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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…
Torres given 20 years for 2018 killing of his father
MOSES LAKE — Jonathan Torres, 22, of Royal City, was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to shooting his father in the back of the he…
Local groups team up to give away face masks
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake service organizations teamed up with a local agency to give away face masks to anyone who needed a mask, or multiple masks, Tuesday.
More security cameras planned at Grant County Courthouse
EPHRATA — Grant County officials will add more cameras at the Grant County Courthouse after a theft from a parking lot.
Coronavirus: 5 new cases
GRANT COUNTY — There were five new cases of the coronavirus reported in Grant County on Tuesday evening, with one new case each reported in Moses Lake, Royal City, Warden, and the Mattawa and Quincy areas, accordin…
Meals to Heal deliveries benefit cancer patients, delivery driver
MOSES LAKE — Steve Czimbal and his fellow volunteers are a crucial part of the Meals to Heal program sponsored by Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation, and they do…
Coronavirus: Eighty-nine new cases reported over the weekend
GRANT COUNTY — Since Friday evening, there were 89 new cases of the coronavirus reported in Grant County, bringing the countywide total to 858, according to Gr…
Eighth Grant County resident has died of COVID-19
GRANT COUNTY — A Mattawa man in his 50s is the eighth Grant County resident to die after testing positive for the coronavirus, and the fourth death reported in…
Boy hospitalized after watercraft collision
GEORGE — A 12-year-old western Washington male was seriously injured Saturday morning when the personal watercraft he was operating collided with a ski boat on the Columbia River near the Sunland community in Grant…
Port mulls options for improved security
MOSES LAKE — The Port of Moses Lake is going to look at options to improve security with an eye to having a plan in place by next January.
Tentative design released for fairgrounds campgrounds
MOSES LAKE — Campgrounds at the Grant County Fairgrounds will — eventually — get a new look. Fairgrounds officials are working with a Wenatchee engineering and…
Cities’ sales tax revenue better than thought
MOSES LAKE — While the U.S. may have plunged into a recession in June as a result of the COVID-19 closures imposed in most states in March, a few governments i…
Boys & Girls Club’s summer sale on Friday helps raise money for teen center
MOSES LAKE — Tables, spaced six feet apart, were spread in front of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Columbia Basin building in Moses Lake on Friday afternoon as …
Gubernatorial candidate Freed, others to visit Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE — Former Bothell City Council member and Republican candidate for governor Joshua Freed will be in Moses Lake’s Civic Park at noon Wednesday. Freed,…
Adams County: 21 new cases reported
OTHELLO — Twenty-one new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Othello on Monday, July 13. The new cases bring the total in Othello to 234 and 244 for Adams County.
Old Vantage Highway fire contained
QUINCY — Firefighters from Grant County Fire District No. 3 have had a busy few days.