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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…

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
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.

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
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.

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
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 …

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
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…

Updated 4 years, 12 months ago
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.

Updated 4 years, 12 months ago
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.

Updated 4 years, 12 months ago
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.

Updated 4 years, 12 months ago
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…

Updated 4 years, 12 months ago
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…

Updated 4 years, 12 months ago
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…

Updated 4 years, 12 months ago
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.

Updated 4 years, 12 months ago
'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…

Updated 4 years, 12 months ago
‘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.

Updated 4 years, 12 months ago
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…

Updated 4 years, 12 months ago
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…