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Mavs suffer loss in districts, conclude season
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Mavericks (16-4) fell 11-1 to the West Valley Rams Saturday, bringing an end to their …
Annual Road Brother food drive coming Saturday
The club will be holding their sixth annual food drive from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the parking lot at Ross Dress for Less, 911 N. Stratford Rd., collecting food a…
Mattawa native crowned ML Roundup queen
PASCO — For 17 of Shelby Eckenberg’s nearly 19 years, she’s been riding a horse.
Manweller wins re-election bid
EPHRATA — Embattled Rep. Matt Manweller, R-Cle Elum, has survived a tumultuous and controversial election season to again win the seat he has held since 2012, …
Wilson, Cox leading in PUD races
EPHRATA — It looks like the Grant County PUD commission will have two new commissioners in January. In unofficial election results, Judy Wilson is leading incu…
Dent wins reelection bid over Hegstrom Oakey for state legislature
EPHRATA — Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, appears to have won his re-election bid by a wide margin and will serve his third term in the Washington legislature, ha…
Good night for incumbent commissioner, auditor, assessor
EPHRATA — It was a good election night for county office holders in Grant County, with incumbents maintaining solid leads as the first ballots were counted.
Steele, Goehner leading in 12th District race
WENATCHEE — Keith Goehner will be the new Representative for the 12th District, and incumbent Mike Steele will retain his seat in the House of Representatives.…
Samaritan Healthcare has profitable September
MOSES LAKE — Samaritan Healthcare turned a healthy profit in September.
Moses Lake man who rammed cop car facing charges
MOSES LAKE — A man who rammed a Moses Lake cop car and was shot by less-lethal shotgun rounds and tased by bail bond agents is facing several charges in Grant County Superior Court.
When life hands you tomatoes, make tomato soup
It doesn't seem like all that long ago our garden was doing its thing. But then as the temperatures changed and we had a chance of a frost, we decided to not p…
Washing kids' coats a labor of love for dry cleaner
MOSES LAKE — How many children’s coats has Brandi Haug washed in the last few days?
Ephrata woman sentenced in hot oil assault
EPHRATA — A Ephrata woman who threw a pot of hot cooking oil onto another woman, causing burns to 20-30 percent of the victim’s body, was sentenced to serve two months in jail for the attack.
Warden schools to sponsor second survey
WARDEN — Warden School District officials will sponsor a second survey designed to find out what district residents think about the district and where it’s headed.
Grant PUD races most costly PUD races in the state
MOSES LAKE — This year’s Grant County Public Utilities District (PUD) races are proving to be costly and when it comes to campaign contributions/expenditures the figures are the highest in the state for PUD races.
Police seeking info on 2014 Halloween homicide suspect
MOSES LAKE — It was an incident that will no doubt be brought up every year around Halloween for years to come and Moses Lake police are asking for public help…