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MLSD hiring 7 elementary assistant principals, financially unrelated to classroom staffing
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake School District is moving to add assistant principals at seven of its largest elementary s…
Basin briefs for Feb. 10,2020
QUINCY — A man was injured in a drive-by shooting in Quincy early Sunday morning, according to local police.
Audit claims misappropriation of funds at Washington Beef Commission
RENTON — A Washington Beef Commission employee resigned in August 2018, and the King County prosecutor is reviewing possible charges after the employee allegedly misappropriated $35,007 from the commission. The Was…
‘Being Earnest’: Moses Lake High School play ‘inspires absolute confidence’
MOSES LAKE — A week before the opening night of Moses Lake High School’s production of “The Importance of Being Earnest,” the cast and crew were hard at work p…
Reaching new heights: Moses Lake senior gets ready for next step
MOSES LAKE — At 6-foot-7, Kyle Karstetter is hard to miss on the court at Moses Lake High School. Yet it’s the talent, not the size of the senior, that has kep…
WSDOT seeks support for new Ephrata roundabout
EPHRATA — The Ephrata City Council voted unanimously to support state efforts to replace the intersection of state Route 282 and Nat Washington Way with a roun…
Big cast for a classic
‘You Can’t Take It With You’ to play for three weekends
Basin briefs for Feb. 7, 2020
SOAP LAKE — Auditions are scheduled for Feb. 18 and 19 for the Masquers Theater production of “Present Laughter,” a 1939 comedy of manners from legendary British playwright Noel Coward.
Big Bend names president finalists
New president to be announced by March 31
Washtucna woman killed in Tuesday crash named
WASHTUCNA — The Washtucna woman killed in a two-car collision Tuesday, on state Route 261 near milepost 57, has been named in a press release from the Washington State Patrol.
Man gets 35 days in jail after pleading guilty to assault
GRAND COULEE — A Grand Coulee man was sentenced to 35 days in jail after allegedly assaulting a bar patron and responding officers and offering to pay an officer if he would decide not to press charges, according t…
PUD hears public comment on proposed transmission line
ROYAL CITY — Wednesday evening, the Grant County PUD held the second of two public hearings on the proposed transmission line going to the new Red Rock Substation, to be located at the Port of Royal Slope.
WA politicians respond to Trump’s acquittal, conduct
WASHINGTON D.C. – Responding to impeachment charges against President Donald Trump and Wednesday’s acquittal on both counts, both United States senators from Washington, as well as the congressman representing the …
Moses Lake School District investigates Park Orchard incident
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake School District is investigating an incident at Park Orchard Elementary School in early January where an adult is alleged to have dragged a student, first by the legs and then by the arms, d…
Grant PUD profit beats 2019 projection
Retail revenue higher than target
Home court: Ephrata native returns to lead parks department
EPHRATA — Pickleball.