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Updated 1 day 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, 5 months ago
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.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Fog to linger – until it snows

But hey, that’s winter

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Grocery Outlet opens in Ephrata

EPHRATA — Jason Mitchell got in line at midnight.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
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…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
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.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
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.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Donations needed for ‘Operation Friendship’

Moses Lake Food Bank toy distribution set for Dec. 14

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
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.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Moses Lake man pleads guilty to child porn

Thousands of files found

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
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…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
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.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
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…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
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.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
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.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Warden City Council passes 2020 budget

WARDEN — The Warden City Council approved its 2020 budget during a regular meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 26.