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Quincy port approves contract award for intermodal expansion
QUINCY — Construction crews will be working this winter on the first phase of expansion of the Port of Quincy’s in…
Grant County PUD has plenty of customer requests
EPHRATA — While cryptocurrency is causing all the buzz, other customers are being attracted to Grant County by, among other things, inexpensive electricity. That’s according to a quarterly power delivery report at …
State to consolidate business licensing
MOSES LAKE — The Washington State Department of Revenue calls it “one-stop shopping.”
Grant PUD revenue below budget projections
EPHRATA — Grant County PUD revenue for the first half of 2018 was below budget forecasts in five of the nine major rate classes. The only class to exceed the budget target by more than six percent is Class 7, large…
Picking on cherries Growers caught in international trade war
ROYAL SLOPE — Cherry season 2018 is winding down; it looks like a big crop and a good quality crop – but while that’s important it’s not the most important thi…
REC posts loss, but CEO still optimistic
MOSES LAKE — Norway-based REC Silicon posted a loss of $9.6 million on revenue of $58.9 million for the second quarter of 2018 (April-June).
LocalTel expands into Grant County market
MOSES LAKE — Residential and business internet provider LocalTel is big enough to offer 24-hour customer service, yet small enough to make it personal. With th…
Moses Lake clothing store closing after 45 years
MOSES LAKE — Forty-five years is a long time to be in business.
An uncertain market for Washington wheat
Between the beginning of tariffs and the withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Washington wheat farmers may be facing a difficult year ahead.
Looking outside the barrel Royal Slope family takes new approach to the wine industry
ROYAL SLOPE — They say wine only gets better with age.
Apple Commission hires new communications coordinator
The Washington Apple Commission has hired Toni Lynn Adams as the new communications outreach coordinator.
Unemployment uptick in Grant County
Grant County saw a third straight month of rising unemployment last May compared to the same time last year, according to data posted by the Washington State E…
Vantage Data seeks fewer, smaller generators
QUINCY — The Washington State Department of Ecology is seeking public comment on a request from Vantage Data Centers to reduce the number of generators at the company’s Quincy campus.
REC Silicon chief hopeful about future
MOSES LAKE — REC Silicon President and Chief Executive Officer Tore Torvund is sad about the situation his company faces but is confident REC has a future.
In the wake of suicide, anti-bullying event for Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE — After the recent suicide of a local middle-schooler and an attempted suicide by another, Donny Parker, CEO of Vengrid, Jeff Dalrymple, gym manager at Anytime Fitness of Moses Lake, and others have deci…
REC Chief: closing ML plant an 'option'
MOSES LAKE — If the current dispute with China over access to the country’s market for polysilicon is not solved, REC Silicon could close its production facili…