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4th District candidates talk affordability, ag and healthcare
RICHLAND — Rising costs, agricultural challenges and concerns about the future of rural healthcare dominated discu…
GOP opens campaign office in Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE — The Grant County Republican Party has a new, temporary campaign headquarters for the next few months, at 108 E. Third Ave., right in downtown Mose…
SGL sees COVID-related decline in sales
WIESBADEN, Germany — SGL Carbon announced on Tuesday that the company expects its total sales to decline 15-20 percent in 2020 from 2019 sales of $1.3 billion.
Raising fair animals: A bigger gamble than usual
MOSES LAKE — Part of the calculation that goes into raising an animal to exhibit at the Grant County Fair is that it’s a gamble.
Taylor, Jones run for District 2 commissioner seat
MOSES LAKE — With two of the three seats on the Grant County Commission up for election in November, voters in District 2 — which includes the southeast part o…
Coronavirus: 32 new cases in Grant County
GRANT COUNTY — There were 32 confirmed cases of the coronavirus reported in Grant County on Tuesday: 17 cases in the Mattawa area, seven cases in Moses Lake, six in the Quincy area one in Royal City and one in the …
Coronavirus: 2 Coventry House residents die
OTHELLO — Two residents of Coventry House, an assisted-living community in Othello, who had tested positive for COVID-19 have died.
Inslee announces delay to tighter wedding, funeral restrictions
OLYMPIA — Newly announced restrictions on the size of weddings and funerals will be delayed until Aug. 10, four days later than was previously stated, Gov. Jay Inslee posted on social media Sunday.
Challenges appeal to Kaden Skone
WARDEN — Kaden Skone said one of his goals throughout high school was to ensure he had a chance to be class valedictorian. After all, he had to keep up with hi…
Coronavirus: 40 new cases in Othello over three-day stretch
OTHELLO — There were 40 new cases of coronavirus in Othello over a three-day period, according to Adams County Health Department.
Port mulling base for big firefighting planes
MOSES LAKE — The Port of Moses Lake is considering what it would take to become a base for very large firefighting aircraft, including a converted a Boeing 747…
Othello School district hires new communications director
OTHELLO — Ed Petersen started work as the new communications director for Othello School District on July 1.
Heat advisory issued for Columbia Basin
MOSES LAKE — Temperatures could get hot enough to be downright dangerous this week. The National Weather Service, or NWS, has issued a heat advisory for the Columbia Basin, with temperatures forecast to be in exces…
Coronavirus: 67 new cases in Grant County
GRANT COUNTY — There were 67 new cases of the coronavirus reported in Grant County on Monday — one on Friday, 21 on Saturday, 28 on Sunday and 17 on Monday — with positive test results from across the county, accor…
Local firefighter seriously injured in workshop accident
MOSES LAKE — A GoFundMe page has been started to help a Moses Lake firefighter with substantial medical bills.
Warden High School seniors end unusual year with graduation
WARDEN — Alexys Gibbons’ family went all out decorating the truck for the Warden High School graduation parade Friday night — signs, congratulatory messages wr…