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Road closure starts Monday near Othello
OTHELLO — Drivers should prepare for delays on State Route 17 at the intersection with West Cunningham Road in Oth…
REC Silicon hopes to restart production in Moses Lake in 2023
MOSES LAKE — REC Silicon believes it can restart its shuttered Moses Lake production facility sometime in 2023.
Temple rises: To believers, Moses Lake facility will be a very special building
MOSES LAKE — The construction contract itself was a little odd in the things it said construction workers couldn’t do while on site.
Digging in: City breaks ground for new Larson Recreation Center
MOSES LAKE — “As the Mayor of the City of Moses Lake, it is my honor to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony for our new Larson Recreation Center,” said …
MLHS volunteers beautify downtown with flowers
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake High School FFA members, MLHS horticulture students and some teachers fanned through downtown Wednesday morning, removing plants from t…
Diamond sensei: Basin karate teacher reflects on four decades of training
MOSES LAKE — Be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
Othello PD adopts new restraint system
OTHELLO — Among the many dilemmas facing police officers is how to keep people in a volatile situation from hurting themselves or others.
One for the books: Red Rock Elementary library media specialist sees role for printed page
ROYAL CITY — Debra Rees says people who think books are on the way out and kids won’t read them are mistaken.
Saving water is a serious job for Quincy irrigation district
QUINCY — Three million acre-feet. That’s how much Columbia River water is pumped out at the Grand Coulee Dam every year and sent to the three irrigation distri…
Space needed: Grant County census data shows higher growth in population than housing
After an adjusted data release timeline due to COVID-19, the U.S. Census Bureau recently published its most updated population counts and housing data. For Gra…
Mitsubishi mulls restarting its mothballed SpaceJet program
TOKYO, Japan — Despite eliminating its U.S. aircraft subsidiary and pausing development on its SpaceJet passenger aircraft, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) e…
By moms, for moms: Basin businesses start unique Mother’s Day traditions
MOSES LAKE — For many, Mother’s Day fires images of flower ensembles and large breakfasts, a staple of business’ traditions across the nation.
'Water is everything': State legislators add money for local irrigation, projects in capital budget
MOSES LAKE — Legislators included a number of local projects — including two major irrigation expansions and repair work to the Soap Lake city hall — as part o…
‘Project North’: company looking at buying empty plant on Road N
MOSES LAKE — A company is looking at buying the empty Xyleco production facility on Road N Northeast, which could bring as many as 300 new jobs to the region.
Skeeter patrol: Fighting the bloodsucking pests the job of mosquito control district
MOSES LAKE — It may be counterintuitive, but it’s true, as anybody who’s been outside on a summer evening can testify. The Moses Lake area – yes, that spot out…
Back in the saddle: Grand Coulee holds its biggest rodeo yet
After a full year with no events whatsoever, the Colorama PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association) Grand Coulee Rodeo returned Friday and Saturday for its…