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Othello City Council considering e-bike regulations
OTHELLO — The Othello City Council is considering e-bike regulations around helmets, speed limits and locations wh…
Growing, going, gone: Othello FFA sells out of plants
OTHELLO — The plant sale sponsored by the Othello High School FFA chapter was supposed to last three days. It’s the third year FFA members have grown flowers f…
Volunteers gather seeds for MLSD students
MOSES LAKE — It was very likely the most crowded the commons at Moses Lake High School has been in two months.
School district staff help feed Moses Lake children
MOSES LAKE — Schools are closed by state order due to the coronavirus pandemic, but local school employees continue to supply children with the meals they norm…
Hundreds come out to Moses Lake parks each day last week for gnome scavenger hunt
MOSES LAKE — Hundreds of people came out to Moses Lake parks as part of the Gnome Scavenger Hunt coordinated by the city’s Parks and Recreation department.
Local band Dimestore Prophets dealing with loss of shows
Dimestore Prophets, a staple of the Moses Lake music scene, formed in 2010 and have played upward of 1,000 shows together.
Samaritan Healthcare implements cuts in wake of COVID-19
MOSES LAKE — Management and medical providers at Samaritan Healthcare of Moses Lake are taking temporary pay cuts and other employees are taking voluntary furl…
People flock from across region for Moses Lake potato giveaway
MOSES LAKE — In hundreds of vehicles Thursday, crisscrossing the length of the Grant County Fairgrounds parking lot, snaking more than a mile all the way back …
Farmers donate tons of potatoes in Ritzville
RITZVILLE — Potato farmers across Washington are facing an unprecedented economic crisis as restaurant demand for spuds bottoms out, with a billion pounds of p…
Moses Lake grad accepted into Johns Hopkins Ph.D. program
MOSES LAKE — Marnie Skinner called it the best and worst week.
Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation continues meal program
MOSES LAKE — A partnership with local restaurants is allowing the Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation to continue its Meals to Heal program. The cancer foundation…
Quincy teachers use video, one-upmanship to keep kids active
QUINCY — It turns out flipping a bottle half-filled with water so that it lands upright really isn’t that easy.
Royal City voters approve fire district merger; Soap Lake voters mixed
EPHRATA — Voters in and around Royal City overwhelmingly approved merging the area’s two fire districts, while Soap Lake School District voters approved the di…
Construction allowed to resume, but restrictions may be burdensome
GRANT COUNTY — Construction has been allowed to resume for projects already underway, Gov. Jay Inslee announced April 24, so long as workers follow stringent s…
School districts take part in honoring senior class with Be the Light campaign
EPHRATA — Ephrata head baseball coach Jason Laugen waved as cars passed by Johnson-O’Brien Stadium on Friday night, illuminated in honor of the 2020 senior cla…
Unable to party, loved ones throw parade in honor of 90th birthday
MOSES LAKE — She raised six children with the help of her oldest son, always juggling several jobs at a time, in a home with wall-to-wall beds. She was the pre…