a fire put the services out of commission over the weekend.
Unemployment up in June
MOSES LAKE — Turmoil in Grant County’s manufacturing sector led to a slight increase in the unemployment rate in June 2018, when compared with June 2017. Unemployment was 5.1 percent in June 2018, compared to 4.9 p…
Washington State Library to digitize historic newspapers
The Washington Office of Secretary of State will be adding 100,000 pages to its nationally-recognized project of digitizing historic newspapers, using a grant announced Tuesday morning for $280,000 from the Nationa…
Apple crop forecast at about 131 million boxes
YAKIMA — The 2018 Washington apple crop is projected to clock in at about 131 million boxes of fresh-packed fruit, according to the estimate released Tuesday by the Washington State Tree Fruit Association.
Rocks threaten to block port expansion
MOSES LAKE — The Port of Moses Lake’s plan to build a multi-purpose structure on the other side of the Grant County International Airport’s main aircraft parking area has run into a fairly sizable obstacle.
Samaritan finishes the first half of 2018 with a profit
MOSES LAKE — The first half of 2018 has been a profitable one for Samaritan Healthcare. Net income was $2,314,446 for the first six months of 2018.
Mi Casa Market has something for everybody
MOSES LAKE — The sounds of a Mariachi filled the air from a local radio station set up for the grand opening at 723 Third Ave. Trucks and cars honked as they d…
Tariffs unsettle hay market
MOSES LAKE — In any war, real or metaphorical, somebody gets caught in the crossfire. And in the 2018 trade wars, that could include Washington agricultural ex…
Comment sought on Microsoft data center expansion
QUINCY — The state Department of Ecology (DOE) is seeking public comment on an update to an expansion at Microsoft’s data center in Quincy.