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4th District candidates talk affordability, ag and healthcare
RICHLAND — Rising costs, agricultural challenges and concerns about the future of rural healthcare dominated discu…
Newhouse urges resumption of hours at Grant County International Airport
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Sunnyside, is trying to return the operating hours of Grant County International Airport to what they were before May 2020.
Fireworks allowed at certain times in Quincy, Ephrata
EPHRATA — John Adams, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, wrote to his wife, Abigail, that the anniversary of the signing should and would be celebrated with fireworks. Adams was right about the fireworks,…
Work on projects at Grant County Fairgrounds continues
MOSES LAKE — Construction crews were installing insulation in the Agriculture Building at Grant County Fairgrounds on Tuesday in one of a number of projects un…
Grant, Adams counties census reporting results
SOUTH COUNTY — Grant and Adams counties are behind the national and state averages for self-responding to the 2020 census. According to the census website 2020census.gov, as of Sunday, June, 14, the national self-r…
Soap Lake sewer replacement on pace
SOAP LAKE — Sporadic rain managed to keep the dust down as crews replacing some of Soap Lake’s worst sewer lines worked along Elder Street on Monday.
Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce to sell building to city
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce is selling its office along South Pioneer Way.
Fate of Grant County livestock show still uncertain
MOSES LAKE — A meeting is scheduled for June 18 between officials of fairs canceled in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak and representatives of the governor’s office to look for ways to offer alternatives, a livest…
Restaurant in Ephrata closes
EPHRATA — A restaurant in Ephrata is closing its doors after 25 years.
Children go exploring at a summer camp option
MOSES LAKE — It’s almost summer and children can — no, they can’t. Not this summer. The COVID-19 outbreak is messing up summer.
Coronavirus: Total rises to 337
MOSES LAKE — The total of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Grant County rose to 337 on Monday.
Moses Lake Alzheimer’s facility patient sickened with COVID-19 dies
MOSES LAKE — A patient at Summer Wood Alzheimer’s Special Care Center sickened with the novel coronavirus has died, according to Grant County Health District. …
Driver strikes WSP vehicle
SPOKANE — A Warden man driving on Interstate 90 in Spokane drifted onto the right shoulder and struck a Washington State Patrol vehicle Sunday morning, according to a WSP memo.
Wahluke High School Class of 2020 graduates with car parade
MATTAWA — It might not have been the way students of the Wahluke High School Class of 2020 thought they would graduate, but they went out in style Friday night…
Warnick: GOP calls for special session to deal with budget
MOSES LAKE — House and Senate Republicans are asking Gov. Jay Inslee to convene a special session of the state legislature to deal with the state’s looming revenue crisis, according to Sen. Judy Warnick, R-Moses La…
Officer Stewart hits the streets with new K-9 partner, Jester
MOSES LAKE — Though it was a largely uneventful first week on the streets of Moses Lake for Officer Nick Stewart and his partner, a 15-month-old Belgian Malino…