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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…
Separating fact from fiction: A look at The Old Hotel Art Gallery murder
OTHELLO — Each town has its stories. Some are true; some are not. There are events that happened, but the truth is shrouded in a thick layer of mystery. Did it…
Case not closed Two bombs in 10 hours Two families still wondering why 11 years later
MOSES LAKE — It was a day like any other on Aug. 1, 2008 when Bill Walker’s extended family came to Moses Lake for a baby shower planned for the next day.
Moses Lake man goes fishin' with country music star
ALASKA — Moses Lake resident Rick Graser has seen and experienced a lot in his life. Having being drafted 214th overall in 1978 by the Seattle Mariners and spe…
Felon busted in Moses Lake
Was allegedly in possession of over a pound of drugs
Of 15 defendants in sweeping drug raid case, one remains free
MOSES LAKE — After a mid-July region-wide drug raid conducted by numerous federal, state and local agencies, 15 people were arrested on suspicion of criminal c…
Armed burglar stopped by Army vet gets three years
By EMRY DINMAN
Fire burns up wheat field
Blaze was sparked by pickup truck
Suspect starts fire in Quincy Elementary School Tuesday morning
QUINCY — The Quincy Police Department is looking for information that may lead to an arrest of a young male suspect who set a fire in the Ancient Lakes Element…
13 Arrested in major gang-related drug raid
By EMRY DINMAN
Powerline Fire smolders Monday, scorched 7,800 acres
MATTAWA — The scene of the Powerline Fire, which sparked Sunday afternoon near Mattawa and burned 7,800 acres, had largely settled by Monday afternoon, with th…
A busy night with the Moses Lake Fire Department
Registered nursing assistant has license suspended for alleged theft
MOSES LAKE — The credential of a Moses Lake registered nurse assistant has been suspended for three years following allegations of theft.
Welding accident destroys residential workshop
MOSES LAKE — A workshop attached to a home on the 5400 block of Mae Valley Road was destroyed in a fire caused by a welding accident late Tuesday morning, acco…
ML man arrested for third time while awaiting trial for overdose homicide
MOSES LAKE — A Moses Lake man previously facing charges in connection with the 2018 opioid overdose death of an inmate at the Grant County Jail was arrested Su…
Bond denied for suspects in murder of man with Moses Lake ties
COPIAH COUNTY, Miss. — Bond has been denied for four capital murder suspects who are implicated in the brutal slaying of a man who has deep ties to the Moses L…