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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…
Mattawa PD hiring officers, accepting reserves
MATTAWA — The Mattawa Police Department is hiring, was the report given by Police Chief Joe Harris at a regular Mattawa City Council meeting on Thursday, Dec. …
Child care issues cost workers, employers
MOSES LAKE — One in three Washington workers with young children has had to turn down a job or a promotion because it is so difficult to find quality, affordable childcare in this state.
Mr. Leighton’s last Noel: Beloved music teacher announces retirement
MOSES LAKE — At 3 p.m. Tuesday, there are only a few hours left before showtime, and Dan Leighton flits about Moses Lake High School’s gym trying to get everyt…
Moses Lake Visitor Center moves
Now at Moses Lake Museum & Art Center
Influenza tests come up positive in Adams County
OTHELLO — The Adams County Health Department announced that residents have been testing positive for Influenza A and B.
Big Bend, Yakima Valley colleges collaborate on class
Unmanned aerial systems class provides distance learning opportunity
Getting in the holiday shopping spirit
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MLIRD moves forward on lake quality
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District will spend as much as $20,000 to examine a pair of options to improve the quality of the wat…
Grant PUD to have meetings on Royal power line
Meeting dates, times to be announced
Basin briefs for Dec. 11, 2019
WASHINGTON D.C. — The House of Representatives is expected to vote Wednesday on H.R. 5038, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, of which Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Sunnyside, is the lead Republican sponsor.
Miracle on Main Street
EPHRATA — Santa will be stopping by Ephrata for breakfast Saturday, and he’ll be back for the evening parade. The annual town Christmas celebration, “Miracle o…
Festive trees at Festival of Trees
25th annual fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity
Tip-a-Cop: Law enforcement to serve diners at Rock Top Thursday
MOSES LAKE — Diners walking into Rock Top Burgers and Brew Thursday shouldn’t be alarmed by police activity in the restaurant — Santa, who will also be in atte…
Port to issue $10 million in bonds for wastewater treatment expansion
MOSES LAKE — Commissioners overseeing the Port of Moses Lake voted unanimously to issue up to $10 million in bonds to expand the port’s industrial wastewater treatment plant.