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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…
Mom’s awesome pumpkin pie cake
This has been in my family for as long as my momma can remember and has been a family tradition for Thanksgiving and Christmas for only those two times a year.
Fog to linger – until it snows
But hey, that’s winter
Grocery Outlet opens in Ephrata
EPHRATA — Jason Mitchell got in line at midnight.
2018 was a very bad year for youth suicides in Grant County
GRANT COUNTY — In Grant County, a county with just under 100,000 residents, more young people under the age of 19 died by suicide last year than in any other county of its size, according to data collected by the W…
Christmas on 3rd Avenue
MOSES LAKE — Friday was a chilly evening for the Moses Lake Ag Appreciation Parade and Street Party, but the atmosphere was warm and bright.
Basin Briefs
MOSES LAKE — Elks Lodge No. 1930 is inviting anyone who wants to come to a community Christmas dinner Dec. 18. Dinner will be served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the lodge, 814 N. Stratford Rd.
Donations needed for ‘Operation Friendship’
Moses Lake Food Bank toy distribution set for Dec. 14
Moses Lake man gets over a year in prison for statutory rape
MOSES LAKE — A Moses Lake man will spend just over a year in prison after pleading guilty to statutory rape of a minor in connection with an incident from 2017.
Moses Lake man pleads guilty to child porn
Thousands of files found
Spate of suicidal juveniles reported locally since October
MOSES LAKE — In Moses Lake, a community on edge after a string of youth suicides in recent years, police have responded to at least four reported incidents of a suicidal juvenile since October, including at least o…
Ephrata approves $17.9 million 2020 budget
EPHRATA — The Ephrata City Council approved the city’s $17.9 million 2020 budget at its regular meeting on Wednesday.
Basin briefs for Dec. 6, 2019
QUINCY — Central Avenue in Quincy will be closed from D Street to E Street on Monday, Dec. 9 for the annual Christmas Celebration in downtown Quincy at the Rotary Fountain Park. The Quincy City Council approved the…
Moses Lake man gets over a year in prison for statutory rape
MOSES LAKE — A Moses Lake man will spend just over a year in prison after pleading guilty to statutory rape of a minor in connection with an incident from 2017.
Moses Lake man pleads guilty to child porn
MOSES LAKE — A Moses Lake man has pleaded guilty to possessing and trading thousands of pornographic images and videos depicting children.
Warden City Council passes 2020 budget
WARDEN — The Warden City Council approved its 2020 budget during a regular meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 26.