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Huskies suffer loss in district tournament
OTHELLO — The Othello Huskies (19-4) suffered a 5-1 loss at home to the Ellensburg Bulldogs in the semifinals of t…
Warden potato grower gives spuds away to whoever wants them
WARDEN — Frank Martinez has around 7,000 tons of potatoes to get rid of.
An earlier pandemic: A look at 1918 Spanish flu in Ephrata
EPHRATA — A little over 100 years ago, a different kind of illness swept through the nation, closing down life as residents knew it. The illness was the flu ep…
ACH softball senior Makenna Oliver tries to deal with losing shot at another title
COULEE CITY — Almira/Coulee-Hartline senior Makenna Oliver said she was in denial when she first heard the news that her final softball season might be cancele…
Avamere at Moses Lake employees go room to room to help residents celebrate Mother’s Day
MOSES LAKE — Jodi Montoya, executive director at Avamere at Moses Lake assisted-living facility, said she had to think of a way to change up their annual Mothe…
Local restaurants forced to adjust on one of their biggest days of the year, Mother’s Day
EPHRATA — Restaurant booths remained empty on what’s typically one of the busiest days of the year Sunday – Mother’s Day.
On the hunt: Moses Lake couple featured on HGTV real estate show
MOSES LAKE — Mark Biallas said it was his wife Lisa Garmon, a real estate agent in Moses Lake, who helped facilitate the purchase of their condo in Mexico.
Enthusiastic opening for Moses Lake Farmers Market
MOSES LAKE — The sun was out, a gentle breeze was blowing, and the crowd at the Moses Lake Farmers Market had the faint air of people emerging from a dungeon i…
Air Force flyover honors health care workers
MOSES LAKE — Crews and aircraft from Fairchild Air Force Base showed their support for health care workers and first responders in Central Washington on Friday…
County receives grant for fairgrounds lights
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Roundup arena will get new lights, and lights will be installed at the south end of Grant County Fairgrounds, thanks in part to a g…
Moses Lake honors graduating seniors with art installation; graduation plans announced
MOSES LAKE – What looks like white ripples in the grass slowly becomes letters and names as you walk onto the football field behind Chief Moses Middle School i…
Ephrata’s Splash Zone won’t open; Quincy, ML mull water park openings
EPHRATA — The city of Ephrata has to decided to keep its Splash Zone water park closed this year as a result of the statewide closures prompted by the COVID-19…
End-of-school activities go on outside at Frontier Middle School
MOSES LAKE — There are a lot of traditions associated with high school graduation and the end of the school year — a lot of year-end chores to finish. But 2020…
The promise and pitfalls of online instruction
MOSES LAKE — Joy Fry was looking for a daily writing assignment for her fourth-grade class at Garden Heights Elementary.
New Samaritan hospital project will be delayed
MOSES LAKE — Construction on the new Samaritan hospital probably won’t begin in 2020, officials said Wednesday, after they passed through two months that saw a…
Espinoza seeks to shake up education
OTHELLO — It’s an unusual time for someone running a campaign for statewide office in Washington.