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Reservation fees established for Mattawa park covered facilities
MATTAWA — Whether or not to charge Mattawa residents to reserve some of the facilities in Hund Memorial Park, and …
Blue Palm Frozen Yogurt
MOSES LAKE — Palm trees may not be native to the Columbia Basin, but one local business has a blue palm tree perfect for finding shade under in the upcoming su…
WA college sports March 30-April 5
WASHINGTON STATE – Whether you root for the Vikings, Eagles or the Bulldogs, ther’s a load of college sports going on this spring. Here is this week’s schedule…
Moses Lake extends sleep center lease
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake City Council was all set at its regular meeting on Tuesday to vote on a new site for the city’s homeless sleep center when the owne…
Samaritan submits revised construction budget to USDA
MOSES LAKE — Substantial increases in projected construction costs prompted Samaritan Healthcare officials to submit a revised budget to the U.S. Department of…
Ephrata appoints assistant superintendent
EPHRATA – The Ephrata School District appointed Ken Murray as the district’s assistant superintendent of human resources earlier this week. “Ephrata is grow…
Comeback win!
OTHELLO – Down 2-1 to Deer Park in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Othello bats came alive as the Huskies were able to ring off six runs in seven at-bats a…
Remembering WWII
MOSES LAKE — It was perhaps the defining event of the 20th century. “It’s an area of interest to a lot of people,” said Moses Lake Museum and Art Center Dir…
‘The new Cape Canaveral’
MOSES LAKE — “How can we help you?” It was the question Gov. Jay Inslee asked several times on Tuesday during a visit to Moses Lake to meet with the heads o…
The murals of Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE — There’s a very simple reason tattoo artist Shawn Willmorth painted the side of his building on W. Broadway Avenue. “We painted it because it wa…
Basin sports schedule March 29-April 4
COLUMBIA BASIN – With spring break just around the corner, many Basin teams will see a break from action next week. Check out this week’s sports schedule for a…
Bird fanatics
OTHELLO — Sandhill cranes have a special meaning for Debb Reiley. Reiley lives in Seattle now but spent 30 years in Alaska, the summer range for sandhill cr…
UPDATED: GCFD 5 responds to Basic American Foods fire
MOSES LAKE – A fire broke out at the Basic American Foods facility just south of Moses Lake at Tuesday evening. Grant County Fire District 5 and Moses Lake Fir…
Othello High drumline competes
OTHELLO — The Othello High School drumline isn’t an easy gig. Freshman Martin Marroquin admitted he thought it over for a while before joining. “A friend of…
Auction set to support local accident victim
MOSES LAKE – Central Washington Livestock, Inc., Moses Lake, is set to auction off Panda the Mexican steer Wednesday at 1 p.m. to support Caleb Berquist and hi…
Royal City robotics team has chance to compete in California
ROYAL CITY — If they can raise the money, nine budding Royal City engineers will be headed to California next month. The Royal Middle School robotics team, …