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US set for a round of 32 World Cup game with Bosnia-Herzegovina as knockout play begins
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. team spent Monday like millions of other interested followers of the World Cup, w…
Northwest Ag demolition derby canceled for 2020
MOSES LAKE — The Northwest Ag Demo Derby, a longtime event at the Grant County Fair, has been canceled for 2020. The Moses Lake Roundup Committee announced the…
Painter adds color to Moses Lake museum
MOSES LAKE — Give Erika Kovalenko a blank wall, and all she sees is a canvas just dying to be painted on.
School board member seeks more control for eastern districts
MOSES LAKE — Vickey Melcher is on a mission.
Giant ‘thank yous’ to public servants
MOSES LAKE — There probably isn’t an envelope around that would fit the “thank you” card Hannah Fountain created for the area’s public servants and first respo…
World War II veteran honored for 99th birthday
MOSES LAKE — Geb Galle didn’t see it himself — he was two decks below at his battle station — but most of the eyewitnesses said it seemed like every Japanese p…
Big Bend volleyball coach discussed adjusting to later season next year
MOSES LAKE — Big Bend Community College’s volleyball season moved from the first sport to begin to the last one to end after the Northwest Athletic Conference’…
Use of Grant PUD recreation facilities rises
EPHRATA — At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Grant County PUD officials anticipated a pretty quiet summer at PUD recreation facilities. Now summer is h…
Adjusted Girl Scout Cookie sales period came to a close Monday
MOSES LAKE — Girl Scout Cookies were on sale for the final time in Moses Lake yesterday as the revised sale period came to a close. The annual sale was extende…
Quilters make best of lockdown time
OTHELLO — The quintet of Dianna Booth, Julie Bridges, Janet Larsen, Linda Boothman and Pattie Yonkers take their quilting seriously. They and some other Othell…
Grant PUD negotiates contracts that reduce risk of possible rate increases
EPHRATA — Grant County PUD officials are in negotiations with power purchasers for contracts that would help reduce the risk of possible rate increases to PUD …
Othello valedictorian reflects on years in school
OTHELLO — This past Friday, Georgia Bunch walked across the stage and became a graduate of Othello High School. The senior has spent her entire educational lif…
Othello graduates receive their diplomas in unorthodox ceremony
OTHELLO — About 250 Othello High School graduates drove along the school’s football field Friday to receive their diplomas in a socially distant ceremony, the …
City employees working to keep recreation opportunities going this summer
MOSES LAKE — Keeping recreation opportunities going in Moses Lake has been a challenge as the COVID-19 pandemic has created a number of hurdles in the process.
Triple-digit temperatures forecast for this week
MOSES LAKE — One of the positive things about 2020 so far has been spring and summer weather in the Columbia Basin, lots of sun but temperatures that stayed be…
Local hospitals review plans to handle a surge, required in reopening plan
EPHRATA — One of the possibilities of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak is that a sudden increase in patients with the virus could fill a local hospital to capa…