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Knights claim district win over Okanogan
ROYAL CITY — The Royal Knights (14-1-2) got the best of Okanogan Thursday evening with a 2-1 victory as they move …
Love of books leads to business
Heidi Gales said she was thinking of buying stuff for her house with a gift card she'd received from her employer for Christmas. Instead, she bought books.
Othello mayor lists 2021 projects
Othello Mayor Shawn Logan has a long list of tasks and goals -- New Year’s resolutions, basically -- for the city in 2021.
Grant to fund Wahluke security upgrades moves forward
The Mattawa Police Department is moving forward with a $372,750 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services for se…
Grant County building permit applications reach high in December
Grant County Development Services received 131 applications for building permits in December, the highest total of the year, and the year's total was 953 appli…
Making the world work from Moses Lake: MLI logs a record year
You may not know what Moses Lake Industries makes, but the odds are you use something made possible by the chemical company’s products — a cellphone, a laptop …
Sand Scorpions burn Christmas trees for 31st year
On New Year’s Day, diesel engines quaked across the cookies and cream terrain of snow on the Moses Lake Sand Dunes, as pick-ups, Jeeps and ORVs pulled up to tu…
Vaccine rollout in Grant County sees delays
Only two-thirds of the expected shipment of coronavirus vaccine doses have arrived at Samaritan Healthcare since the rollout began in mid-December.
Columbia Basin Allied Arts Mural Project delayed until next summer
Columbia Basin Allied Arts Mural Project, originally planned to be unveiled at the 2020 Grant County Fair, was delayed until next summer over concerns about th…
Down to business: New DMLA executive director looks forward to helping her hometown grow
In a year filled with numerous firsts (and hopefully a few lasts), Lexi Smith added one more to her own slate: She stepped into a new role Monday as executive …
Snow and irrigation: Water content of snowpack in Upper Columbia Basin is at 116% of average
The end of 2020 brought with it the Columbia Basin’s first serious snow of the season.
New Year's fireworks sales triple at local stand
The Sand Scorpions, an ORV group, sells fireworks across Grant County. In a normal winter, they sell 24,000 fireworks. This year, they sold 74,000.
Violet Power to build at Port of Moses Lake
Solar power start-up Violet Power will build a production facility north of Moses Lake rather than leasing space, as it first announced.
Taking a risk in the time of COVID-19
Light in the darkness. That’s how Jenna Hildebrand describes her little boutique, Love and Lumber, located deep inside the first floor of the Smith Martin Buil…
Inslee extends restaurant closure by one week
Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday extended to Jan. 11 his order closing restaurants and bars to indoor dining and limiting the size of indoor and outdoor social gat…
First significant snowfall of winter blankets Moses Lake
The snow Wednesday morning was almost too much for James Habedenk’s tractor.