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Updated 21 hours, 44 minutes ago

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…

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
Recounting the decade in Basin sports

I can’t believe the decade is complete.

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
Grant PUD sets 2020 schedule for fiber-optic lines

High-speed internet to expand near Moses Lake, Ephrata, Quincy, Electric City

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
New law effectively bars most non-compete agreements

MOSES LAKE — It’s going to be tougher for employers across Washington to enforce non-compete clauses in employment contracts in the new year.

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
Basin briefs for Jan. 3, 2020

MOSES LAKE — A Moses Lake man pleaded guilty Tuesday to threatening to kill a woman.

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
Columbia Basin talent show canceled

Fundraising soirée scheduled for Feb. 21

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
Quincy man arrested after road rage shooting

MOSES LAKE — A Quincy man was arrested over the weekend after allegedly firing shots out of his moving car at a vehicle that passed him on state Route 17 roughly eight miles northwest of Moses Lake.

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
Theater, musical performances on tap in January, February

MOSES LAKE — Auditions for the Basin Community Theatre production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Friday at the D…

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
Two people dead after Sunday collision in Adams County

MOSES LAKE — Two people are dead after a Sunday night collision in Adams County caused by a driver traveling the wrong way on U.S. Highway 395 eight miles south of Lind.

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
It’s official: Allison Williams will be Moses Lake’s first female city manager

MOSES LAKE — It’s official — Allison Williams has signed her contract to be the next city manager of Moses Lake. Williams, expected to start her new job Jan. 2…

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
Basin briefs for Dec. 30, 2019

The Moses Lake Museum & Art Center will screen “The Lion King” this Saturday at its monthly Free Family Saturday.

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
Staples rooftop burglar pleads guilty

EPHRATA – One of the two Soap Lake men caught by police in April and suspected of attempting to break into Staples in Moses Lake by lowering themselves in through the roof has pleaded guilty.

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
Serve Moses Lake seeks donations of tents, furniture

Help for people facing winter conditions

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
Moses Lake man who attacked cop sentenced

MOSES LAKE — One of two Moses Lake men accused of assaulting an officer who was attempting to disperse a crowd that had gathered around another officer pleaded guilty earlier this month.

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
Census looks for a few people to help get an accurate count

MOSES LAKE — The U.S. Census Bureau is looking for temporary census takers to help get a good count of everyone living in Grant County.

Updated 6 years, 4 months ago
Local food banks still in need of donations

Need remains after holiday